New Exped hammock at Outdoor Retailer Summer Show

**warbonnetguy** · 08-08-2011, 09:54

i was there, laid in it, checked it out

**beep** · 08-08-2011, 10:07

Well, it weighs almost 4 pounds! I'm guessing they aren't targeting the backpacking market. Makes me wonder who they ARE targeting as buyers!

WV · 08-08-2011, 10:30

Originally Posted by beep

Well, it weighs almost 4 pounds! I'm guessing they aren't targeting the backpacking market. Makes me wonder who they ARE targeting as buyers!

Some of my early insulated hammocks were heavier than that, and I happily lugged them around for quite a while. I don't think the backpacking market is the same as the ultralight bp market, or even the lightweight bp market, and it's a lot bigger. If their product is 3 lb.+ with tarp and insulation (not sure about that), then it's competitive with what most backpackers carry.

**fourdog** · 08-08-2011, 11:00

Most of EXPED wts are the total package (hammock, suppension, tarp & ropes) .
They take pride in making there gear with lots of add on user freindly features.
There Hammock Combi Deluxe can also be used as a modifed bridge hammock.
I have a sample of the new hammock that will be here this week and will post pcs by pcs weights as well as photos of features, with luck by this weekend.

fourdog

www.fourdog.com

**johnnyh88** · 08-08-2011, 11:31

Cool hammock - looks comfortable but seems like it would be difficult to get into.

What kind of tarp would work with this style hammock? I'd think the tarp length between trees could be reduced significantly (as could the distance between trees you hang the hammock on), but the width perpendicular to the trees would have to be increased. Wouldn't your head and feet be running into the tarp as its sides slope toward the ground? I guess you could use trekking poles or other trees to tie off to.

**LilDutchBoy** · 08-08-2011, 11:39

i can't even tell how to lay in it.

**Oxblood** · 08-08-2011, 12:42

I loved this bit of editorializing:

Hammocks have been around for a long time, but sleeping in a bendable bed can leave you waking with a bad back. Exped looked at hammock design from a new angle, and made its Ergo Hammock Combi asymmetrical.

I guess the author of the blog post is not that familiar with the modern world of camping hammocks.

WV · 08-08-2011, 13:19

Originally Posted by Oxblood

I loved this bit of editorializing:

Hammocks have been around for a long time, but sleeping in a bendable bed can leave you waking with a bad back. Exped looked at hammock design from a new angle, and made its Ergo Hammock Combi asymmetrical.

I guess the author of the blog post is not that familiar with the modern world of camping hammocks.

Possibly, but he may just be addressing readers who aren't.

HF members are still a small minority in the camping market. We are not the target market of the larger equipment vendors. I don't know who the author of that blog is, but if he's not an Exped spokesman, then he's adopting the language of one, except that he's stumbled onto the term "asymmetrical" somewhere (go figure) and has figured out that it's usually associated with comfortable hammocks. In fact, if the Exped Ergo Combi Hammock (hereinafter "EECH") really lets you lie at 90°, then it is symmetrical.

I'd like to see the forum's reaction to this new product focus on how it works and what it does well or badly, without getting too worked up about whether it borrows our language or infringes on our territory.