Hammock camping has become super popular in recent years. It offers a lot of benefits, mainly stupid fast set up. When a co-worker told me about it, I thought it was the greatest concept since sliced bread! Long story short, I bought an Eno Double Nest and the rest is history. There was a problem however, I couldn’t get 100% comfortable. Since then, I’ve gone through several set ups, I'm still searching for that perfect iteration.

Last Iteration of my Eno.

While this set up was the most efficient, it consisted of four items, it felt off (I know super descriptive). Frustrated, I was starting to consider going back to a tent, when a buddy told me about his 11 foot hammock from Little Shop of Hammocks. He suggested that my Eno may be too short, he gave me James's (the owner) contact info. After a long conversation with James I settled on an 11-foot Gravity hammock with cinch buckles, in my favorite camo pattern of course.

Hammock in its stuff sack.

Initial set up.

With Outdoor Vitals Mummy pod.

And finally, with Flecktran under quilt cover.

First let me say that there is a huge comfort increase in the longer hammock. Being over 6 feet tall, I can now do a proper diagonal lay. So far this has been the most comfortable body positioning for me. This hammock has a built in ridgeline, which keeps a consistent sag that you can tweak, making set up match faster. This is where I ran into my first issue, the mummy pod isn’t designed for a ridgelines, the Gravity is designed more for under quilts. Not a huge deal, just something to keep in mind. My fix for this will be para cord and two carbineers, stolen from my Eno, to make a removable ridgeline,easy fix. I still need to do more experimenting with the mummy pod to see weather or not I keep it, since it’s designed for more of a straight lay. We can discuss more details and any questions in the comments. Cutting this short as I tend to ramble lol. I’ll be posting any changes and tweaks to the set up here, for all to learn from.

SurvivingSlav