Little Hammocks

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:14 am

Found a small hammock in sports section. It is 40inch longx16inch. Hung it up in the van. I can throw my coats cap/hats banndanas the like of that stuff in. Helps keep the van cleared and clean. I can see through it to find what's there.

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 12:09 pm

Good idea! I found some hammocklike cargo nets from some unknown car at the thrift store, and bungeed them into my Element. Gander Mountain also sells a pretty nice cotton hammock for 14 bucks, for use as furniture or storage. Comfy, and made like the big Brazilian hammocks which I love. Packs into its own little bag and makes a bundle smaller than a pack of hamburger buns!

Post by **AntiM** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:27 am

I have a couple itty bitty hammocks made for storing teddy bears up in the corners of rooms. A couple feet long at most, maybe a foot or so wide, scrunch up into the size of a tennis ball. Have no idea when or where I got them, but they are great up in the top of the tent for bits and pieces that are a tad too big for the tent pockets. Sometimes we have up in the jeep to hold hats and scarves.

Wiskers69 · Post by **Wiskers69** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:53 pm

What experiances of sleeping in hammocks do people have? Are they a good or bad thing on the Playa?

diane o'thirst · Post by **diane o'thirst** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:41 am

Wiskers69 wrote:What experiances of sleeping in hammocks do people have? Are they a good or bad thing on the Playa?

Divinely sweet during the day, terrible at night if you don't have something like a featherbed to insulate your bottom side. If you don't, you'll be a popsicle within an hour.

Remember, hammocks evolved in the tropics where it doesn't dip below 75º

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 5:44 am

I experienced the hammock assfreeze last year. You can comfy up sunstantially with a camping pad under you, (thanks, Ring'o'Fire!) but if you've slept in a hammock you know how things under you can end up on top of you, around your neck, on the ground, etc......Spring clamps help some. I loved my big Barbados hammock overall, though. Once you figure out how to lay diagonally in it, it's de-luxe for early morning napping! Go down to your local camping store and get a couple of those rigs made from a piece of heavy nylon webbing with a carabiner on each end- about fifteen bucks, unless you splurge- They make it easier to rig your 'mock!

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:55 am

Wiskers69 wrote:What experiances of sleeping in hammocks do people have? Are they a good or bad thing on the Playa?

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I 02 I brought a Henness Hammock.
We only had one van that year. The plan was to tie off to the van and a fence post. Well by the time I had driven the post far enough to hold, it was to low. ( getting that son-of-a-bicth out is another whole story) With the Henness Hammock it's top line should be about five feet above the ground. So you can enter the bottom. I had a 6ft.x24inch hammacock. I spent the week in it. When in camp the wind were so bad I had to get in for shelter. Did this by running a line from post to post above the hammock. Then draped a large paper/plastic tarp over the line and weighted it out like a pup tent. It could be slide along the line to enter/exit (good to keep the dust off while sleeping) A spare sleeping bag for tne bottom. Slept like a baby. It work if you want it to.

Smudge · Post by **Smudge** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 4:38 pm

Last year at burningman I slept in a thick sleepingbag on a thin army sleepingbag pad (cheap). I was so tired every day that I really didn't notice the hard ground. I told myself I was going to go camping in the woods in spring and so bought a mayan travel hammock for $16. Come January I was hired by a company to drive semi and lived in a daycab 18 wheeler with no sleeper for two months. Each night, or whenever I shut down the truck I opened each of the doors, threw the rope of my hammock over the door and slammed it shut. It was some of the best sleep I've had. Didn't need a pillow, never had a body part fall asleep from pressure points. You do need to have something under your body unlike a bed, or sleep in a sleepingbag. The only trouble for sleeping in one on the playa is having something tall enough far apart enough to hang it. We just finished building our first geodome this weekend and I have loop bolts to hang hammocs from.
Guess I'll have to experiment with that tonight.
Supposably a large portion of Brazil sleeps in hammocks every night. In the morning you unhook the hammock from the wall, throw it into a basket and you have yourself a ROOM instead of a furniture storage area.

Stormy · Post by **Stormy** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 6:42 pm

I like the hammocks that come with collapsible frames. Great for sleeping during the day under shade. Sleeping on almost anything else during the day results in sweat. Only problem I had was after working an early morning shift, I'd often come back to someone asleep in my hammock, so I couldn't get my nap in.

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