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Review on MalloMe Hammock - Camping Hammocks - Portable Hammock Kids Hammock Outdoor Hammock - Hamaca Double Hammock - 2 Person Hammock Tree Hammock - Hamock Travel Hammock - Backpacking Hammocks For Outside by Dube Jansen

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Great budget option for big folks, but merely an adequate lay for an overnight

I've used this product for backpacking and overnight trips since 2017. I bought it initially because at the time it was the biggest cheap parachute hammock I could find. I have ended up purchasing hundreds of dollars worth of accessories before feeling the need to upgrade the hammock. It's a great basic piece of kit, but you will at the very least want to get some tree huggers to go with it, tying off with the included rope is harmful to trees and probably a bad idea in general unless you are competent at rigging.That being said, I immediately fell in love with this thing, in spite of nearly freezing my ass off during my first overnight attempt. I got tree straps, a bug net, tarp, under and over quilts, basically I tricked out my whole setup until I was left with only one thing left to improve: the hammock itself.There are great books and entire youtube channels devoted to properly rigging a hammock, you can't just hang it between two trees and expect to be comfortable. A huge factor in this is proper angle of suspension and a ridgeline, this allows you to get a shape where you can lay nearly flat. After devoting hours of practice to improving the "lay" of this hammock, I feel like I have reached the functional limit to my comfort. That, and after nearly three years this bad boy is finally getting threadbare in spots and perhaps a bit overstretched, so I'm going for an even longer hammock with an integrated bug net. I think this will still get used as a spare, as it's super awesome to drop into a day pack for going to the beach, hiking, even rigging up between mangrove trees in Hawaii, which is the last place I set this up.It's relatively lightweight, super cheap, and for the price it allowed me to zero in on exactly how I want to sleep in the woods, which is to say, not laying on rocks.

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Pros
  • I don’t know how to tie to trees yet but, awesome on my balcony
Cons
  • Requires additional equipment to set up properly