Hammocks

[Roving Rich]

Has anyone tried the Hennessy Hammocks- Lightweight nylon afairs you get in through a velcro slit in one end, with a sewn in mossy net over the top and a basha on a ridge line to keep you dry. A couple of friends swear by them. And with no poles to carry, so a lightweight option, no sleeping mat needed, no (little) trail as they're in the trees, and a basha option if there is nowhere to sling it?
Iam sorely tempted, but shipping cost is a bit steep though still cheaper than the UK RRP, + I dont like waking up shaped like a Banana!
Any feedback?
Rich

[Stuart]

Hi Rich

i have used the hennesy hammocks and they are the best sleeping set up there is!! much lighter than carrying a rollmat, tarp, mozzey net etc
and far more comfortable

I have used three different types of hennesy hammock and the best is the ultralight backpacker A-sym (the tarps on the older designs are not wide enough)

i have slept in this for 5 months on the islands of mauritius and reunion
and sat out a force 4 cyclone in it.

dont worry about sleeping in a bananna shape, in a hennesy hammock you lie diagonally across the hammock and this means your back is stright
you'll quickly work this out when you have your own

Stuart

[Gary]

Diabolik - do you recommend using your knife while in a hammock?

[Tony]

Diabolik - do you recommend using your knife while in a hammock?

:rolmao: :biggthump

[Stuart]

OK very funny

no i dont recommend using a knife in your hammock

for those wondering what we're talking about i once slipped and cut a bloody great big hole in my hamock ops:

Thanks for bringing that up Gary

[Gary]

Your welcome! :-D :shock: :-D

[the naughty boy]

can somebody tell me where i can get a hennessy hammock ,one suitable for the colder climate of the uk? :-D

[Chopper]

Give Gavin at Bushgear a call he sells them www.bushgear.co.uk

Tel: 01795-599600 :-)

[bothyman]

>> http://www.hennessyhammock.com/

Take a look at the Hennessy Website it tells you how to use it in colder climates.
You can buy direct from Hennessy it seems they have a special offer on at the moment
I have the Explorer Asym, which I bought directly from them good service and fast delivery.
They seem to have a supply in the UK which they send out, but mine was sent directly fron Canada and only took 4 days to arrive and that included the weekend.

[the naughty boy]

groovy,looks like its cheaper to buy direct from the states. anyway m8 how do you rate them are they really better than a tent from the viewpoint of comfort? are they really hard wearing?

[Stuart]

I dont go anywear there are trees without my hennesy!

[the naughty boy]

lol.i think thats just great m8. im convinced, just by the way stuart is lounging in front of his fire. how easy does it get? gotta get one. are they completly waterproof? does yours have a flysheet [ is it standard] just one question...do you just leave your rucksack underneath you . how tough is the materiel?

[Pathos]

Hi
silly question but..... why pitch over water? surely insects, lower temp noise etc would make this unsuitable or am i missing something really obvious? :-?

Great pics though, the sort of thing that would (and is) tempting me to get one myself. Thanks for putting them up. I have used hammocks in the amazon (on holiday) years back and really enjoyed the experience. Contrary to popular belief they are hard to fall out of even after a taste or two of the local fire water :-)

Paul

[Ed]

silly question but..... why pitch over water? surely insects, lower temp noise etc would make this unsuitable or am i missing something really obvious?

It was done just for the pic..... It does make a nice photo :-)

Ed

[Pathos]

It was done just for the pic..... It does make a nice photo :-)

Ed

fair enough!! Yes a nice pic, also very low profile using the land contours to make it hard to spot which is what I was guessing was the purpose. Yep, i think too much ops:

Paul

[Womble]

I'm really looking forward to giving my Hennessy a try, and I get an opportunity this weekend!

[Stuart]

are they completly waterproof?

the tarp which can be seen over the top is compleatly waterproof
the base is not as this would cause you end up with a sweaty back

does yours have a flysheet [ is it standard]

yes the fly sheet can be seen in the first picture and is standard

do you just leave your rucksack underneath you

you can put it in a bin bag underneath, but i pack extreamly light so i just use my very small back as a pillow inside (its worth noting that the hennesy hammock weights only around 800g including the tarp)

how tough is the materiel?

it doesnt feel like it should be very tough especially the tarp which is made of silicon nylon, however its much tougher than it looks, after a drunk sugercane worker crashed into mine on a motobike it showed no damage apart from snaping one of the thin guide lines which keeps the tarp taut (which had wrapped around the bike wheel)

It also survived a cyclone, but i did finally damage one when i dropped my knife inside one (dont use your knife in your hammock! ops: )

why pitch over water?

That was done Just for the photo to show that you can pitch a hammock in places where you could never pitch a tent boggy ground, rocks, water, very steep slopes etc

[Roving Rich]

Blimey this an old thread !?
I have since become the proud owner of a hennessy, so far its been fun. But I look forward to some serious use now the weather is warming up.
Cheers
Rich

[the naughty boy]

im gutted, why didnt someone tell me about these earlier.the reason im gutted is that i have just bought two gortex bivvy bags with a view to sleeping out in the rough .now i gotta get one of these hammocks as they look the buisness!!! could my two kids share one end to end?

[Wayne]

Hi

I just bought one from ebay.

any advice on pitching knots to use etc?

cheers,

[Adi007]

Wayne,

Take a look at this post by Stuart:
http://www.bushcraftuk.co.uk/communi...pic.php?t=1285

[Wayne]

Cheers

Should have thought of that as i used to do falconry.

[Stuart]

Hi

I just bought one from ebay.

any advice on pitching knots to use etc?

cheers,

You dont use any knots to put up a hennesy hammock, the instuructions should be printed on the bag. basicly you wrap the webbing strap around the tree and tension the line then wrap the line around the webbing strip and itself in a fig of eight (like you do on a washing line or on a boat) the friction between the line is all it needs to hold you up though it take a little while to get used to this fact.

as i said there should be a diagram of it on the side of the bag, be careful the first few times untill you have it sussed

could my two kids share one end to end?

Um probably not as one end has a slit for you to get in, your weight on the other ned forces the slit closed but if the weight was distributed over the slit (ie sleeping in it the wrong way around) you could possably fall out


You get in like this:

[the naughty boy]

want one want one want one want one want one want one!!!!!!!
anyone interested in a couple of bivvy bags?

[Roving Rich]

Keep your bivvy bag and use that aswell in the hammock, as an extra layer on cold nights, to keep you toasty.
Cheers
Rich

[Adi007]

Or it might be usefulif you can't find any trees!!!

Keep your bivvy bag and use that aswell in the hammock, as an extra layer on cold nights, to keep you toasty.
Cheers
Rich

[Roving Rich]

You can also use the top as a basha if there are no trees.
:-D
Rich

[Ed]

If you have a couple of poles you can pitch it as a tent. Probably a good idea to put a sleeping mat under it to protect the hammock underside from getting spiked from debris on the ground though.

:-)
Ed

[Duncs]

Hmmm....I may be bit late to this debate but has anyone tried the Pyramid Eco Hammock/sleep system? How does it compare to the Hennessy models? Grateful for any thoughts.

[Womble]

I took my Hennessy out for its first full outing at the weekend. The scouts - and several of the other leaders were fascinated, and most wanted to know what it was like inside.

Saturday night was both wet and windy down my way, but the hammock didn't really rock and I stayed dry inside (surprising myself, although I really should have been more trusting...!). I was comfy with a 3 season bag wrapped around like a quilt and my coat as a pillow; my boots hung up on the centre string and pushed down the far end.

However when it wasn't raining the temp dropped, and I hadn't really prepared for that. I was losing a lot of heat downwards. Next time I'll try some of the remedies for this posted on here. Also about a mile away was a party which had music that went on all night. At about 2.30 I gave in and crawled into my tent (I had put it up as storage for activity stuff) and army bag, which still didn't block the noise form the party! 2 hours worth of sleep later it was time to get up again and get the Scouts moving...

Regardless, I'm looking forward to the next opportunity to test the the hammock - the weekend after Easter at the very latest!