Just sharing a silly Reddit argument I landed on today. This all started because I was shopping for beds recently and saw one in the store with a $20k price tag. I never knew beds could even be that expensive; turns out they can be way more than that (upwards of $1 million). Hästens is one such brand, with their most elite bed costing $500k. It is filled with horsehair and includes stingray leather, apparently.
Anywho, this is such a Reddity thread. If there is an opinion, there is a Redditor out there who will debate to the death to defend that opinion. Kudos to u/the_leviathan711 for arguing with that weirdo.
I have been curious about hammocks for a while. Do you have one? I might need to get one for camping at least.
If the places you'll be camping are wooded, I think they're the best possible camping arrangement. They beat the absolute shit out of sleeping on the ground if you have sufficient weather-related protection. They'll be very cold in cold weather - it's been years since I actually camped often, and one of my last trips I didn't get much sleep because I failed to pack my bicycle with enough blankets and under-drape to retain my body heat. I was miserable all night while my friend was cozy as shit, it sucked.
I threw an inflatable klymit sleeping pad in the bottom of mine - you have to be careful because you slide around a bunch if you move, but the extra air totally solved the cold butt issue for me.
I've made it through some cold nights with just a collapsible foam pad under my sleeping bag in a hammock - that kept me surprisingly cozy
i've camped out in a friends barn on a hammock a couple times and although it was a little chilly, it was some of the best sleep I've had in years.
Your friend wasn't willing to share their body heat?
I'm not waking somebody up because I'm uncomfortable
I've slept in both a hammock and tents while backpacking.
Pros: much easier and faster to set up and break down in wooded areas, lighter and smaller pack size than most small tents, they tend to handle rain better than tents as long as you pack a rainfly because they are off the ground, more convenient in warm or hot weather when you also won't need a sleeping pad.
Cons: can be very difficult to impossible to get comfortable enough to sleep in if you are a side sleeper, you'll freeze your ass off in cold weather VS a tent, some people don't feel as safe with regards to nocturnal wildlife as they do in a tent.
My main issue was that I'm a side sleeper and no matter how I set it up and what angle I was laying, I just could not get comfortable and I slept like crap in the hammock. After that I purchased a 2 person trekking pole tent and never looked back. It's actually lighter than the one person hammock if you include the rain fly and mosquito netting.
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