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'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.