I know the Hennessy Hammock are suppose to be designed to where when you rig it you will lay flat, right? Does the ENO have the same design feature? It doesn't seems to mention it on their website.

I'm thinking about picking up the Pronet from ENO or a lightweight Hennessy next month. I may just buy the hammock and get the rest of stuff later. Just a hammock to take to lounge in on day hikes or something. I'm still on the mend and I'm about 2 weeks max to getting off crutches completely and I still go lot more to go strengthen my leg for cycling and backpacking.

I have a Hennessy, a great camping hammock. If all you want is something to lounge in during a lunch break, you'd be better spending $16 on a GT Utra Light. I have one of those also, and it is easy to rig it to get a flat, asymmetric lie. If you really need a bug net, it is quite easy and cheap to make one - see Fronkey's video. I added Amsteel suspension lines and a structural ridgeline which makes it as reliable in use as my Hennessy (but lighter).

Well, I may use it for lounging now, but may add parts to it for backcountry camping. Buying tarp, net, and all that later or searching the used gears market. I'm just comparing products right now I'm not ready to buy.

If you lay diagonally on the eno (or hennesy), it will be flat. That is all there is to the "design". I have been in hammock for years. Many of those with just the simple nylon bed. I used the rainfly from an old tent and was good to go.

Thanks.

If you are looking for a true backpacking hammock with bug net fly etc. Hennesey is a excellent option. Bye the time you bye a eno get a bug net get a tarp. Guess what you have a customized eno with no savingings and the bug net doesnt zip shut! Just a thought and henessey isnt the only option

Better to try and fail than never to try at all!

I just recently bought a Hennessy and so far am really happy with it. If you want more information that you ever wanted about hammock options, check out hammockforums.net.

Just one last question, on Hennessy website, is the weight listed for the entire package?

http://hennessyhammock.com/catalog/#hammock

Or just the hammock by itself?

Edited: I just saw the line, "webbing straps are weighted separately from hammock." So, I'm guessing the weight is the bug net, hammock, and tarp?

I have been looking at

these

Yup, it includes the body and fly, and all the integrated lines. Hammocks are great where the trees "cooperate."

Cheers,

A friend of mine has an ENO. For the life of me, I can't lay flat in it. I think it is too short, for me at least. I lay flat just fine in my hammock. I am 5'9" for what it is worth. Of course, my hammock is homemade, and I made it fairly long.

Get you a Skeeter Beeter. It's a great hammock for the right price. Used for many years.

I have the Hennessy Expedition and it is a wonderful hammock. So comfortable I lay in there all morning as my buddies wake up and start the fire. HAHA! I just can't get out!

I see Ductapes response...but I was always under the impression that the ENO is not designed for a flat lay. I slept in my friends ENO in the backyard a few times and I could not get a flat, or I should say, as flat, lay as the Hennessy Hammock. But then again I have nowhere near as experience as he/she does. I am have only been backpacking with hammocks for a year...

But either way, hammocking is the way to go for me, ill never go to ground again.

My personal favorite is Dream Hammock Danger Bird Next would be the Warbonnet Blackbird Any one of these two are way better then a HH, IMO. But what do I know I own 10 hammocks, and counting, plus all the other stuff to go with them. The above mention are my two top choices, that I flip flop back and forth on...but 90% of the time its the Danger Bird....Randy (Dream hammocks) is more then 6weeks out on builds...Brandon (Warbonnet) can get yours out in a week right now...something to consider.

And as others have mentioned check out hammockforums.net for more info...

Hi, Mugs! Nice to see you back! I hope you'll drop in more often!

Ya I know...I've been hanging out on the hammock forums this whole time...

But hey maybe I can come over here more often. Just don't ever get around to it I guess. I used to be very active on all my forums but I would say that my particiaption on all of them has dwindled alot this past year or so.

I will say this though, it does feel nice to be recognized, and also to see some of the same familiar faces.

That looks pretty cool. For a minute I was turned away by its weight then I realized there a lot of stuff included in that weight. What exactly is the overcover? Is that the Tarp and it's sewn onto the hammock? Sorry for the long delay in replying, I've been off the grid.

I guess I should check in here more often, so sorry for responding to your questions.

The over cover the PapaSmurf uses is made out of M90 (Momentum 90) or regular nylon depending on what you want. It is used to block out the cold winds, and chills in the fringes seasons, or the occasional freak storm that blows in, or in the dead of winter. I got the M90 one because it is more wind proof. It adds about another 10f to your internal hammock climate, which is what I was going for.