I watched my hiking buddies enjoy their hammocks for a year and a half or so before I took the plunge and bought one from ENO. The first night I took it out I made a mistake with the nylon "slap straps" that I bought with it and ended up hitting the ground around midnight. I got up and hung it back up and slept through the rest of the night. But other than that I have never had a problem with it.

Frankly I can't see myself ever going back to hiking without it. I have not been able to sleep well on the ground since I started backpacking. I have spent many miserable nights sleeping in ten to twenty minute bursts between rolling and thrashing about, trying to find at least one comfortable position. I have not had any such issues while hammocking.

In fact, after a week long trip last fall, I found my Sleep Number bed at home uncomfortable in comparison to my hammock. If my wife would let me mount some steel eye bolts in the studs in the bedroom I'd be hammocking even more!