Tent vs Hammock - Solo Hunts

[Bert01]

I've always wondered how side sleepers do in a hammock. I can sleep on my back for about an hour and then it's side to side rolling probably every half hour the rest of the night.

If you set it up right you can side sleep it a hammock. Your ridge line need to be a certain length so that you alway get the correct angle on the hammock then you lay slightly diagonal and you can lay flat.

 

[larry_garcia68]

Prepare to freeze in the hammock unless you get an underquilt


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[PorterM]

I was keen on the hammock idea but after using one for a few nights I switched back to a traditional ultralight tent.
Cons:
Significantly heavier once you factor in an underquilt, quilt, tarp, and all the rigging vs an ultralight tent and quilt and pad.
I slept much worse, the slow swing all night made it feel like I was falling asleep I fell asleep.
Colder, cold butt, even with an underquilt it’s drafty on the bum unless it’s set up perfect
No floor space to organize gear at night
If you couldn’t tell I hated it and would not go back.

 

[Mike 338]

I got the whole hammock set up about 5 years ago. I found it tedious to set up. Clips and cords everywhere so I ignored it. Lately, I got interested again as a basecamp set up by a vehicle so I made a couple tripods and a metal ridgeline. I just set it up in the garage and slept in it the last couple of nights. It's extremely comfortable on the hips. Shoulders are a tiny bit scrunched but fine. Mostly slept like a baby.

Underquilt and Bugnet are still annoyingly tedious to set up with mini-bunnies everywhere. As a backpack option, it's really not any kind of weight saver and it takes up more space than a tent because of the under quilt, regular quilt and tarp, along with the scads of lines and connections required. Being proficient with the set up is about like learning a song on an instrument. You gotta practice practice practice.

All that said though, I'd say the quality of sleep is maybe 40% better in a decent hammock, once you've worked out the bugs. The ease of a 10 minute set up for a tent, pad and bag and fast break down still may trump all that though.