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Duel use or a bad idea?
Was thinking how nice one of those light weight 6-8 oz hammocks for lounging around in the daytime might be put to use for double duty at night as a tarp.
I have no experience with hammocks and it is possible that I might even accidentally strangle myself while trying to set one up or get into one….
Wiser minds can ponder if this could work.
Tony
Tony, you can create a hammock with a tarp by gathering the ends together, tying it down, and they tie off to a tree.
Just make sure it can hold your weight before doing that.
Most (if not all; I seem to remember at least one hammock designed to do dual use as a ground bivy above treeline) commercially produced hammocks are made of breathable nylon or polyester. This makes them rather unsuitable for use as a tarp.
You COULD make an hammock out of silnylon, but you'd have to unwhip and rewhip the ends every time you went from tarp mode to hammock mode. It'd also be a fairly narrow, long tarp; most hammocks are 60" wide or so and 10.5' to 11' long. It would also likely have condensation issues; due to the hammock wrapping around you, any condensation is just going to puddle in the bottom rather than dispersing.
Hope it helps!
This video show an Exped Ergo hammock being used on the ground: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-VPMv7WkfQ
I know it is not that light, but this is one of the reasons I am thinking about buying one (being better for side sleepers is the other).
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