Thanks for taking the time to make this. Best pros and cons video I’ve seen!✌️

I use both but I have to say I prefer a hammock. I have much more room overall in my hammock set up and greater comfort.like you said, getting in and out is way easier especially in my elder years. My tent, however, is lighter and easier to set up. Great video!

Excellent video!! Love these straightforward pros and cons. I really need to try a hammock setup.

Preference and location of while you're out, play a role. You made some great points for both. Thanks.

Great comparison. I really like that you pointed out that both systems are really close in weight when you include all the items. A lot of people don't do that when comparing hammocks & tents. I agree the right trees are sometimes very hard to find. Too many, too few, too big, too small, right distance but too fat so the straps aren't long enough, etc. Out in the open areas, there are portable hammock stands that you can backpack with (Tensa Solo for one) but a tent would be easier. If you are with a group or a highly traffic camping area possible con for hammocks - less privacy for changing clothes. Moisture under the tent is a pet-peeve of mine. I dislike dealing with the dirt and vegetation that sticks to the bottom of a tent. It's more effort to clean when you get home.

Very nice and useful video 😊

I was thinking about doing a video along these lines. Good stuff brother. Thanks for the video

Nice video. I have a more personal attachment to hammocks. Everyone's setup is different which is super cool. I dig watching hangcon videos with all the custom printed tarps, hammocks, and quilts. I'm out West though so there's just no trees at times or not allowed at some designated sites. I'm cool with with either but hammocks are way more comfortable. These days I'm trying out tarp & bivy setups for less bulk/weight.

So glad I made the switch to the hammock system, and I learned it from watching you okay! 😄 But in all seriousness, my favorite thing about the hammock is the gentle swaying that helps me relax and fall asleep. I am still learning every time I get out and use my hammock, it is a fun process.

Always been a tent guy. I need to try a few hammocks. Side sleeper, so maybe a bridge hammock.

Great comparison video Tim😊👌. Entertaining watch as always. Our vote will always be for a tent, guess we are just suckers for the fort factor 😂 ⛺️🎪🏕. But you are spot on, the world would be a very boring place if we were all the same 😊 Cheers Shell and Pete

thanks dood

Funny, I'm coming from Durston tents to hammocks. Still, for tent camping, Durston xmid are the best. But, I only get about 6 hours of mixed sleep on a pad on the ground. Also rare to get a flat lay in a tent when backpacking. I've gotten that comfort level down to minimal with my Big Agnes Rapide. But now I'm leaning more towards hammock now for that sweet spot and long deep sleep that guys like Shug talk about. And, I do like the ease of set up with a hammock. Plus the openness feeling camping in a hammock.

Hammocks are great, but I prefer tents, but I have always been an old school type of guy!

My Hammock Gear DCF Winter Palace Tarp, paired with my Hummingbird Hammock and straps and my 1.5 lb. down bag (over-and-under quilt system that I have used for over 12 years weighs about 4 lbs. That's the weight for my total shelter, including insulation above and beneath, and never a muddy floor. Rocky, muddy, uneven ground, no problem. Adding an 8 oz. bug net brings the total up to 4.5 lbs. My tarp packs up last, rolled with the dry underside inside, after packing up everything in the dry shelter under it. I use a hammock hot tent in the winter, 8 pounds with large Seek Outside titanium wood stove. Hammock and sleeping bag add 3-6 pounds, depending on how cold it gets. Thanks, Tim!

Fort-factor..... I like that. Nice video friend.

Good video there are def pros n cons for both.

Great information to aid in the decision making. Basically it's six of one and a half of a dozen on the other. Each has a place and occasion for their use. For myself it's a hammock 95% of the time and only a tent when the need calls for one. I like the ease in a hammocks set up and take down , the comfort is superb ( better then a tent any day ) and ventilation is to dream for. Here in Florida's heat and humidity I call a tent a sweat lodge. I also use a wood burning backpacking stove. By using a hammock my cooking fuel is all around me. My personal choice has been a hammock for over 60 years.

Really good stuff my friend. Hammocks for the win!!

I am a big tent guy. I also like my hammocks. To me it all depends on the situation. Great video.

Nice video dad!

I started out in hammocks back in the 2000s. I just never got good sleep. I’m not a back sleeper at all but I suffered through it because they (at the time) were lighter and easier. Fast forward to now and I’m a tent guy. I can toss and flail all night long and sleep in any position. So yes not everyone is the same, and the great hammocks don’t work for everyone. Still miss the fiddle factor with hammocks though.

The age old topic lol. I'm still a grown dweller at heart but I do love my Hammack. I think my biggest hurdle mentally is worrying I wont set it up correctly. Sounds crazy I know.

I can use either depending on the situation, but over all unless I'm going someplace with no trees I'm going with the hammock.

Hammocks when possible, tents if I must. I have yet to find a pad I can carry that compares to the comfort of my hammock. I gave up on the lighter whoopie slings and moved back to 20' straps. Straps can go shorter than whoopie slings, and 20' tends to deal with bigger trees. However, I tend to avoid bigger trees that have bigger branches than can fall. As far as overall weight goes, if someone handed me a 3 lb brick and told me I'd sleep better every night , I'd carry it. Rest and recovery is too important to me. That being said, my Yobogear stand lets me hang about anywhere.

Hammocks are cool, until something touches you at 3 am

Sounds like you had a couple rock stars during the making of this video. Personally, I carry my banana hammock on every trip.

Debe hacer mucho frio

I’m looking at investing in a hammock. I love my Durston X-mid2 and Kakwa 55 pack. It hits the sweet spot of quality, function, and price for me. What’s the hammock equivalent of Durston Gear?

1:45 looks like a lot of trees behind you!

Depends imo, if you're speedrunning then UL hammock and embrace any suck that happens. If it's a gentle wander taking in views and chilling, tent. That said personally I prefer my hammock and tarp mansions 😂

I'm camp tent myself mostly because I don't like ay swaying makes me a bit sea sick

I was hammock tenting in thick mosquito county. Imagine trying to sleep while mosquitoes buzz your ear from the outside of the hamock. You canr swat them. It was torture. Couldnt sleep and had unstoppable mosquitoes in my ear.....

you touched on it slightly, but.....100% of deaths by bear to backpackers in the lower 48 all have been to those hammock people.

I prefer to pitch a tent, wouldn't mind trying a hammock though. Nice video.