I love these Hammocks. I have two and have been using them regulary in the New Zealand Bush for the last 8 or 9 years now. 🙂

I've had my Hennessy Ultralight Backpacker Asym for 9 years now. It's one of the best purchases I've ever made.

Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate the shape of the fabric...I'm a math/physics person so it was great to see that! Doing my first hammock camp this weekend and your video was ultra helpful!

We have been using these hammocks for several years now, We have slept in anything from heat to cooler weather down to 20 some odd degrees, Ours are a sim zip so the bug net zips out of the way. That was an excellent visual on the diagonal on these hammocks, you did a great job of explaining it so others will understand the design better. Thanks again for sharing you videos with us and I hope you have a blessed week my friend. Dale

Very nice and complete demo. Had never seen one of those in action. Thanks, Al

Even with a structural ridgeline maintaining a 30 degree angle is still a good idea. Lower angles multiply the inward force that is applied to the straps/trees . At a 5 degree angle a 200 pound person will exert 1147 pounds of inward force on each strap/tree. At 30 degrees that inward force is 173 pounds per strap/tree. Much less risk of breakage and much less damaging to the tree. The ridgeline simply maintains a consistent amount of sag in the hammock itself.

I like how the design is on this when getting in the hammock! Great review

Thank you very much. Sir,you have the best reviews on this planet!

I like it. really cool design. Nice to see a company doing something different. Its great to have options. Great demo Bruce!

I was just gifted a Hennessy safari from a great friend. I guess I you could say its my first real hammock. Thought I would go ton your channel to get some hammock tips from someone who knows hammocks. Found just what I was looking for. Thanks for the great video.

First time ever seeing one of these hung. Great presentation and explanation - I learned something new today about hammocks - thank you!

Looks like you got this down to a science... I like the idea of no bugs, coming from the bottom side, good stuff brother...

New subscriber here. You have a great channel. You're answering many questions I've had for years.

interesting hammock Bruce ! kinda cool , you are always thinking in a good way ! atb john

10:05 that really looks a lot easier to get out of. easier than getting up off the ground from a tent for sure

I've had my Ultralight Backpacker with Monsoon rainfly for 1 week. I have spent 2 nights in it with the double bubble pad and a big old sleeping bag. First night it was 37 degrees, second night was 30 and woke up with 2 inches of snow on the ground. The second night I shoved a cheap closed cell pad under the bubble pad and slept amazingly warm considering my sleeping bag is from the jurassic period and takes up 20 liters of backpack. LOL.

I love my Hennessey hammocks i’ve also been using Onewind hammocks, I would be interested in peoples opinions on both What they think is best, and why?

"Kiddy-whompous". HAHAHAHAHA, I LOVE THAT!!!!! CLASSIC!!!!! XD I was watching your other video where you demonstrated hammock sizes using the 14-inch piece of cloth and a condom. I really enjoyed that video and watched it three times. That is a BRILLIANT way of illustrating things. Then in this video you break out the little cloths again to demonstrate things, and it really helps immensely. It's really helped me to decide on the size of hammock I want to go for. I'm 5'10, medium build, and I have to be a weight weenie as I'm weak with illness but still want to do some hiking. The other week I went out hiking and camping for the first time with a 9 kg pack and it was too much. So while I want a light hammock, I still want it to be large enough that I'm comfortable. Which really means I will have to spend $100 on a hammock, I can't get away with a $30 job with my requirements. Having said that, there is this Sea to Summit UL hammock which is a larger size, but still acceptably light. It is 3m x 1.9m, and weighs 450 grams. Not bad enough? However I didn't know about this asymmetrical hammock design, so I should look into that situation first before deciding on anything. But for my size, that 3m x 1.9m hammock would really be comfie don't you think? Before that, I was looking at the Grand Trunk Nano-7 as it's only 209 grams, however I have decided that at 9ft x 4ft, it's just too small and uncomfortable. It may be alright for a weekend here or there, but I'm planning to spend lots of time in my new hammock, using it as often as I'd use a bed a lot of the time. Btw you know how sometimes someone reminds you of an actor? Well you remind me of an actor, I thought it immediately upon seeing you on your other video. You're not exactly like him, but you are a bit. Enough that I could say you come from the same star, so to speak. Ah just trying to remember what movie I know him from, I don't even know his name, I'm not big on actor's names. Bare with me for a sec while I think..... YES!!!!! He is that guy from " The Truman Show", he was Truman's best friend. Remember? He was "In on it", he was a paid under-cover actor, paid to pretend to be Truman's best friend. I'll look his name up, just bare with me another sec.... Here we go, "Noah Emmerich". He played "Marlon" in The Truman Show. TALK ABOUT OFF-TOPIC!!!!! He's a pretty cool guy, as are you ;)

Fantastic demo!!

The bottom Velcro entry model as illustrated in this VLOG can be troublesome sometimes. I prefer the zip model. Its much easier to get in and out of. Especially if you have a lot of things hanging on your belt or in your pockes. Add a Swagman roll and you are all set!

Good demo.. I understand the a sym design now. How does underguilt work on it?

Very interesting design and well explained! Thanks for sharing brother. Btw, you run your wireless mic too hot, try to give it less input power, it sometimes hurts the ears :-) Cheers, Marc

Have you ever looked at the Therm-a-Rest Slacker Hammock?

How does the bottom entry work with a sleeping pad,sleeping bag and under quilt? After seeing one in person at the Voo I always wondered how it would work.-j

I started with a Hennessy Explorer Deluxe with the hex tarp. Added a set of quilts from JacksR Better. Quickly changed out the suspension to whoopie slings with some Dutch clips. Then I replaced the tarp with a cuben fiber one with doors (I added pole pockets from zpacks to put it in porch mode easily). The screen was bothering me when I didn't need it, and the bottom entry was a bit of a bother, so I had 2QZQ add zippers (which also makes it easier to cook from the hammock). So do I still have a Hennessy or have I changed it too much now? I still like the asym shape.

Looks like it'd be a little too small for a guy my size? I need 11footers or I can't get as comfortable.

You still need 30 degrees so your tarp fixed on the Ridgeline stays tight.

Ich think this entry makes it complicated with sleeping bags.. oder mats

Instead of having this one modified, why not just get the model with the zipper already on the bug screen? I spent a week in one of those this summer.

Are they comfortable to sleep in?

I started out with the Hennessy Safari Deluxe Hammock and after several years graduated to the Clark Tropical and finally the Warbonnet Blackbird. The reason was that mosquitoes could and would bite me threw the bottom of my old Hennessy hammock. The Clark along with the Warbonnet are totally mosquito proof with the bottom material and the top bug netting. I have camped in our Florida swamps where the mosquitoes were so thick at night it looked like someone was shaking a pepper mill outside the hammock. I never had a single bite while in either hammock. I understand Tom Hennessy is now making some of his hammocks bottom material mosquito proof. I have not had the pleasure of using one of Tom's new ones.

I love this hammock but it's made for short people calf pressure is number one problem

this or the explorer?