Ultralight Camping Hammock with Bug Net, 1.3 lb and Packs to Plate Size

A camping hammock with the bug net built into it, at 595 grams and packed down to the size of a dinner plate. That is one and a third pounds, and it sits in the top of a day pack without pushing anything else out. You stop having to decide whether it is worth taking.

No tent. No poles. No pegs. What the ground is like where you stop no longer matters, and dusk is no longer the moment you have to go inside.

The net stands up on its own, so nothing lies on your face

Most hammock nets are a loose bag of mesh that settles onto whoever is underneath, which is bearable until you turn over. Two thin arch bars run across the width of this one and spring the mesh up off you, so the whole length of it holds open like a small tent and the air keeps moving through it. A zip runs down the long edge. You get in, pull it shut behind you, and everything with wings stays on the other side of it.

The net is sewn in rather than removable, and that is a deliberate trade. On a still, cold night with nothing biting, you flip the whole thing under the bed and lie in open air instead.

595 grams, and it rolls down to the size of a dinner plate

That is one and a third pounds. It is also the number that decides whether a hammock lives in the trunk of the car or comes up a hill on your back, and it is why this one is worth having over the heavy kind. Packed, it is a soft round bundle in its own drawstring sack, and it drops into a day pack without you rearranging anything else.

The 70D parachute nylon is what buys that. It is thin and breathable, it resists tearing, and the seams are reinforced where the load actually goes, so the weight comes off the fabric rather than off the strength. It still takes 200 kilos, or 441 pounds, which is two adults sharing or one adult who would rather not think about it.

What the cheap one gets wrong

The budget version is the same idea with the corners cut, and you find each one in the dark. Its net is a separate sleeve you thread over the top and fight with by headtorch. Its hanging kit is a length of cord you have to know a knot for, rather than flat webbing with a sewn loop and a carabiner that takes ten seconds a tree.

The straps, the carabiners and the sack all arrive with it, in the one bag. Set it up in a pine wood, between two fence posts at the end of the garden, or on a stand you already own, and the only real decision left is which two trees.

Specifications

Weight: 595 g (1.3 lb)

Load capacity: 200 kg (441 lb)

Packed size: About the size of a dinner plate, in its own drawstring sack

Fabric: 70D parachute nylon, breathable and tear resistant, with reinforced seams

Bug net: Fine mesh, built in, held up by two arch bars, closed by a zip along one long edge

Net removal: Not removable. It flips underneath the bed when you do not want it

Hanging: Two flat webbing tree straps and two carabiners

Setup: Tool free, in under five minutes, between trees, posts or a stand

Colors: Camouflage Green, Black, Sky Blue, Army Green, Orange

Note on Orange: The bed and the net are grey, with orange edging and an orange sack

Care: Hand wash with mild soap and air dry

Package Includes

1x Hammock with Built In Bug Net

1x Drawstring Stuff Sack

2x Tree Strap

2x Carabiner