| Shelter is critical when camping out of doors. You | | | | tent. Hammock camping fans enthuse that |
| need protection from the elements, as well as the | | | | hammocks don't damage the environment like a |
| local creatures and insects. Your shelter needs to | | | | traditional campsite. Hammock tents are generally |
| be portable, lightweight, and if you are mindful of | | | | secured between two trees. Correctly fastened, |
| environmental impacts, leave little to no trace of | | | | there is little or no marking on the trees' bark. In |
| your stay. An ideal choice for you is a hammock | | | | contrast, when conventional tents are pitched and |
| tent. Hammock tents are becoming a preferred | | | | bags are rolled out their negative impacts and |
| shelter for campers and backpackers who want | | | | impressions are seen on the area. |
| maximum comfort while enjoying nature's beauty. | | | | The camper benefits as well from the hammock |
| What Is A Hammock Tent? | | | | tent. Because you're suspended in the air, there |
| Traditionally campers are sheltered from the | | | | are no problems with crawling insects, small |
| elements outdoors overnight by pitching a tent | | | | animals or pests as when sleeping on the ground. |
| and rolling out a sleeping bag inside it on the | | | | Sleeping in a hammock tent lessens the risk of |
| ground. A hammock tent is just a conventional | | | | sleeping uncomfortably on a hard or otherwise |
| hammock suspended in air with the addition of a | | | | rocky surface. In fact hammocks enable you to |
| protective covering or tarp that is used for | | | | pitch your "tent" where many conventional tents |
| sleeping and shelter. You can use a regular | | | | could never be set up. Then there's the |
| hammock (without the spreader bars) and | | | | near-legendary comfort of a hammock for |
| suspend a tarp over it using cords and stakes; or | | | | sleeping. |
| buy one of the many fine hammock tents on the | | | | Some say that it's harder to stay warm in a |
| market. | | | | hammock tent because the materials are so |
| Hammock tents that you buy are constructed so | | | | lightweight and thin. You may wish to use the |
| that the protective covers are part of the | | | | hammock tent for warm weather camping only; |
| hammock. You can buy them with mosquito | | | | or try some of the solutions devised by campers |
| netting as well as rain protection. Hammock tents | | | | such as using a closed cell foam pad inside the |
| have an entry system that can be closed using a | | | | hammock. You might even use your old sleeping |
| zipper, Velcro or other closure system. | | | | bag as a quilt top. |
| Benefits of the Hammock Tent | | | | Once you try a hammock tent, you may give up |
| There are many benefits in using a hammock | | | | your conventional tent and sleeping bag altogether. |