| Eliminate tossing and turning from uncomfortable | | | | If you're big into the outdoors and love to camp |
| pressure points by sleeping in a hammock instead | | | | and hike, consider trading in your old tent and |
| of on a mattress. It may sound crazy at first, but | | | | foam padding for a hammock with a rain fly and |
| if you think about it, indigenous South Americans | | | | protective mosquito netting. No more looking for |
| have been sleeping this way for centuries. No | | | | the flattest spot to pitch a tent - simply string up |
| matter how soft your mattress is, you will still | | | | your sleeping quarters between two trees. Forget |
| have to roll over to ease pressure points where | | | | about the tent poles and stakes and carry a |
| your body weight collects on the mattress. In a | | | | light-weight hammock in your back pack instead. |
| hammock, the fabric is completely molded to | | | | Have out of town guests frequently? If you have |
| your body, eliminating all of those nasty pressure | | | | limited sleeping area for out-of-towners, but still |
| points as well as the need to roll over. | | | | want to be hospitable, suggest they sleep in |
| The best type of hammock for sleeping in does | | | | hammocks when they come to visit. Quick and |
| not have a wood spreader bar. A spread bar | | | | easy storage means that guests can sleep in the |
| spreads the hammock flat, making it more like a | | | | living room at night and clear out by day. It's a |
| mattress. While pressure points are eliminated | | | | win-win situation for everyone. Just be careful |
| some, you won't feel quite as weightless as you | | | | that they don't enjoy the comfort of sleeping in a |
| would without the spreader bar. | | | | hammock so much that they won't want to |
| There's a reason the Royal Navy used hammocks | | | | leave. |
| on their ships. The take up a small amount of | | | | Hammocks are truly versatile and comfortable |
| space, and can be taken down at a moment's | | | | sleeping apparatus. If you have relegated |
| notice. Think of the possibilities for your small | | | | hammock use to your backyard after mowing |
| dwelling. Apartment living isn't always big on space, | | | | the grass, reconsider. A hammock can be a great |
| and imagine what you could achieve by putting a | | | | night's sleep whether you're traveling abroad, |
| hammock in your college dorm. Hammocks are a | | | | spending the night in the wilderness, or sleeping in |
| big space saver when you have small living | | | | your own room. |
| quarters. | | | | |