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@RagnarHairybreeks
Sorry if I’m jumping in late.
Got back into camping (mainly as I’m now shooting air rifle comps) and a DD Hammock system (no affiliation) is the only way I will camp.
I’m an oldish bastard and waking up in a tent, even from an air bed, has me walking like I’m 95 in the morning until the spine un-kinks. In a hammock and I’m comfy as a dog in a basket.
Setting up the hammock and tarp is a little slower than a quick tent but;
No chance of a rainstorm getting you wet through seepage.
No chance of condensation.
Way lighter kit (esp. good if cycle camping).
No waking up to a tent that smells of beer fumes and farts.
Dry space to let boots etc air out - without it being in the air volume that you will then have to inhabit for the night.
Damn good excuse to sleep on your own and give the partner hz own sleeping space. (Admit it. Part of the point of camping (unless you have kids with you) is to talk trash and drink mash round a campfire into the early hours)
If there are no trees, I will not, anymore camp. Trees available and I’m in like Flynn.
(You MUST get an under-quilt or this method isn’t a good way to spend a night)