Hammocks, Net vs. Cloth

[rebel]

Up for discussion are the benefits of one type hammock over the other as a multi use item.

For the net hammock:
*Some are weight rated to 880 lbs.
*Can be used as a fishing net.
*Extra cordage.
*Easily repaired in the field.
*They're cheaper.
*???

For the cloth hammock:
*weight rated 190-250 lbs.
*???

[finallyME]

Cloth hammocks are way more comfortable. That is their main function. I'd rather sleep on a hard ground with a thin ccf pad then sleep in a net hammock all night.
I wouldn't say they are all that multifunctional. Sorta like a thick air mattress.

[mwp]

Built one years ago from nylon twine that I had used for the main line for a trot line. Turned our great. That was in the late 70's. I got the idea after I had used one in the field. May be my new rainey days project

[rebel]

No doubt cloth must be more comfortable. It's been 30 years since I've used any kind of hammock. That's how much I like them. I do see the beneficial application in the right setting.

From the givin, I'd go with the net hammock. It may be uncomfortable but, in a survival situation and with the benefits, the net hammock seems to win over the cloth hammock.

[el-amigo]

In the net hammock during a tropical night some good friends can sleep with you in your clothes (of course it can happen in a cloth hammock without mosquito net as well).
In a survival situation you can do more things with a net, it is my opinion.

[finallyME]

The reason why most people don't like sleeping in hammocks is because they slept in a net one, at one point. People who love sleeping in hammocks, and do so on purpose.....pick cloth ones. I wonder if there is something to that?

If I were going to pick one to put in my survival kit, I would pick a net one. Kinda like a condom, you aren't going to use it for its intended purpose.

I wonder if I could make a net bridge hammock.

[Rick]

I can't imagine what my butt would look like after sleeping in a net hammock all night. That's too ugly for even me to think about. Blech.

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[mwp]

I took a issue air matress and blew it up about half way, put it in and slept like a baby.

[rebel]

I can't imagine what my butt would look like after sleeping in a net hammock all night. That's too ugly for even me to think about. Blech.

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He ain't gonna make it.

I took a issue air matress and blew it up about half way, put it in and slept like a baby.

Yea, even a piece of cardboard would make it comfy.