Whether you're on a hiking trip or you just want to take a nap outdoors a camping hammock is a great alternative to a tent. 


The advantages of hammock over tent

Hammocks are not as heavy as tents and are easy to carry in a backpack. Hammocks provide comfortable resting option in the area that is uneven and rocky. Since hammocks remain above the ground they let you sleep comfortably without feeling the rocks and ground beneath you. There is also great cost saving associated with hammock. The cost of a good quality hammock is less than $150 while a tent will not cost you any less than $250.


Disadvantages of camping hammock tent

Like every other thing hammocks too have certain disadvantages that you must know about 

A hammock does not have extra storage for your gear. If you have to go to a place that experiences more rain then you bring take along an additional tarp for covering your gear. Privacy is the major concern with hammock. A tent provides a place that hides you while you change your clothes. But, in a hammock it is much more difficult. Hammocks are useful if you are not accompanied by the other people or all of them have their own camping hammocks.You cannot use hammock without at least two trees placed nearby because the hammock will attach to the trees to hang in the air.

Things to look for while buying a camping hammock tent

A good camping hammock should come along with a built- in bug screen and a rain cover. A good camping hammock should have the weight rating on the hammock that can carry your body weight.  It should also allow for some kind of insulation if you have to go to a place where cold weather conditions prevail.