Hammocks

Derek Tillotson has come up with a new tent hammock design that offers a flat platform for sleeping and resting.

Lately we're seeing some imaginative ways to let hammocks stand on their own. The aptly named Hang Solo is the latest of these to cross our desk, and uses a lightweight frame to suspend one's existing hammock in just about any location.

At just over two pounds, the Mantis UL all-in-one hammock tent is certainly among the lighter sleeping solutions for campers, and promising simple setup and supreme strength, should make for some peaceful slumber above the ground and under the stars.​

Earlier this year, Tentsile introduced its smallest, lightest tree tent to date, the all-new UNA. We recently spent a night tree-camping in the UNA in the superlative California redwoods. We hung out and slept until the beating sun and rustling of neighboring campers woke us up – here's how it went.

Minneapolis-based startup Republic of Durable Goods is presenting a more versatile way to hammock with the Mock One hammock, which takes cues from folding camp chairs to provide an all-in-one hammock solution that doesn't require trees.

Tentsile has been bringing camping to the air with an ever-growing lineup of suspended tree tents. Now it's coming back down to earth ... and water. The new Universe is a multifunctional, five-person shelter that can pitch in the trees or on the ground, before going to work as a day raft.

It's a hammock mount that goes on the back of your truck. Not a hammock, mind you – McLean Metalworks wisely assumes that the sort of people that buy US$399 truck mounts for their hammocks are very particular about their suspended slings, so it's just the mount. BYO hammock.

Part chair, part hammock, the SkyFloat adventure chair could be your ultimate travel companion. It packs up small, carries anywhere and strings up easily into a zero-gravity-style hammock chair wherever you are. Hang it from a single point and while away the hours in a cozy suspended lounge.

We've seen hammocks on truck hitches, on car roofs, and even inside pickup beds. But what if it's pouring rain and you still want to hammock? Well, you can either get soaked outside or string up a Car Hammock.

Rather than packing a hammock, a tent and a tarp on your travels, Church Outdoor Gear has now unwrapped the Walden Hammock, with a unique shape that lets it transform into several types of shelter as quick as the weather changes.

Hammock lovers, sit up and take notice. Crua Outdoors is updating the hammock into a cozy pod you can spend the entire day and night in. The new Koala lets you lie down or sit up, and it keeps all your necessities close at hand.

Hammock or bed of rocks? It doesn't sound like a hard decision, which might be why tree tents have exploded in popularity. The latest to find its way across our desk is the Sky-Pod, a dangling, semi-rigid sleep chamber engineered to be as comfortable to sit or stand in as it is to lie in.