WIDE WORLD
PRODUCT
Blue Ridge Camping Hammock
PROMISE
A dream come true for campers, hunters, fishermen, whitewater rafters and kayakers negotiating the most difficult climates and terrain - a lightweight, weather-and-bug-resistant tent that you can string up between two trees? Surely not.
PERFORMANCE
Whether you want to use this one-man tent as an ordinary tent - ie. pegged down firmly on terra-firma - or you want to suspend it four feet above the ground between two trees like a, er, hammock, then the Blue Ridge Camping Hammock is for you. This is a fantastic bit of kit. It fits into a large rucksack or straps to the top of a smaller one, is really light-weight at 4.25 lbs and you can kiss goodbye to bugs and critters bothering you at night (possibly not bears though, unless you string it 20 feet in the air between two trees, in which case you might have a bit of a problem actually getting into the thing).
You'll sleep on a nylon pack-cloth bed and the rip-free nylon fly sheet will keep the rain off. It's dead easy to set up (just push a couple of poles together and string it up to two suitable tree trunks and you're away), and on the night we road-tested it, it stood up to the wind and 180lb (13 stone) load fantastically.
VERDICT
Marvelous invention. Not sure quite sure I'll ever use a conventional tent again.
See the review for yourself at http://www.wideworldmag.co.uk/reviews/gear-is-it-a-hammock-is-it-a-tent
Lovetoknow.com - See the Full Article
LoveToKnow Camping was able to speak with Wes Johnson, the owner of the Lawson Hammock Company in Raleigh, North Carolina, about his amazing Blue Ridge camping hammocks!
Uberapparatus.com - See the Full Article
Make your fall camping trip the best and coolest experience ever with this uber apparatus, it’s a tent and a hammock all in one.
Examiner.com - See the Full Article
Backyard vacations: Things to help you take perfect 'getaway' at home this summer
Babble.com - See the Full Article
Keep his day in the yard bug-free (well, insect free - no promises the kids won’t bug him) with the Blue Ridge Camping Hammock from Lawson Hammock. A traditional “string from the trees” hammock, the Lawson Hammock company offers up a twist for dads who want to take the show out into the mountains.
Sun Sentinal - See the Full Article
This hammock thinks it’s a tent!
Outdoor Republic - See the Full Article
Contrary to what many believe, hammock camping is not a new hobby, practice or phenomenon.
It has been around for centuries and has even been traced back to ancient tribal communities who preferred to
sleep off the ground for many reasons, primarily for safety. Our tribal ancestors were way ahead of their time!
THE GEAR JUNKIE
December 2008 Review
Pitch your sleeping quarters high off the ground with the Blue Ridge Camping Hammock from the Lawson Hammock
Company, a one-person sleep system that’s lightweight, comfortable and weatherproof. Essentially a tent that hovers
between two trees, the hammock has no-see-um mesh, poles to prop its nylon fabric taut, and a fly to enclose a
camper 100 percent from the rain. The system allows campers to sleep in places not suitable for traditional tent camping,
including wet ground and steep terrain. But if you want to sleep on the ground the hammock can be staked out as
a bivy tent, too.
See the review for yourself at http://thegearjunkie.com/gear-junkies-holiday-gift-guide
BACKPACKER MAGAZINE
June 2008 Review
Best of Both Worlds — Blue Ridge Camping Hammock
We tried more than a dozen different hammocks over the past eight months. Verdict: Testers either love or hate these
things. Only one model satisfied everyone: the Blue Ridge Camping Hammock. Two reasons: 1) Collapsible "spreader
bars" keep the hammock wider and flatter than with other models, eliminating the awkward banana curve common to
the category. "Off the ground, there are no pressure points, so it's literally like you're sleeping on air," raved one tester;
and 2) It can be pitched as a solo tent with integrated rainfly, so you'll never be caught hiking into the night looking for
trees. In tent mode, it holds its own with other solo models, though it needed to be restaked to prevent the roof from
sagging. Rigging is easy in both configurations.
See the review for yourself at http://www.backpacker.com/gear/12462
