Best hammocks for camping

ENO DoubleNest Hammock

The DoubleNest is the hammock most people picture when they picture a camping hammock, and it has been the default first purchase for a decade. It is wide enough for two to lounge, tough enough to leave clipped to a pack all season, and it packs into a sack attached to the body so there is nothing to lose. It has no bug net and no straps in the box, so a full setup costs more than the sticker suggests. Reviewers consistently rate it for comfort and durability rather than for light weight.

ENO SingleNest Hammock

The SingleNest is the DoubleNest with about a foot and a half of width removed: same fabric, same hardware, same rating, less bulk and less money. For one sleeper it is the more sensible buy, and it is a common choice for a car-camping hammock that lives in a trunk. The narrower cut is less forgiving if you like sleeping on a strong diagonal. Like the rest of the range it arrives without straps.

ENO Sub6 Ultralight Hammock

The Sub6 is ENO's answer to gram counting: a stripped, narrow hammock with an aluminium toggle instead of a carabiner, small enough to disappear into a hip belt pocket. It is the lightest thing here by a wide margin and is aimed at thru hikers and fastpackers rather than campground loungers. The trade is real, though: thin fabric, a lower load rating than the standard nests, and a cut too narrow for a comfortable diagonal lie for many people. It also needs ENO's own ultralight straps to work with the toggle.

ENO JungleNest Hammock

The JungleNest is ENO's proper overnight hammock: a bug net is built in and held off your face by a small spreader bar, and it stows into the body when the bugs are gone so you can use it as an open hammock. CleverHiker's testers call it good value for the quality while ranking it below the cottage brands on outright comfort. It is a sensible bridge between a park hammock and a dedicated backcountry setup. Straps are still an extra purchase.

Kammok Roo Double

The Roo Double is the main rival to the DoubleNest and beats it on paper in two ways: a noticeably higher load rating and a slightly lower weight, from a recycled diamond ripstop fabric. Kammok bundles climbing rated carabiners and a roll top stuff sack sewn to the body, and backs the hammock with a lifetime guarantee. Kammok itself recommends only one person actually sleep in it overnight, so treat the two person rating as a lounging figure. Straps are sold separately, which puts the real cost well above the tag.

Kammok Roo Single UL

Kammok's ultralight single is the direct competitor to ENO's Sub6 and lands within a tenth of an ounce of it, using a toggle and loop suspension instead of carabiners to save the hardware weight. Kammok positions it for backpacking and ultralight hammock camping rather than general use. It is expensive for what it is, costing the same as the far roomier Roo Double, and the thin fabric asks for more care around rough bark. Straps are extra here too.

Kammok Mantis

The Mantis is a complete shelter rather than a hammock: body, removable insect net, rainfly, straps, slings and stakes all ship together in a two compartment sack, and Kammok claims a sixty second pitch off a structural ridgeline. It is the one item here you could take camping straight out of the box with nothing else to buy. CleverHiker rated it well for a kit but found it less comfortable than dedicated hammocks and noted flimsy stakes. It is also by far the most expensive option, and you carry the fly whether you need it or not.

Wise Owl Outfitters DoubleOwl

The DoubleOwl is the budget default, and its trick is that the straps are already in the box, so the advertised price is the whole price. Parachute nylon, a generous two person cut and a very high stated load rating make it a easy pick for a first hammock or a spare to keep in the car. It is the heaviest of the simple open hammocks here and the fabric is plainer than the premium brands'. Buyers who go on to backpack with a hammock usually upgrade, but few regret starting here.

Grand Trunk Double Deluxe

Grand Trunk has been selling this parachute nylon double since the early 2000s, and it competes squarely with Wise Owl: straps and carabiners included, room for two, low price. The cut is the longest and widest of the budget doubles, which suits taller sleepers. Its stated load rating is lower than Wise Owl's and it is the heaviest hammock here that is not a full shelter. For campsite lounging that hardly matters, but it is not the one to carry far.

Trek Light Double Hammock

Trek Light has been refining the same parachute nylon double since 2003, and sells it on comfort for actual overnight sleeping rather than on specs. The distinguishing feature is the brand's Never-Flip cut, meant to make getting in steadier, plus a lifetime warranty and printed fabrics from commissioned artists. It sits between the budget doubles and the premium brands on price. Straps are a separate purchase, so compare it against Wise Owl and Grand Trunk on the bundled cost rather than the sticker.

Hennessy Expedition Zip

Hennessy invented the modern asymmetric camping hammock, and the Expedition is its most popular model: mosquito netting sewn in, a rainfly, support ropes, tree straps and a structural ridgeline that reproduces the same hang every night. Like the Mantis it is a complete kit, but at a much lower price. CleverHiker's testers found the enclosed shape and the bottom entry less comfortable and fiddlier than newer designs, and the rating tops out lower than most, at 250 pounds and six feet of user height. It suits campers who want one box that works over outright comfort.

Lawson Blue Ridge Camping Hammock

The Blue Ridge is the odd one out and deliberately so: spreader bars and arch poles hold it flat and open like a tent, no-see-um netting and a rainfly are built in, and it can be staked on the ground when there are no trees. That flexibility is genuinely useful on trips where a hang is not guaranteed. It is also much heavier than everything else here, with poles and fly to carry, and reviewers are split, some praising it in storms and others finding the fabric thin and the lie less comfortable than a plain gathered end hammock. The base price does not include suspension straps.

Warbonnet Blackbird XLC

The Blackbird XLC is the enthusiast's pick and CleverHiker's top rated hammock overall, sewn to order in the USA with built in netting, adjustable side pulls that hold the mesh off your face, and a gear shelf that testers describe as a step change in storage. It is offered in several fabric and layer configurations, so weight and load rating depend on which you order. The catch is that it is a hammock body, not a kit: suspension, tarp and stakes are separate decisions and separate money, and the pull out cords tangle easily. Buy it once you know you like hammock camping, not to find out.

Onewind Tempest 11'

The Tempest is the value surprise of the bug net category: a full length two way zip, a seamless single panel body, an adjustable ridgeline, and tree straps, stakes and shock cords all in the box for well under half the price of the cottage brands. CleverHiker named it their best budget pick and said they reached for it over hammocks costing twice as much, praising the symmetrical net that lets you sleep facing either way. Their gripes were minor: the side pulls barely adjust and the net cannot be fully unzipped for winter. It is the cheapest honest route into hammock camping with bug protection.