you can’t make that comparison because those come with the stand… which is the most expensive part, i’d only buy this if i already had a stand or if i had 2 trees close enough
Dang, I only have one tree in my back yard. I don’t see that working out well.
I noticed yesterday there was a hammock with frame on sale at World Market, normally $130, priced at $99, but the hammock wasn’t nearly as nice as this one. I should go find out how much a decent stand will cost.
*edit - looks like a decent hammock stand runs a hundred bucks and up. Yikes.
I got this earlier from woot and hung it up. The posts I put hooks into are about 13 feet across, and I added about a foot of rope to let it swing more freely.
I respectfully disagree - hate that rolled up sausage feeling from non-spreader bar hammocks.
If you have a properly sized stand, connected to the hammock with proper, large chains (short), these hammocks are plenty stable. I’ve never come close to falling out.
If your tethers are too long and something like flimsy rope the tendency for the hammock to spin is increased.
The mistake most people make with traditional hammocks is that they lay in them along the center axis.
If you lay diagonally, you don’t feel like a sausage, and the hammock naturally supports your weight at all points. like it’s supposed to. Spreader bar hammocks don’t do this no matter how you lay in them.