Hennessy Hammock - Safari Deluxe Zip XXL

My husband and I spent a total of 6 nights in this hammock, together, while backpacking in California. The whole setup is lightweight and about the size of an ultralight sleeping bag when all packed. The first night we didn't put our air mattresses in the bottom, and when the temperature dropped it was a bit cool on our backsides. We added the air mattresses when we woke up freezing, and that extra insulation made things perfect. It was about 55 Fahrenheit where we were. We are both little, about 250 lbs combined. We had plenty of room, but did slide toward the center so one of us always had an arm under the other, but we weren't too squished and slept comfortably. With it being asymmetrical, with the two of us in there it seemed like there were two pockets you can put your mass in comfortably, one on either side of center, and one closer to the head with the other closer to the foot. We probably should have slept with our heads in opposite directions, but I wasn't a fan of having his feet in my face after hiking all day, so we kept our heads at one end, but one of our butts was always about a foot farther down than the other, in the lower pocket. It was ok though, the offset meant one person's shoulders were level with the other's head rather than shoulder to shoulder and it made for more space. The only problem we had was that it's tough to keep the bedding from sliding toward the middle, so we had to keep fighting the sleeping bag back up under our shoulders, and the air mattresses had a tendency to slide under each other and down (we have the V blow up ones that fold down to nothing. Hennessy makes a heat reflecting pad, but not for the Safari model hammock, and the Hennessy one is bulkier because it's foil coated bubble wrap). Before the next trip, I plan to make a nylon sleeve for the air mattresses to go in so they don't overlap, and attach strings to that sleeve so we can attach them to the head of the hammock and prevent the down slide, similar to how the Hennessy reflective pads are set up. I'll probably add grommets to the sleeping bags also so I can use the same ties from the air mattresses to keep the sleeping bags from sliding down too. Overall, very comfortable. No back pain after 6 nights. The screen did it's job wonderfully and all materials held up well. The rainfly is great for blocking wind, and seems like it would keep rain off though we didn't test it. Great design.

NO hammock. Let me repeat: NO hammock!Rainfly is four point, not six point as pictured.I was going to use it this weekend. Ha-ha on me.Tell me what you are going to do.

Got the HH Safari for about a month now and loving it. Putting it through some test here in Florida in mid October with the coming cooler weather in my yard. Even had it up and using it during the windy hurricane Sandy and it held up with no problem. It was nice and cozy inside while the fly flapped up and down violently. Had to admit I was nervous at first wondering how long it was going to hold me up during those windy days, but it turned out just fine. All I can say to those who love to hang like I do is,....you won't go wrong with a Hennessy hammock.

Very comfortable. Currently using in our yard for afternoon naps. Rainfly works great. I've been in it during steady downpours. I can see how other users would use for camping. Easy to put up, take down and store.

Huge and durable. Im 6'5'' and 260. This hammock holds me no problem. The built in ropes are very strong and tie good knots. The rainfly is sort of a pain to set up, but I'm relatively new to hammocking. I think someone with more experience choosing the distance of the tie offs would be better than me. I also got the snakeskins. I bought the largest size they come in and this thing barely fits inside them. The snakeskins are a must, but it takes some serious stuffing to get them to fit. I wish Hennessy would make one size larger to hold this huge hammock! This thing fully packed down is still pretty bulky. It will fit in a backpack but is by no means ultralight.

I am 6-3 and 245lbs. and purchased the Safari because of the height and weight specs. The ridge line broke the first night making for an uncomfortable sleep. Returned it to Amazon and was sent a replacement overnight. Set the Safari up in our hammock stand in the back yard and twang there went the ridge line. I replaced the cheap line with 550 cord and added an extra foot to the line. The hammock is working well so far. I called the Hennessy company and left messages but have not spoken to anyone from the company yet. My son has the Expedition series but I had to buy a bigger rainfly

I haven't slept in it yet, but I set it up in the woods once for myself and once so my friends could see how it worked. it seems nice after I bought it I read about people making "pea pods" with a cheaper hammock and a sleeping bag, which would save me about a hundred bucks.also, the straps are way too small. not sure what they were thinking with such short straps, especially if they recommend you wrap it around at least once. you would think that the extra $2 the would spend for double the length straps would make a lot of people happy, not sure why they don't

I bought this hammock because it's one of the biggest ones I could find and I'm a pretty big guy (6'1" 240lbs). This thing is awesome I have a pretty bad back but I've slept in this thing about 10 times so far with no problems. It's extremely comfortable. I don't really care for the rain fly because it's a little small for such a large hammock but it still gets the job done.A few things I recommend buying right off the bat in addition to this would be 2 sets of hennessy XL snakeskins and if your going to be sleeping in any season besides summer pick up a good underquilt. It does get a bit chilly without one.