Lawson Hammock 2023 Review

[@David-mu5rv]

This was a great help! I did not realize that you still sleep on a diagonal with a bridge hammock. Thank you!

[@denniskuenze659]

Great review. I have a Lawson which I bought years ago. I sewed a sleeve onto the bottom so I can slide a pad in. It has worked out great. I do agree that having sag makes it much more comfortable. I’ve seen so many people hang it tight which does make it tipsy. I don’t care for the tarp. I use another tarp with a ridge line.

[@theultimatehang]

Great insight and tip! Adding that sleeve seems pretty easy, but did you need to add some baffling at all?

[@denniskuenze659]

No I just used some heavier material. I slide a oversized pad in and it does the job. I only use this hammock for car or ATV camping. It’s too heavy for backpacking.

[@vemundmellevold3203]

Dude, you started up the channel again? I love this! Amok Draumr next, i have 2, the best hammoks in my opinion 😄 (not a lightweight setup tho).

[@theultimatehang]

Thanks, and yes! More videos coming (and not just gear reviews)

[@11bravo18]

I've used that hammock since the mid 90s before Lawson took over from Newells. You need to use a Truckers Hitch knot to tighten one end of your hammock. I've stayed dry in 40mph driving rain on Big Pine Key on an almost identical older Lawson version. I can see where your version has been upgraded. Tighten your ropes as I suggested and it'll remove a lot of sag so that the rain fly will mate with the hammocks velcro tabs.

[@wisenber]

Another thing worth mentioning is that upside down, you're sleeping on a waterproof fabric which yields a sweaty back. Since it's already heavy, it would be nice to add a pad sleeve made of a more breathable material. However, a 2QZQ underquilt protector for pad will do.

[@blaskotron]

I used the inner corner loops to keep my sleeping bag from bunching up to the middle when I got out and then have to reorient every time I got in.

[@theultimatehang]

Great tip!

[@stitch3163]

Love the bongos!

[@1eyedjacksRwild]

Thanks for posting. Would it be possible to bring a 50 lb dog in the Hammock with you. Just curious. I am not sure how to handle my dog on a Hammock trip. When tent camping he is in the tent with me.

[@theultimatehang]

Yes of course, but just like having a human hammock partner, you're both going to be "intimately" associated. There's not really two places to hang out, even if the floor plan is big, you'll be sagging together.

[@zacharybovis668]

Will it fit on a Mini Cooper S?

[@paulcurrie7828]

In the ground mode, can you not pull the end rods to the outside so that the bug screen is taunt?

[@theultimatehang]

i got it as tight as it would go. Ground mode you just lose a lot of space.

[@stevesummersell_K4WXX]

Hammock cat!

[@IAmNumber4000]

The Bear Piñata

[@theultimatehang]

😆

[@glenhatchell5635]

The cat 💌

[@stevencichy137]

How come every video does not show how to make the zipper work properly. This is unacceptable not to address this vary important issue. Is there a way to modify this redesign this bring it to Seamstress and have it done properly or is there a certain trick learning curve that you have to learn how to zip this up that is the bug mesh.

[@benbeil9596]

Yes the zippers are a bitch.

[@flaskehrlenmeyer4349]

huge, heavy, AND expensive? we've hit the trifecta!

[@theultimatehang]

Haha! Actually, it's not too expensive considering the kit, but yeah. All that.

[@wisenber]

Mine comes in super handy on paddle trips where hanging options are hit or miss, but you need the bug protection.

[@GodBless-pc6sx]

get you a real hammock crua hammock

[@RootsLion]

would help if u had ya head at head end in bivi mode foolish took

[@theultimatehang]

Uh, this hammock is ambidexterous -- there's really no head or foot "end". You can lay either direction.

[@RootsLion]

@@theultimatehang dwl as a hmk yes but as bivi you clearly had ya heed inna foot end daft hobbit lol