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Hennessy Hammock - Explorer Deluxe Zip XL

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At a glance

Condition
New
Size
Explorer Deluxe Zip XL
Model
HH06
Dimensions
12"L x 8"W
Weight
0.27 g
Material
Nylon
Item Type Name
Explorer Deluxe Zip
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Features 5

  • EXPLORER DELUXE ZIP: a rugged, larger hammock with durable nylon bottom fabric; Larger rainfly; Designed for anyone up to 7 ft and 300 lbs / 213 cm and 135 kg; Side entry with full length 10YKK zipper; used by law enforcement and defense organizations
  • COMPLETE system includes: 140d high density nylon bottom; 70d polyester ripstop rainfly; Elastic "hold open" for 30d No-See-Um mosquito mesh; Gear loft slides on ridgeline; 1800 lb / 818 kg test polyester ropes; Complimentary webbing straps
  • LEGENDARY camping shelter; Uncompromising in design, materials and workmanship; Countless tiny improvements that only 40 years of effort could achieve but you can feel as soon as you stretch out in this hammock and close your eyes
  • ASYMMETRIC shape conforms to your anatomy providing exceptional comfort when lying on the diagonal; Structural ridgeline assures the exact same bed every night and a perfect setup every time; US Patent US6865757B2; US patent US20090165205A1

Description

When toughness matters, the two Explorer Deluxe XL models are rugged, larger hammocks with heavy duty bottom fabric, ropes and webbing straps. The larger rainfly provides excellent coverage and protection. Because they are a "one size fits all" solution, these very versatile models are preferred by search and rescue, forest fire fighters, and defense organizations. The Classic model has an ingenious entrance through the bottom that snaps closed automatically under the weight of your body and seals with velcro. Mosquitos can’t figure out how you disappeared standing outside your hammock and magically re-appeared lying comfortably inside. The Zip model has a side entrance with a full length heavy duty YKK zipper and two double sliders. Mesh can be pulled back and secured with an elastic so you can watch the stars on clear, bug free nights. Also designed for the buggiest jungles on the planet, the Jungle Explorer Zip XL has a 40d nylon double layer bottom for 100% mosquito protection and to hold the Heat-Reflecting DoubleBubble Pad between the layers on the correct diagonal. One of the nicest things about the Jungle models is climbing into your hammock with your sleeping bag and not having to think about keeping an insulation pad from moving around under you during the night. The double bottom Jungle models are designed for temperatures down to 40*F / 4*C. when used with the accessory Heat-Reflecting DoubleBubble Pad. The Hennessy Hammock is a legendary piece of camping and survival equipment and has been the choice of epic expeditions exploring the full length of the Nile, Congo and Amazon Rivers, up to the Arctic, down into the deepest caves on Earth, and other extreme environments around the world. Every Hennessy is a complete, engineered shelter system. Built tough for years of service, every hammock is uncompromising in materials and workmanship. All Hennessys include webbing straps, tightly woven fabrics and high quality support ropes, a matching detachable rainfly, a "no see um" mosquito mesh, a gear loft on the ridge line and a stuff sack with set up instructions on the back. Built tough for years of service, all of our support ropes and webbing straps are six times stronger than the weight rating of the hammock. We believe it is essential to include complementary webbing straps with each hammock to prevent damage to the tender bark of small trees. The Hennessy Hammock has almost zero impact and is an excellent example of a “Leave No Trace” shelter. Experience a level of comfort on the trail almost as good as your bed at home and maybe even better. The patented asymmetrically shaped hammock supports your back and knees like a quality contoured mattress off the ground. Tall or large campers and campers with injuries, sore joints, bone spurs or back pain tell us about finding their first night of comfortable camping in many years with the larger Explorer Deluxe or Safari Deluxe models. You will wake up in the morning feeling great. Some owners of Hennessy Hammocks claim that they come home from their adventure feeling better than when they left. Some report that they tossed out their beds when they got home from a hike and set up their hammock in the house. Patented entrance on the bottom automatically snaps closed under the weight of your body and seals with velcro. The "Classic" bottom entry works great when you are being followed by a cloud of mosquitoes. When you duck your head down to open the bottom entrance, the mosquitoes don't know what you're doing, so they get out of the way for a few seconds. Before they know what's happened, the door has snapped shut and you are on the inside and they are on the outside. Zips closed with a full length, heavy duty #10 YKK zipper on one side between the mesh and the bottom fabric. One advantage of the zip model is that it's a little easier to set up your bedding but the mosquitoes also find it easier follow you in and join you for a snack later, so double check for intruders before you zip up for the night. Hennessy Hammock is a small family run company whose only mission is to continually improve the evolution of hammock design. The inventor, Tom Hennessy, has been sleeping in hammocks for over 60 years and experimenting with designs for over 40 years. He made over 50 prototypes and beta-tested his designs for six years before getting patents and going into production. (EU pat.1463426-16, US patents US20090165205A1, US6865757B2) Triangular Mesh Gear Pocket, Glove Hooks, Carabiner Loops, and included Webbing Straps. A nifty gear pocket slides on the ridgeline and stores out of sight behind your head. Two glove hooks are also threaded on the ridgeline and can be used for attaching LED lights and even attaching a drink can by the hole in the pull tab. All hammock ridge lines are installed with a loop on each inside hammock end to which a small carabiner can be hooked to hold daypacks, water bottles, and other small items which are too heavy to hang over the ridge line.

Specs 20

Material Nylon
Color Bark (Greyish, Brownish Green), Black Trim
Brand Hennessy Hammock
Product Dimensions 12"L x 8"W
Maximum Weight Recommendation 300 pounds
Brand Name Hennessy Hammock
Global Trade Identification Number 48
Number of Items 1

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Top Amazon Reviews


Should have bought years ago
Size: Explorer Deluxe Zip XL
I recently purchased the Hennessy Explorer zip hammock. I grew up camping, I spent many a night on the ground in the Marine Corps and it never seemed to bother me. As I've gotten older I still love to get outdoors, but I find that it doesn't love me so much. Even with the deluxe camp version of the Thermarest I would wake up and feel like I'd gone ten rounds with George Foreman. My back, hips and shoulders would hurt, and I'd be tired. At a recent Order of the Arrow event I was introduced to the Hennessy hammocks. I bought one because I knew I could return it to Amazon if I didn't like it, but I was hoping for relief. When the hammock arrived, I was impressed with what appeared to be top notch construction and materials. I set it up in our yard for practice and just to try it out. Setup was easy and fairly straight forward. The first campout I took it on, I also took a tent just in case. There is a learning curve to sleeping in this hammock and I can't say that I got MORE sleep in the hammock than I get in a tent, but when I got out of bed in the morning there were no aches and pains! I've since spent 5 more nights in the hammock, and every one has been better than the last, and they ALL have been better than a night in a tent. I still sometimes feel a little claustrophobic, and I am primarily a side sleeper so I do sometimes wish I could comfortably sleep that way fully. I often sleep in kind of a half side/half back position which works for me almost as well. Stomach sleepers, other than those with Chinese acrobat-like flexibility, I don't think a hammock is for you... I use my Thermarest underneath for insulation and when paired with a Wiggy's Ultra Light sleeping bag, I have been warm and cozy even when the temperature dips into the low to mid 30's (Fahrenheit). The only complaint I have is that the thermarest isn't quite wide enough and I have sometimes woken up with a cold shoulder where I slip off of it, but of course that has nothing to do with the hammock... I think I'll buy the reflective insulation that Hennessy sells because it's wider at the shoulders than the Thermarest. I would definitely suggest purchasing the snake skins, and I also replaced the tie-out lines on the fly (these were cheap and seemed to snag everything) with some of the MSR reflective line. The only other things I don't like have nothing to do with THIS hammock, but seem to be a weakness of hammocks in general are the lack of storage space, and the lack of privacy. I deal with the storage space by bringing either a smallish tarp or a small one-man tent for my gear to keep the rain/dew off. Both of these solutions diminish the appeal of hammock camping by increasing the weight, size and the time it takes to setup camp. Privacy when you are in the hammock isn't the problem, trying to get dressed while laying in a hammock is NOT easy, but climbing out of the hammock to get dressed is not always advisable... The bottom line is that this is a great product with a learning curve that offers all the benefits and suffers most of the drawbacks of it's nature as a hammock. None of the drawbacks is a fatal flaw IMO, they just require that you adapt to deal with them. The benefits certainly outweigh the drawbacks for me. Update: 22 Aug 2013 I have now spent an entire 8 days straight camping and a few more over nighters with this hammock and I've learned a few more things. I THINK I might like a bridge hammock like Jacks R Better sells but I'm not sure since I don't own one. I find that my knees sometimes hurt from being slightly over extended. Rather than buy one, I am seriously considering making my own. Hammockforums dot net has a TON of great information on hammock camping including DIY hammocks. I would HIGHLY recommend spending some time over there before pulling the trigger on a hammock. None of this has fundamentally altered my opinion of this hammock though. It's still a great product and for me it's vastly superior to sleeping in a tent. It's just not quite...ideal for me and I'm enough of a tinkerer to think that I may just be able to build my own hammock nirvana. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2013 by SgtPUSMC

Absolutely awesome
Size: Explorer Deluxe Zip XL
I have been hammock camping since the 90s using military surplus hammocks and the faithful blue tarps. But while prepping for a 3000 mile motorcycle trip, I thought I would look into what's available in modern hammocks. Big surprise. There's a lot of people hanging from the trees these days and they're hanging in some really great hammocks. From my research, Hennessy is about the best, so I bought one. Absolutely awesome! I camped my way up Hwy 1/101 along the west coast until it started to get too cold, cut across along the Columbia River Gorge to the 395 and back down to San Diego. Slept like a baby every night. I did have a pad, a heavy duty sleeping bag, thermal socks and a watch cap for the really cold nights but most mornings I would pop out and be surprised at how cold it was and I would only be in a pair of jeans. But the comfort is the big deal. Even after a long day on the bike, I would be refreshed and ready the next morning with no stiffness or kinks to work out before starting off again. The bug screen can be a nuisance when not needed but not major. I hung the fly separately so I could get it higher for a better view from the hammock and so I could stand up under it when I crawled out in the mornings. Hennessy has provided clips to attach the fly to the hammock cords which is a great idea and would be useful in bad weather but I didn't have that experience and just wanted it there to keep the dew and whatever else fell from the trees off of me and the hammock. If you've never camped in a hammock, you are missing one of the great camping experiences. I love waking up in the morning, just lying in my sling and watching the forest come to life again. Woke up once while camping on the Dosewallips River in Washington state and found myself surrounded by a herd of elk. Too f*****g cool. Anyway, the old surplus hammock has a new home in the back yard and the Hennessy is in the pack and ready for the next trip in the spring. I've found that many people are into serious cold weather hanging but it's something you need to look into before giving it a shot. There are some equipment variations that make the whole thing doable. Later. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2012 by Dead Mule, John

great nights sleep
Size: Explorer Deluxe Zip XL
Hammock arrived in 3 days, just in time for a 4 night camping trip. Set up was quick! I added a pair of carbiners to connect the tree straps to the standard suspention system. There was minimal streach to the lines on the first night. I used a jumbo car window reflector as a pad under my military bivi bag and patrol bag. The bivi bag addes another 10 degees protection to your sleeping bag. At night I could not wait to climb into the Hennessy. There was plenty of room to streach out, hang a light from the ridge line that holds up the bug net and read a book. The ridge line has a mesh pouch that is attached so you can store what ever you need handy like a flash light, snack, wallet, book etc. I hung a small blanket over the ridge line and pushed it to the front corner just in case I got chilled before morning. The side entry zipper is heavy duty. I attached a 5 or 6 foot piece of bank line to the 2 zippers on the out side so that it was easy to find and close the zippers without any trouble. Be sure to get the size 4 snakeskines to go with it they make setup and take down a snap. I suffer from degenerative disc disease so sleeping on the ground is out of the question for me. Sleeping in the hennessy was a pleasure you are able to lay very flat on the diaginal. To tell the truth I slept better in the hammock than I do in my bed at home. Over all I really liked the hennessy. The only thing that I would like to see changed is the diamond shaped tarp size on the explorer, it needs to be a foot longer at least. We got some rain, not heavy rain and the hammock got a little wet on the upper side. I will probably replace the tarp with Hennessy's larger tarp. The polyester tarps are heavier than silnylon but, when the tarp is wet and you touch the under side you don't get wet like you do with silnylon. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2013 by Joseph M

As Expected
Size: Explorer Deluxe Zip XL
As Expected
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2018 by Schomaker Family
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