Jungle expeditions mean blood suckers and torrential downpours. Hennessy designed a hammock to fight all the nasties mother nature throws your way.
We didn’t have any trips planned to Borneo, so I took a Hennessy Jungle Explorer Zip hammock to the mosquito-infested woods of Minnesota to test.
Designed for jungles and made to stay dry in rainforest deluges, it exceeded all my expectations in the field. The tricked-out hammock sets itself apart from the competition.
First Night Fiasco
I grabbed the Jungle Explorer hammock for a last-minute backpacking trip in northern Minnesota. That meant breaking a cardinal rule of backpacking: Test your gear before a trip.
Setting up any hammock comes with a learning curve, and the Hennessy was no different. It took a few failed attempts in the dark to get it strung properly.
Setting up this hammock requires knot-tying. I hastily followed the directions and ended up with something that worked.
Once set up, I could tell Hennessy knows hammocks. It includes step-by-step instructions on how to get into and lie in it — a bit excessive perhaps, but I appreciate the effort to make sure I have all the info I need.
Several Suspended Nights

