What hammock to choose?

What is best and cheapest way to "hammock camping" during the winter?

• Does any hammock experts have a cheap neat trick to make any ordinary hammock winter proof? if so, which type hammock and what are the material. thank you :)

• Answer:

  Hammock camping during the winter is a bad idea because the air under the bottom would increase the temperature loss you would have to deal with. If the temp is very cold you are better off sleeping on the ground with a good ground pad to insulate you and a quality sleeping bag to finish. They make a gore-tex shell that is water proof for many bags, but if you are crafty you can use a tarp, double sided tape, and fold/ sew the tarp into a waterproof cover for your sleeping bag. I have used this technique while acting as an adult leader for the Boy Scouts about 40 miles north of Chicago. We went camping year around there, and yes some of the boys did try hammock camping in the winter. they all came back even prepared as they were and said not so much on the idea.