I love these Yucatec-style hammocks. I'm reminded of slinging them up between palm trees on the beaches of Tulum, years ago when it was still a paradise. I like hammock to be cotton as it provides a bit of stretch and is more comfortable. 100% nylon hammocks will be more durable but you lose that stretchy comfort. This hammock is a good combo, using cotton for the body and nylon for the support strings. It's comfortable, looks great, and I recommend it.I'm taking one star off this product because of build quality. Several of the nylon support strings were not tied off and dangled loosely. I had to tie them off myself. Not a huge deal, but I'd expect better at this price point.

My hammock is beautiful and very comfortable, I love it.

We bought to replace beds to save room in a smaller home- only being used inside. All children tried this out for at least a few nights.Comments from children:* From their experience with this hammock, they all decided that they'd like to sleep in hammocks instead of beds.- "I got cold from the air coming up through the holes"- age 8* I recognized that this might be a problem before, but this didn't bother all of them, just the one.- "I don't like it folding up around me like a burrito."- age 16* We decided to get a hammock with a spreading bar for her.- The small strings didn't bother them. The one who was cold decided on one with material.My observation:- It looks sturdy. It supported my 130 lb oldest child.- I got a good feel from reading about the company. I love handmade things!I would buy again and would recommend to friends/family.

I purchased this hammock for indoor sleeping, rather than outdoor recreation. My low-quality mattress was starting to cause back pain, so I started looking for alternatives that wouldn't break the bank. I remembered spending a few months sleeping in a similar hammock as a kid, and finding it comfortable, so I figured I'd give it a try again.Now, I'd say I sleep about half the time in this. I switch back and forth depending on on whether I want back support or room to stretch out.All in all, I'm very happy with my purchase and my back pain is gone!One thing I'd like to note, that's not so much a complaint as it is a heads-up: the loop ends are a little bit larger than expected. I purchased the "Indoor Hammock Hanging Kit By Live Infinitely" to mount the hammock to my walls and found that while I could get the included carabiners onto the hammock, they were too tight to be easily removable without risking damage. So I wound up needing to buy larger carabiners as well in order to hang and take down the hammock easily.This is my advice for carabiners:- Buy ones that are 3" long. 2" (such as those included in the Live Infinitely kit) are just barely too small.- Make sure you get climbing-rated ones. I happened to have some aluminum screw locking ones from LeBeila in my car (for hanging stuff on molle webbing) and tried those. While they worked for a night, I found them stretched and damaged in the morning. I would not trust a second night. I picked up a pair of 10kn-rated 'biners from Rallt and those have worked perfectly.

After flipping out of a traditional rope hammock with spreader bars I realized I needed something better. Flipping out of a hammock is fast and scary and the risk of injury is very real. I researched and I found that Rada hammocks had the best reviews all over the internet and flipping is not an issue.I was worried that my hammock stand would not work because the stand did not have the 'half moon' curved pieces at each end for the hammock strings to go over before attaching further down the stand. I have a 15' hammock stand, measured from end to end. It turns out this hammock fits great. If you have a stand that is less than 15' long from end to end you should have the curved half moon metal pieces at each end. I added a few .89 cent hardware pieces to connect the hammock to the chain on my stand and I did it all myself (I'm not usually a handy person). See the photo for details. These also make it easy to remove the hammock and bring it inside during periods of inactivity or bad weather.I cannot put into words how much I love this hammock. It is so comfortable which is not something I can say about the rope hammock I had previously, it's beautiful, and most importantlhy I have never come close to flipping out of it. I am so pleased with this hammock I cannot rave about it enough. I bought the 2-person hammock and it's great for just one person.