Review: Grand Trunk Hammock
We spend our weeks working hard and our weekends scaling mountains, exploring forests, and otherwise causing a ruckus in mother nature. It's rare that we have time to just do
nothing. We shouldn't neglect the importance of nothingness, though. The American Psychological Association's research shows that relaxing in nature (specifically while looking at trees) can
actually make you smarter! We're not making this up. Go stare at trees for a while.
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| Relaxing with Carl, RI's kitty mascot. |
At Rugged Innovations, one of our favorite methods of tree-staring involves putting up the hammock on a sunny afternoon and kicking back with a glass of wine. There's something about being suspended in the air surrounded by nature that brings a sense of total relaxation.
For just such occasions, we have the
Grand Trunk Double Hammock. This hammock blows your grandpa's woven cotton hammock out of the water. No contest. First of all, the entire thing is made out of parachute grade nylon that will not degrade like the cotton hammocks of the past. My kids will be using my
Grand Trunk Double Hammock long after I've bought the farm. It just feels solid.
Our research indicates it comfortably fits two people and a cat. It's got the largest portable hammock bed space on the market and it's rated to 400 lbs. You could throw a party in there. The entire Grand Trunk hammock fits into an attached carrying bag that is roughly the size of a football. It's great for space conscious camping in dry weather, because all you need is the hammock and a sleeping bag. The attached carrying bag hangs off the side of the hammock once it's set up, which is great for holding sunglasses, camera, cell phone, or in our case, two bottles of Pinot Noir... It's a free country.
Grand Trunk also carries a pretty wide variety of other hammock and camping gear, like super lightweight hammocks, hammocks with sleeping bags built in, mosquito netting covers for hammocks - you name it. The
Grand Trunk Double Hammock ($64.99 on their site) comes with the hammock, attached carrying case, high tensile hanging ropes, two nautical-grade carabiners, and the promise of a tranquil weekend.
Relax,
Ariel Castro
Rugged Innovations
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received the Parachute Nylon Double Hammock for free from Grand Trunk as coordinated by Deep Creek PR an Outdoor Retailer Public Relations Company in consideration for review publication.
