Snugpak Hammock Cocoon Olive WGTE

I just spent my first night out in the cocoon and I'm sold. It's December 2019 as I write this, 2 degrees overnight and damp, so I combined the Cocoon with a DD Jura 2 sleeping bag and headed out. There was no rain forcast to I decided not to use a tarp. There was however 100% humidity with thick rolling fog overnight, as the night went on the condensation turned to beads and into drips. The cocoon got soaked. Inside, I was totally dry, completely unaware of the dampness that was cascading around the cocoon. I was so warm I had to leave the sleeping bag unzipped and just zipped up the cocoon. I've got no doubt in the late spring to early autumn the cocoon would be enough on its own. The comfort surpasses anything I've ever experienced in a hammock. My air mat ia being consigned to the spares box. It is a bulky bit of kit but well worth it in my mind. Especially as you can leave your hammock (and a mossie net if you like) attached when you stuff it back in the sack so futre set up is a doddle.

Good idea, makes hammocking a lot simpler. Bag's big....but still only 2/3rds size of British army arctic bag, but weighs nearly 2kg. The bag is big enough for just about any size person...and is wide...will make a good sleeping bag in its own right if you like lots of room....and has centre zip which has openers at both ends...bottom end needs a cord so you can reach it easily. The openings at each end for the hammock to go through are too big and don't have any means to close them...not a problem as a bit of cord and a cord tie sorts that....but you do need to close them up as the wind whistles through the opening and under you and makes the 'underblanket' pointless...closed up it works perfectly. You need to keep bag zipped up when trying to fix hammock to trees as wind catches it and you find yourself at full sail. The bag has a large wind baffle along the zip length. Surprisingly the Snugpak compression sack actually fits and has room to allow you to keep your hammock packed inside the Cocoon. I often think someone at Snugpak's packing department has a joke on us all and packs their bags into as small a sack as possible...one impossible to repack again especially in the dark and with cold hands. Reckon the bag is about a 3 season and with the Snugpak blanket (*) would cover most situations...though I prefer the British army duvet suit to keep weight down and have mutliple uses. Don't know if anyone else produces anything like this...can't be long before they start to copy it....lighter and more compressible...but can't see nayone beating the price...and as you can use it as a normal sleeping bag with loads of room it's a bargain bit of kit.