Hennessy Hammock - Snakeskins

First off, snake skins are pretty light and make setting up a hammock and\or rainfly a snap. If you use these, the hammock or rainfly will never touch the ground itself which is nice when setting up. When it's time to tear down, it's just a matter of sliding them back over the hammock and throwing them into a sack. I use a sep. pair on a rain fly as well. I shake the fly off the best I can and use the snake skins for fast tear down. If needed, after a trip, I hang the fly up in the garage to dry more. I can't express how fast snake skins are for teardown so you aren't stuck trying to fold a large fly or hammock to get it back in to the bag. **The vendor that sells these on Amazon ships incredibly fast.**I use snake skins for a Hennessy Deep Jungle XL hammock and their Hex Asym Rainfly 30D rainfly. These weigh 2.3 oz (part #: 167) and will fit the Deep Jungle XL (this is one of the largest single person hammocks available) and the hex rain fly fairly easily.Hennessy also has another pair of snake skins that weigh 3.28 oz (#: P169) and have a wider diameter. If you use the Hennessy website or Amazon to order the snakeskins XL - you will receive the 2.3 oz version - you need to call Hennessy and specifically ask for the #169 version (which is currently only sold with the new larger hammocks). I use the larger diameter for the rain fly because I switched the stock cordage with thicker and longer pieces of paracord. Even with this change, these snake skins still worked, but it's very snug. The larger size just makes it easier to slide them off and on with the thicker\longer cordage.If you aren't doing any mods to the hammock or fly these will work absolutely fine for you - just posted the extra details for the people that use thicker paracord or bankline for extended trips to the woods.Hope this helps some one out. Attached a picture that shows the 2.3 oz version on the left (sold on Amazon) and the hammock version that you can get if you call Hennessy directly. **Again, if you haven't switched out the lines, this will work fine for you and shave a couple more ounces.**

This stuff sack is hammock setup zen. I use a bishop bag to deploy my all in one hammock and suspension setup, but keep my 10' x 10' tarp in the innovative SnakeSkins stuff sack. There is ample room and I could likely fit in a 12' x 14' since I actually have a foot extra on each end!I used to set up my tarp with a bowline hitch and a trucker's hitch, but pulling the length of a rolled up tarp in the SnakeSkins through a loop isn't ideal, so I got a dutchwaregear(dotcom) "dutch hook" instead. I could still do the trucker's hitch, but with the added mass of the ridgeline loaded with the tarp made it a bit of a struggle so I ended up getting a dutchwaregear "wasp". The hardware took the sting out of setup as much as the SnakeSkins saved an immense amount of setup time!As soon as my ridgeline was attached to trees, (a breeze with the hardware) my tarp was essentially installed! Even in the windiest circumstances (that could be considered safe to hang) I wasn't struggling to fold a tarp over a ridgeline! I could even deploy one half at a time and stake it down without fighting the whole thing. As soon as the SnakeSkins were pulled away the tarp and all the guy lines were deployed! All that needed to be done is to stab it into the earth and viola!As soon as I pocket the stakes, I can gather a corner, loosely roll the tarp with the no tangle guy lines folded in and pulling the SnakeSkins over the tarp and it was stowed! Disconnecting the dutch wasp hardware end, coiling slack of the ridgeline and then rolling the SnakeSkins to the dutch hook hardware end gave me a small, flat roll I could lash with the remaining ridgeline for packing in my fat bike bag.It's simple, fast, easy to setup as brake down and pack away. Fantastic product, facilitation, and execution. I Love it.

I bought my XL Snakeskins  Hennessy Hammock - SnakeSkins XL  about a year ago and find them to fit my WiseOwl single hammock exceptionally well. My typical setup is one I gleaned from MCQbushcraft's YouTube channel (kudos, Michael !) whereby I set up my rainfly first, thus getting a roof over my head right off. I then attach one Atlas strap to each supporting tree, just adjacent to the tarp tie outs. Next I hook the 'biners on each end of the hammock into appropriate loops on each strap, slide back the snakeskin on each side and climb in. Take down is simply the reverse and, even in the worst weather the hammock stays dry and ready for its next deployment.

I use this for the rainfly, not the hammock because it makes setup very fast and a fast setup is important for the rainfly.My rain-fly is completely ready to go with ridgeline, shock cord, and pegs already in the snake skin. I simply attach one side of the ridgeline to a tree, run it across to the other tree, tie it down and slide back the snake skins. I can then quickly get the pegs into the ground to form the shelter. This is perfect in a rainstorm when you're trying to get yourself and gear out of the rain quickly.Another nice thing is if you're setting out in the morning after a rain, you can shake off all the water you can from the rain-fly and then slide the snakeskins over, stuff it in a sack and you're ready to go. Keeps the residual water out of your pack.Lastly, if you want to keep your rain-fly completely out of the way, but ready for quick use, just pull the snakeskins over (see photo). Weather this evening was reported to be good, so I wrapped up the rain-fly to enjoy the night-time sky. But if it started raining, I only needed to pull back the snakeskins and tie down to pegs I already had previously positioned in the sand.Adds almost no weight to your pack, very compact, convenient, good construction, easy to use.

It's pretty much as simple as the title.If you've got a Hennessy Hammock and want to protect it. You need theseSo there are 2 schools of thought. One, says slide them down your hammock, makes it easier to put away and less chance of the no-see-um mesh getting damaged and torn on brambles or thorns, or just debris on the floor. Once the snakeskins are on, you can take down the tarp and your hammock is protected from the rain.Second school of thought, you have the skins over both the tarp and the hammock.Let me state, I've tried both, and I'm mainly in the first camp.So for the second option. If everything is dry, and you can put away both, you end up with a near compressible sausage to pack away your whole sleep system into.However if the tarp is even damp, that means you're going to get a damp hammock, which I don't like.So for me, I use it just for the hammock. works great for me.Why 4 stars, well they are twice the price of other snakeskins. So that's the main reason.

I already had 2 Snakeskins that came with my Hennessy Expedition Asym 10 years agoThese seems lighter and more slick than the originalsI have the originals that go over the hammock/bug net core, and then this second set goes over the fly and inner core bundleEven in Ireland's driving rain I can get the inner core set aside still dry, and then a wet fly wrapped in a snakeskin as well without getting everything soakedHighly recommended

adds a bit more bulk to your rucksack if your into saving grams of weight but its worth the extra grams its just so handy to deploy especially if its windy, easier taking down as well as you can pull one half on as you ondo the tie outsnow i just leave it in snake skin mode until its needed would highly recommend saves alot of time.

I got these for my Hammock, which was no good but they worked OK, a bit of a pallava though

Perfect for the Jungle Safari Zip, well made and perform perfectly.