Hammock tents are a fun way to enhance and elevate—pun intended—your backcountry camping experience. These high-flying shelters are quick to set up, and keep you safe from animals and bugs. Beginners, fear not! Most hammocks are lightweight with suspension systems that make it easy to pitch your shelter in no time (sometimes even faster and more simply than a regular tent).
What is a hammock tent? A hammock tent is precisely what its name suggests: a hybrid between a hammock and a tent. It gives you the sleeping comfort that you get from lying in a hammock, along with the protection from the elements (and bugs) that tent camping provides to form a complete and lightweight shelter system.
For a full rundown of what features to look for in a hammock tent, how to pick the right one, and more, scroll past our top picks for the best hammock tents for a range of uses as chosen by our team of editors and contributors.
Field Mag's Top Picks
- Best Overall: Kammok Mantis All-in-One Hammock Tent
- Best Lightweight Hammock Tent: Hennessy Hammock Ultralite Backpacker Asym Zip Hammock
- Best Ultralight Hammock Tent: Kammok Mantis UL
- Best for General Camping: ENO JungleLink
- Best Tent That’s Also a Hammock: Crua Hybrid
- Best Lightweight Tent That's Also a Hammock: Kammok Sunda 2.0
- Best Lay Flat Hammock Tent: ENO Skylite Hammock
- Best Two Person Hammock Tent: Tentsile Safari 2-Person
- Best Full-Featured Budget Option: Klymit Sky Shelter
- Best Simple Budget Option: Grand Trunk Skeeter Beeter XT