Comments on: Tips on Buying a Mexican Hammock for Your Home

By: Caleb Kaspar

Caleb Kaspar — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 01:17:12 +0000

In reply to Frida. Don't worry, your hammock is fine. You're just not using it properly. You must lie at a diagonal position, across the hammock sort of at a 45 degree angle and your body will lie flat in the trough created.

By: David Holmquist

David Holmquist — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:09:54 +0000

When you first get into a hammock, CUIDADO! I set ours up over a concrete floor. I sat on it from the side and leaned back to put a leg into it. It spun me out on to my head and flipped my legs over the front of my body, wrenching my 74-year-old neck. Better to straddle the hammock first.

By: Michele

Michele — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:11:29 +0000

I just bought two hammocks in Baja and they are unusable. They have wide spaces (didn’t read this until later) and if you get in them, you will drop to the ground. Is there a way to fix them to make them usable?

By: Hamac

Hamac — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 23:05:00 +0000

In reply to Frida. Had the same problem, I hung it lower and it helped a bit, but it doesn't solve the problem completely. Also, mine smells, really bad. If I touch it, the odour stays on my hands...

By: Pat ODonnell

Pat ODonnell — Sat, 02 Apr 2016 04:21:11 +0000

We bought a couple of Sanseviera hammocks at
Casa De Las Artesanias. 1275 pesos for matrimonial size.

Below from yacatanliving.com
hammocks today are not made of sisal, since this fiber is very crude and scratches your body. True enough, some years ago, self-sufficient farmers would make their hammocks of that fiber, but no longer… and today, never for commercial sale.

All good, accommodating hammocks today are made from different threads of cotton. More Weather-resistant hammocks are made from artificial threads, such as nylon, but they are not so comfortable, especially when the weather is hot.

In the village of Euan, there is a small production of hammocks made from the fibers of the plant lengua de vaca or sansiviera. This fiber looks like sisal, but is much softer, and you really have to search for them to find one.

By: frank

frank — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 21:13:30 +0000

Never ,had a bad mex hammock check hanging width

By: S Shukwit

S Shukwit — Thu, 22 May 2014 23:51:31 +0000

I have exactly the same issue with the hammock I bought from Merida Hammocks.
I would love to hear how to remedy the issue. I’m ready to pitch it and get a hammock with the wood bars at each end, which is the only solution I can think of.

By: Frida

Frida — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 01:21:03 +0000

I have a new mexican hammock (a present). when I strung it up this summer and tried to hop in, the middle (width-wise, not length-wise) of the hammock was up and the ends (sides) hung down, I was so disappointed. Anyone got any ideas on how to rectify this? I have pulled and pushed at the ends going into the end loops, with limited success.