I took both, a very light tent and a hammock, because I often had areas where one or the other was essential. Forested steep areas where the hammock was necesarry, but also campgrounds where a hammock would have been awkward. More recently I had a problem where my neck froze, it has never happened heretofore. Nothing to do with a hammock, other than it happened when sleeping in a sagging bed. My doc said it was due to an inability to roll around due to the sag. I don't know what to do with the hammock now. Can't end up with a seized neck...