Talk:Hammock

Self supporting hammocks
I included a pic of one. Quadzilla99 02:31, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * And many others. Quadzilla99 03:04, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

May we contribute?
Why are all contributions to this article deleted without posting the reasoning? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zebracobra (talk • contribs) 13:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

They shouldn't be. Make sure to sign your edits, and note who has made the reversion.. --APDEF (talk) 05:09, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Health
They look awfully unhealthy to the back. Are there sources? --Leladax (talk) 20:16, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

You'd have to try one to really judge; I just set one up and it feels great for my back; I came here wondering if there was anything about health benefits or otherwise... --APDEF (talk) 05:11, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the scientific research on the subject seems to be pretty limited. There is evidence from a recent study that shows that a rocking motion, like one experiences in a hammock, leads to better sleep quality. Other than that, the article "Study of cradle and pendulum motion for applications to health care" by Warren Frisina looks like it is probably the best candidate for information about the health characteristics of hammocks, if anyone can hunt down a copy at a university library. There's an article in Russian on their use in treating spinal fractures, and one in Portuguese on their use in a rural hospital, but someone who speaks those languages would need to get a hold of a copy of those articles to see if they have any pertinent information. The only other research I found was an article that seems to suggest that hammocks contain as many allergens as regular bedding, and there were a few articles showing that insecticidal hammocks reduce the incidence and prevalence of malaria in tropical countries    I, Podius (talk) 01:42, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

History
A claim is made that a student of Socrates invented the hammock. And then two lines later, that claim is contradicted by the statement that Christopher Columbus introduced it to Europe. Can we please see if that claim even has scholarly validity? I understand that people in the 19th and 20th century may have been saying it... but did they really know? Johansosa (talk) 02:39, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * There is also a file in Commons dated 1328 which I believe was before Columbus' time. I'll tag the claim dubious. --Thrissel (talk) 06:20, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * The painting shows a hanging cradle, not exactly a hammock. --Sitacuisses (talk) 21:28, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I was mislead by its categorization (I see you corrected that as well). Still, I think it would be good to have a reference for the statement - for one thing because of the following paragraph, for another because even if it was introduced to Europe from America, it still need not necessarily have been by Columbus. --Thrissel (talk) 09:07, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Hanging cradle or hammock - aren't they essentially the same thing? Of course, adapting a cradle to use by sailors might be a stretch... Kortoso (talk) 21:43, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
 * No, it's a different kind of construction. Hammocks are suspended more or less horizontally, and it's the horizontal tension that creates the lying surface. In the painting from 1328, the cradle is suspended vertically, an even lying surface is created by means of a wooden frame. --Sitacuisses (talk) 12:32, 16 September 2017 (UTC)

"Hammocks were developed by native inhabitants of the Americas for sleeping, as well as the English.[1]" I don't have access to the source referenced, but I'm listening to In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire. The author, Bergreen contradicts the notion that it was "developed ... [by] the English." Specifically, he says that Drake noted at the time the novel cotton slings that the natives used, i.e., hammocks. One would think that if they had been "developed" in England, Drake would already be aware of it. If by "developed," one means that the idea was taken from native inhabitants of the Americas and commercialized by the British, then that should be stated more explicitly. Vargob (talk) 19:05, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

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Better introduction pictures
Both hammocks in the first two pictures of the articles have spreader bars, which mostly only exist in the US.

These bars make sleeping in a hammock impossible, and considering that is the primary purpose of a hammock in most places, these images are poorly representative of hammocks in general.

Wiremesh hammocks are also mostly american, and while cheaper, considered less comfortable.

Just one in a thousand articles stating the same: https://www.treklightgear.com/blogs/trek-life/sleeping-in-a-hammock-guide

I'd suggest having three pictures, a Brazilian hammock, a non-wiremesh spreader-bar hammock, and maybe a sari hammock or a chair hammock.

Ceandros (talk) 16:24, 20 July 2018 (UTC)