With the Traveller Set Forest, Amazonas provides an all-round package for forest visitors who want to be less noticeable on their discovery tours. We had to take a closer look at it in the big Ranger magazine test by Militär Aktuell.
Everything is included: hammock, tarp, aluminum pegs, guy ropes and tree protectors. However, because Amazonas makes ultra-light products, the amount of accessories is almost negligible. The hammock weighs around 500 grams, the tarp is only slightly heavier at 650 grams, but also comes with four lightweight pegs, two practical adjustable carabiners and enough cord for tensioning.
The Adventure Rope weighs just 90 grams. Supplemented with infinitely variable length adjustment and tree protectors, the two cords lift the hammock to the right height. Dew and rainwater is drained away via two cords.
Lightweight yes, but also solid? The hammock can support 200 kilos and the guy ropes can hold 150 kilos. We couldn’t find any holes in the mat when we tested it after getting caught on a branch.
As a bonus, there is a leaf pattern on the mat and tarp that is at home in autumn and dark coniferous forests, but is generally discreet in the great outdoors. Thanks to feather-light spreader poles and a guy line already pulled through the net, there is plenty of space under the mosquito net. Pockets inside and out and the two-way zipper are practical additions. On the tarp, the small corner pockets for stowing the guy ropes are a particularly positive feature.
Tensioned at six points, it will also withstand lateral rain, although the assembly height and alignment will be decisive in determining whether you stay dry. In any case, the tarp is long enough and the water column of 3,000 millimetres is a logical compromise with such a low weight. If you want to call it a criticism at all, then the small learning curve that we had to overcome in the test with the hammock’s tensioning system. We – who are more used to climbing knots – couldn’t immediately tell which cord to hold on the cable channel. Packing the hammock into the – partly ventilated – pack sacks also requires a system.
But then came the realization: This set plays to its strengths both on longer tours, where every gram in the backpack counts, as well as on spontaneous short trips into the local forest, where only small luggage is allowed – just as the inventor intended (-> Interview with Amazonas company founder Matthias Saul). An all-round coherent concept that whets the appetite for more lightweight tours.
This test report first appeared in Ranger Magazine #1 (available here as available here as e-paper, print edition or with Militär Aktuell in the annual subscription), as a supplement delivered with Militär Aktuell 2/24 (available here as an e-paper).
