Kammok Mantis All-In-One Hammock Tent Review
The Mantis is the shelter I reach for on every trip that has trees, and the hammock carried me through every night of the Tahoe Rim Trail.
The Mantis hung at Ediza Lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, September 2024.
My first night in a hammock came in Desolation Wilderness in 2014, in a borrowed hammock with no underquilt, near Lake Aloha where the breeze comes across the water all night. I practically froze. I still walked out of that trip certain that a hammock was the right shelter for me, and the night is part of I Took a Nap and Couldn't Find My Way Back.
I bought the Kammok Mantis in June 2021 and hung the Mantis for the first time that August at Middle Velma Lakes, six miles in, on the trip I wrote up as We Hiked Into Wildfire Smoke. Smoke had flattened the view across the lake into a gray wall. I sat in my own hammock anyway, after years of borrowed setups, and looked out at the lake through the haze. I have used the Mantis as often as I possibly can since then.
The hammock, the bug net, and the rainfly travel together in one package that weighs 41.2 ounces in my trip kits. Setup speed is the reason I love the Mantis. Two trees and a few minutes put me in bed, and the ground underneath stops mattering. On the Tahoe Rim Trail in July 2026 the Mantis was my shelter for the whole loop, and my backpacking partner took issue with how easy camp was for me, because she still had to hunt for a flat spot for her tent every evening while I was already hanging.
A hammock does ask for two sound trees at a workable spacing, and the underside of the hammock needs separate insulation on a cold night, which is the lesson Lake Aloha taught me. I pair the Mantis with a Firebelly underquilt and carry strap extenders for camps where I cannot be certain of the trees.
What works
- Camp goes up in minutes on any slope, rock, or root.
- The bug net and rainfly come built into one package.
- Flat ground stops being a requirement for a good camp.
What does not
- Camp needs two trees at a workable spacing.
- The hammock needs an underquilt for warmth underneath.
Open the Mantis in Backpackers Friend
The link adds the Mantis to Backpackers Friend as a small gear bundle with the weight filled in, ready to apply to the gear list of your next trip.
The trip kits in Backpackers Friend
The Mantis appears in five of my trip kits. Each kit is a real trip and opens in Backpackers Friend as a gear bundle with every item, weight, and quantity.
- Tahoe Rim Trail, Leg 1, July 2026The first leg of my loop around Lake Tahoe, with the hammock as my shelter. 70 items on a 19.7-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Solo near Mammoth Lakes, September 2024A solo trip out of Mammoth Lakes. 80 items on a 21.5-pound base weight, including the only iPad I have ever carried.
- Ediza and Thousand Island Lakes, September 2024Two nights in the Ansel Adams Wilderness with my backpacking partner. 79 items on a 20.5-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Ostrander Lake and Buena Vista, July 2024A Yosemite loop with a guidebook shortcut through an old burn. 75 items on a 21.2-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
- Young Lakes, June 2024One night at Young Lakes out of Tuolumne Meadows in peak mosquito season. 77 items on a 21.9-pound base weight. Read the trip report.
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