We have one from LL Bean at our beach house — it gets a lot of use, and gets moved/dragged around a lot. Six years old and still perfect condition.

Thanks Sue. I see there are two. A quilted one and a mesh. Which do you have?

Mesh. And we have the metal stand. A bunch of friends gave it to DH for his 50th birthday, which is how I can remember how old it is!

We have an LL Bean one too, striped Sunbrella, like the pic below. We've had it at least 10 years and it's still in excellent condition, despite being outside pretty much all summer, a lot of use/abuse from kids, kids dragging dogs up there and not small napping adults. Ours is also on a stand, and it's fairly easy to move, but it stays pretty much in the shady side yard, no one seems to lie lying in the direct sun. One thing I like about this one, it dries very quickly, very effective water repellent fabric, it seems.

Beagles, I do like the wood frame!

Lakeaffect, good to know that the quilted ones can be an option.

Wanted to add we have a metal frame, from Costco IIRC, its held up well, but it's not pristine like the hammock, it has rusted a little, but we're not fussy about a little rust.

We previously had a metal stand and when it rusted, it stained the pavers at our old house and was very difficult to clean. If you will be placing your hammock on grass, probably not a big issue. But if it will be on decking, beware :)

Good point. It will probably be on our deck which is man-made product, not wood.

Lakeaffect, so no staining from the rust?

Our metal stand spends summers 3 blocks from the ocean and still has no rust after 6 years. We do store it in the garage in the off season.

eld6161, our hammock is always on grass, only one small, 12' square deck, at the head of the dock, so it's both a place to sit and a pass through to the dock and boat hoists, the hammock and stand would not fit. Did I mention the stands are large, cuz they are. We're also a mile or so from anything paved, so even if the kids dragged it to the driveway, it's dirt too. And when I say ours is rusted, there is a little discoloration where the two "L" shaped pieces meet (under the hammock). I mentioned it because, honestly, my standards of cleanliness and pristineness (that's probably not an actual word) are vastly different from most on GW, as in mine are way more lax, and I wanted to give the full picture.