Additional information
| Weight | 40 oz |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 20 × 6.1 × 3 in |
| Anchor type | 2 Large Orange Screws, 2 30cm Boomstakes, 2 40cm Boomstakes, 2 Large Peggy Pegs, No Anchors and No guylines |
Tensa Trekking Treez hammock stand
$185.00 – $261.00
Trekking Treez is the lightest hammock stand on the market, replacing even your trekking poles’ weight. Handmade in California in small batches, it’s a powerful solution for backpackers in tree-sparse terrain.
Key benefits
- Hammock camp anywhere: enjoy restorative sleep where trees are scarce or unreliable.
- Replace your trekking poles: each extremely strong pole weighs 12oz (340g).
- Lightest possible setup: leave any ground-sleeping solution behind. The two-pole system Todd used for the Pacific Crest Trail weighed only 3.2 lbs (1460g), including five anchors and bags.
What you need to know
- Sold individually, not in pairs: many use just one pole when single trees or similar are available. You can extend one pole for use as a hiking staff. Order two for most freedom.
- Your gathered-end hammock, up to 12′ long, must have a ridgeline. Order one from us if lacking. Also supports bridge hammocks.
- You must carry ground anchors, guylines, and included extension parts in your pack. We offer a selection of anchors suitable for various ground conditions.
- Supports tarps: 11′ (3.35m) ridgeline length recommended; longer can work in most cases.
Specs
- Max hammock hang height: 56″ (142cm)
- Max pole height (e.g., tarp support): 75″ (190cm)
- Packed length: 19.5″ (50cm)
- User weight limit: 250 lbs (110kg): working limit depends more on anchoring and soil conditions than the poles.
Anchor options (sold as pairs)
| Type | Length | Weight (pair) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30cm Boomstakes | 12″ | 228g | Strong in hard ground |
| 40cm Boomstakes | 16″ | 272g | Great all-rounder |
| Orange Screws | 12″ | 275g | Best suited to softer ground; easy to use |
| Peggy Pegs | 12″ | 130g + 8g driver | Lightest option; for soft to medium ground, needs driver, best paired with Boomstake for hard ground |
Recommendations
Not a backpacker? Tensa4 is best for motorized or home use. Don’t hike with trekking poles? Tensa Solo is much simpler and cheaper, not too much heavier.
Hilary Thornton (verified owner) –
Tensa Outdoor’s products are crafted with great care AND Cheryl provides personalized customer service before and after the sale that you simply won’t get from a “big” company. At one point I was having an issue with one of the very early production parts seeming to fit right and she scheduled a video call with me to “show” me how to easily make the repair with tools I had in my own home, avoiding the need to ship anything back to her (although if I had wanted to do that, she’d have done the repair for me herself, I’m sure).
Anthony (verified owner) –
Great service!! They really care about making sure you have a good experience with the product!
Nicholas (verified owner) –
I love my pole – it takes away my biggest anxiety about hammock camping – not having a place to hang!
Doug Nichol (verified owner) –
There was a minor issue with one of the sections not fitting smoothly but after emailing and following the advice, it’s working perfectly now. Top quality materials – strong and light weight. Works exactly as promised.
Alan Gosling (verified owner) –
This is an amazing idea and I’ve used them now a couple of times. The only thing I would say is, and this is the reason for the 3 stars, is that an alternative method to put the nuts in the poles for screwing the sections together needs to be found as one of mine has come off and trapped up inside the other section. Also the grip for the adjustable section is very flimsy and not upto what it’s intended for and one of mine is splitting and Will more than likely sperate from pole.
For what I use them for I love these as I’ve wanted something that I can pack into my bag that doesn’t weigh to much and these do the job very well for when there are no trees.
I would recommend something that maybe goes through both sections such a quick clip. I’ll find a picture and email to you.
Todd (store manager) –
Hi Alan – We handled your product failure as a warranty rather than design issue, with apologies. We already went down the road of clips in a previous product iteration, and the present method is better in every way, occasional warranty issues aside. As for the grips wearing prematurely, this isn’t part of a pattern we’ve seen, but replacements are available. I have about 1400 miles on my grips, and they look like new. This is because I don’t grip the grips, but let the straps bear my weight. We recently standardized on a new strap design that encourages good form, and they’ll retrofit to older product if of interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERKsm8-FIzA
Steven C. (verified owner) –
I don’t have a lot to say. I love them.
Kevin –
I bought my Tensa Trekking Treez in the fall, one only, and set it up a couple times in the yard. It works GREAT!! Most of my camping is out of my canoe and I have been in places where the best distance between trees isn’t available or not on in an ideal spot. This opens up tons of options for places to hang. I opted for the longer boomstakes and I am impressed with how they hold. I am not a big guy but I do move around a bit in the hammock. I struggled with getting the Dutchgear Winter Wide tarp to work but my Hennessey tarp works great. I don’t see this as an option for me in the winter anyway as I think it would be close to impossible to get the boomstakes out of the ground. Anyway, a great system and I am looking forward to using them all spring , summer and fall.
Chrisanne (verified owner) –
I have all the Tensa products. I love being able to hammock camp / sleep in a hammock wherever I go, outdoors or indoors.
The owners, Cheryl and Todd have been very helpful with any questions I have had.
I recommend these hammock stand options to everyone. Whatever hammock situation, they’ve got it figured out.
Peter B. (verified owner) –
This single pole hammock stand is nicely constructed. I recently used it during a few nights in the Colorado River Grand Canyon area, where trees are limited. Worked as promised.
Roman (verified owner) –
i am soooo thrilled! i very quickly found full confidence in the pole, which is rock solid when set up correctly.
only the trekking pole function has a little rattle. but im super happy.
the best are the titan tent sticks with the aluminium sleeves… dear builders, 10 points for you. so simple yet so efficient and clever.
Mike Ventura (verified owner) –
Well made and solid. Pretty easy to set up and works well as a trekking pole. The tarp extension feels a bit weaker-even with new TLC (though that does seem to help) but I plan to just use the handle top with the tarp lower. I use a small enough tarp when backpacking that it works fine. I think this may be a difficulty when users heavily tighten their tarps to keep them from flapping in the wind. But in those conditions I like my tarp low and tight anyways. That said the pole itself is very strong and secure and I have had no trouble trusting it. (I weigh in at 200lbs).
Cheryl Mitchell (store manager) –
Mike, Glad you like them. The joint between the top of the pole and the Tarp lifter (aka upside down trekking foot section) will never be as strong as the other joints. The new TLC isn’t to make the connection stronger, it is to fail before the trekking foot section does if the user fails to guy the very tip of the Tarp lifter out.
We recommend using 2 guylines opposite the pull of the tarp and connecting those guylines to the main hammock pole guylines. Or as you are planning, just put the tarp over the Top Knob without the Tarp lifter installed.
Cheryl Mitchell (store manager) –
A 2 Treez hang is best done with an 11 foot tarp. If you have a longer tarp you will need to either choke up to make it an 11 footer, or drape the tarp over the tip of the poles or tarp lifters. Use the Top Knob to keep from abrading your tarp. If you try to space the poles to fit the tarp, your hammock will be very close, if not on, the ground. Use no more than about 2-4″ of suspension (the shorter the better) between the poles and the hammock gather.
Davide Giovanni Maria Salvetti (verified owner) –
I just love my Treez. They are very comfortable to walk with, and let me hang comfortably in places otherwise unhammockable. Peggy pegs are my favorite anchor but in the hardest ground.
Stephanie W. (verified owner) –
gunther kern (verified owner) –
The poles are very well made and cover a lot of options. When I hike weight is most important and I leave the extensions on the top as well as the steel tips at home since the poles with the rubber feet work well for most hiking and are long enough to suspend a hammock. I personally use a Warbonnet hammock with a double bottom. I found that the right tensioning cords and anchors are key to get a good setup that is stable. If I hike in mixed terrain I take the titanium stakes with the aluminum booms since they always work in any ground. The peggy peg screws 30 cm are also a good alternative and probably the lightest. If you take those bring at least one titanium stake to prepare very hard ground. The amsteel lines that Tensa offers are first class. Either buy those or make your own if you have time and skills. The prize Tensa charges is very fair for the time it takes to make them.
All in all a well thought out setup to hang a hammock anywhere.
You get what you pay for. A portable solution that works.
Normajean (verified owner) –
I have two and used them extensively on my hike of Te Araroa. Not once did I have to ‘go to ground’. As poles they are strong, mine were one of the few I saw that didn’t have a break after some gnarly sections of trail. The treez are easy to set up and hold well in windy conditions. The customer service has been fantastic. I got quick thorough responses to questions and a couple minor issues. Very good value to be comfortable.