What motivated you to become a hammock camper? Here are some possibilities stolen from MeatHunter in the Gear Topic:

No more hard ground
Can sleep on either side or back
None of my gear is on the ground
No kneeling to roll sleeping pads or bags
No dirty muddy tent bottom
No crawling in & out of a tent
No requiring flat campsites
No back or hip pain in morning
No need for a camp chair
No innie or outie debate

I'll add "ease of setting camp" and "can fit it all into my kayak hatch."

Light weight, small pack size, can set up in rain without getting any of it wet, excepting the fly (Hennessy Hammock, using Snake Skins), the perfect bushwhack shelter. Otherwise, no more aches and pains.

All of the above!
I would constantly toss and turn trying to sleep on the ground, I would get up with very sore shoulders and knees in the morning. All that ended when I went to a hammock.

When nature calls in the middle of the night, I can just roll over to one side, undo a zipper just enough and don't have to get out of, and back into a tent. Perfect! No bugs get in having to open a tent door all the way.

I was in search of a better sleep. The ground lost it's allure, and I always loved naps in the hammock in the backyard.

How about you can setup most anywhere. A tent needs a flat root/rock free area. A hammock needs two trees spaced apart correctly, in the woods or next to the lake.

Slept in a hammock most of my tour in Nam in '71-'72. I was in the rear in barracks, but the bunk was terrible and I hung a hammock and slept great. Kept that hammock and still have it using it on solo trips for naps on the points while taking lunch break and waiting for wind to let up. Last summer I upgraded to my current Hammock Bliss double I got through Campmoor. Cheap, but very serviceable for regular night sleeping. My nephew loved his on our trip last September and my son claims he sleeps better in it that his bed.
+1 on all the other reasons.

All the reasons listed. IMO it's just far superior to a tent unless going with a significant other that you would prefer to sleep next to. That's about the only drawback to a hammock that I can find.

Because they are so freakin comfortable. Buddy got his a few years back, used in the BW ever since. Had to give it a shot as I noticed he wasn't waking up all stiff and achy.

Can't sleep on the ground! Then I discovered an entire world of hammock camping to keep me occupied and give me something else to look forward to trying.

the trees, the trees.

- I never wake up sore
- Lighter than a tent
- Take up less room in the pack
- Quick setup /take down
- Don't need a sleeping pad (even more room in the pack)
- I snore less or not at all for some reason which means better quality sleep (my buddies aren't throwing shoes at me or yelling at me all night to SHUT UP)
- All I need are 2 trees. Ground conditions aren't an issue

All of the above plus, it fits more easily into my kayak hatches than a tent.

When I decided to go solo I needed something other than my 3 man tent. Bought an eno and played around with it for a few weeks and decided it was for me for the above mentioned reasons. Bought a Wbbb and have used it on every trip ever since.

Guess as I got older sleeping on the ground got harder. I think back to my first trip to the BWCA and all my camping from 11-25, I never even had a pad.

In my thirty’s I got a ¾ Thermorest to go camping with scouts and it worked ok.

Last year I got an Exped and it was great, but have been looking for something to reduce weight for solo trips.

Only have one trip under my belt with the hammock but things that I enjoy are:
Fast setup
No worry about looking for level pad
No roots and rocks
Setting up in front porch mode for beautiful views
And the most important thing is I sleep like a baby.

It’s actually better than my bed at home…… BUT my bed at home does have one advantage over the hammock ;-)

Back when the first ones really came out with innovative designs, we were all drawn to them just as any other type of outdoor gear. Gear for the sake of gear and playing with it. Something new and different.
Turns out, I really liked it.