When I get back pain, it's usually because the fabric has too much stretch. In all the years I have been using hammocks, I have only gotten back pain twice from hammocks that had too little stretch.
I accumulated quite a few hammocks, and still buy new ones out of curiosity, but the hammock that has seen the most use so far is a 70D Heavyweight Double Layer XLC / Eldorado from Warbonnet. I got rid of my bed years ago, and 8 out of 10 nights, I'll hang the XLC / Eldorado. On the other nights, it's often a DIY or a hammock I want to test. So far, the DIYs I prefer, are all out of 70D fabrics. All lighter fabrics I have tried had too much stretch, and many heavier fabrics can feel a bit too firm.
Also, on all of my nylon hammocks, I need a ~89% ridgeline to feel that I'm lying flat enough.
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