When I read through the advertisements of all the companies selling hammocks, I see so much incorrect information. Hammocks with a width of 80cm are described as extra-wide hammocks. A hammock with a width of 80cm is far too narrow, and you would fall out of it if you moved even slightly. Our baby hammocks already have a width of 100cm.
Or a hammock with a weight capacity of 160kg, which is stated to be suitable for 2 people. A hammock with a weight capacity of 160kg is not a strong hammock, and if it is also indicated as extra thick, I wonder what the added value of that is. If a loosely spun thread is used to weave the hammock, it feels thicker, but this method of spinning makes the thread weaker and it will therefore break more easily. Hence the limited weight capacity of 160kg. Maranon Hammocks uses tightly spun yarns made from long fibers, which produce a strong hammock with a weight capacity starting from 250kg. That is also a safe margin to list the hammock as suitable for 2 people. Yarns spun from short fibers will also feel thicker, because they cannot be spun very tightly, and will also tear more easily because they have fewer turns in the thread.
It is just as nonsensical to market a hammock with a weight capacity of 200kg as it is to market a family hammock. Our family hammocks have a weight capacity of 300kg. They were tested at the University of Fortaleza and only started to tear at a weight of 500kg.
And it is not only the strength of the fabric that determines the load capacity of the hammock. The threads at both ends of the hammock are just as decisive for the load capacity. They too must be made of long cotton fibers, and there must be a sufficient number of these threads attached to both sides of the hammock. For our Large hammocks, there are 24 (double threads) on both sides, and for our XL hammocks, 32 (double threads).
