I am surprised at your problems with the pad, though I don't know it's R value. I have been pretty warm at least in most spots using a TR NeoAir All Season(R value 4.9) at 25-30F. And this pad is only 2.5" thick, so it doesn't quite fill the 3" pad pocket.
But, I have boosted this quite nicely by adding puffy clothing and or a thin quilt on top of the pad inside the pocket. So: my back, hammock, something puffy, pad, outer layer of pad pocket. Or, I have had some luck with simply stuffing an UQ into the pad pocket, no pad. I have a quilt which I have added cam snaps and to the hammocks pad pocket which helps keep it in place and stretched out to the sides. Of corse, then the hammock does not have the structure the pad gives it, but despite this I find it very, very comfy.
Do you have an extra sleeping bag or quilt? If so, experiment by adding it to the pad pocket, either alone or on top of the pad. It will make a big difference. And just adding puffy clothing on top of the pad can make a big dif.
When I went to my side, I was even warmer in my torso, but developed some cold spots under my legs. I solved this by either adding some clothing on top of my pad, or just putting my cut down Walmart blue pad(used as a sit pad) under my legs, inside the hammock. Then I could move it around as needed. Again, this was at 25 to 30F, with that 2.5" pad alone, and clothing and/or sit pad added as needed for cold spots, and I was pretty warm.
Try some of these tricks, and let us know if it helps. EDIT: one more thing: these pads that have baffles sometimes have a peak between the valleys. Cold air can slip into those valleys. Adding puffy clothing on top of the pad can fill those valleys. Also, supposedly letting a bit of air out of the pad helps flatten those peaks so that the valleys are not so deep or are flattened. That might help.
here is a 30º TQ on top of the NeoAir pad. This quilt is way more than needed for this. Probably a 50ºF quilt would be more than adequate to fill the valleys caused by the pad baffles, and fill any gap left by using the 2.5" thick pad in the 3"pad pocket:
Here I am stretched out with no pad, just the quilt in the pad pocket. Nice and warm.
Here is the quilt- NO PAD- inside the pad pocket:
Here is my nice view of a cloudless sky from the hammock:
Here is the view of side sleeping, I think the pad is in place here, but pad or no pad is very comfy for side sleeping, probably #1:
View out the side, towards the little pond in the middle of the woods:
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