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    shannon stoney
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    @shannonstoney

    I have a roll of thinsulate that I bought about fifteen years ago, and I was thinking of using it to make an insulated jacket. But most people seem to use primaloft or something similar these days. I am wondering why thinsulate fell out of favor. Does it have less warmth for its weight or something?

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    Richard Nisley
    BPL Member

    @richard295

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    There are many varieties of Thinsulate and so this is a generic answer. It is composed exclusively of fine fibers (65% Olefin/35% Polyester). It does a superior job of reflecting thermal radiation and not compressing, compared to high loft insulations like Polarguard or Primaloft. As a result, it is about 1.7 times warmer for thin applications under pressure, like gloves, boots, diving suits, and tight fitting fashion-wear.

    It doesn’t compress well to allow stuffing into a small pack. It is much heavier and doesn’t provide any warmth advantage for applications (jackets and sleeping bags) requiring thicknesses above about 3/4”.

    #1371217
    Vick Hines
    Member

    @vickrhines

    Locale: Central Texas

    E,
    What about killer insulated socks? In holiday colors. Thinsulate is really good in socks. That could take care of your holiday gift problem.

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    shannon stoney
    Spectator

    @shannonstoney

    the socks are good idea. Do you know of a pattern for sewn socks or slippers? I make knitted socks all the time, but I don't know how to make sewn ones.

    Once I made a frostline kit of down booties, but that was thirty years ago.

    I can see that it wouldn't compress very well, so that it wouldn't be ideal for a jacket stuffed into a pack.

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    Bill Fornshell
    BPL Member

    @bfornshell

    Locale: Southern Texas

    Elizabeth,
    You might get an idea for your socks on this
    thread

    I made a pattern for a sock of sorts and then used Cuben material for them. It made a VB sock. I made a couple of patterns and used scrap material till I got them to fit. I think you could do something like it with your Thinsulate.

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