Episode 82 | Fabric Repairs in the Backcountry
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Summary
This episode features fabric repair kits for hiking and backpacking, including various fabric repair scenarios, strategies, and supplies.
In this Episode:
- Live event: Gear Q&A on Tuesday, May 23, 4 PM US MDT
- Email newsletter updates – signup for the new newsletter format!
- BPL philosophy for making gear recommendations
- New REI Gear Guide
- News: BLM to consider conservation as a viable land use
- News: GPS watches underestimate trail distances
- Question: what’s the difference between breathability and air permeability?
- Online course library updates: Condensation in Shelters & Tenkara
- Introduction to fabric repair
- Types of gear repairs – punctures, tears, seams, lamination and glue failures, fastener failures, structural (stress-bearing) component failures, hardware failures
- Repair strategies for fabrics – tapes, glues, and sewing
- Fabric repair scenarios – Dyneema Composite Fabrics shelters, rain jackets, sleeping pad punctures, sleeping pad valve stem seams, soft water bottles, backpacks, packrafts
- Ryan’s basic fabric repair kit
- Listener Q&A – noseeum mesh repair, finding pinholes in sleeping pads, repairing sleeping pad holes near seams, tape choices
Featured Products:
More Repair Kits and Supplies: ZPacks • Hyperlite Mountain Gear • Garage Grown Gear • REI
Ryan’s fabric repair kit contents:
- Dyneema Composite Fabric patches with adhesive backing (3 x 2.5-inch squares) – tent repair
- Dyneema Composite Fabric seam tape strips (4 x 5-inch long x 0.75-inch wide) – tent repair
- Tenacious Tape repair patches (2 x nylon for fabrics, 1 x clear tape for water bottles) – sleeping pad, apparel, and water bottle repair
- 4-ft roll duct tape – backpack and packraft repair, first aid
- Tube of Seam Grip WPÂ or AquaSeal FDÂ – water bottle and sleeping pad repair, also to secure patches for major fabric repairs
- 5×4 Loksak bag for storage
- Precision scissors
- ZPacks Sewing Kit
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Credits
- Executive Producer - Backpacking Light; Show Director and Host - Ryan Jordan; Producer - Chase Jordan; Theme music: Look for Me in the Mountains written by Chris Cunningham and Ryan Jordan, performed by Chris Cunningham (acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vocals, harmonica), Chad Langford (upright bass), and Tom Murphy (mandolin), produced by Basecamp Studios in Bozeman, Montana.
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