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    Scott White
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    @sdwhitey

    Locale: Smoky Mountains

    I use a homemade silnylon stuff sack as my bear bag. It has the standard square-shaped bottom.

    I would like to make a slightly larger bag and I have two questions about design.

    1. Would the the sack be stronger if instead of the standard square-shaped bottom I just sewed it like a pillow case? I think MLD uses this design on their bear bag.

    2. Does adding a second seam add significant strength to the design of the sack?

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    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    1: I can't see why it should be any stronger – or weaker.

    2: Does not add. May very slightly reduce, but only very slightly. Depends *far more* on the width of the seam and the number of lines of stitching.

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