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Source for cuben fiber / silnylon to make pad coupler
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Jul 26, 2011 at 8:46 pm #1277245
I've been thinking about a way to join together two Big Agnes Air Core pads. Idea: Take two strips of UL silnylon or cuben fiber, sew them together to make a loop, then sew them in the middle to make two pockets into which to insert the pads. Could also be useful for holding on a closed-cell foam pad to your Aircore pad so it doesn't slip around. Maybe even make a strip to hold your pillow in place? (Can't go with my WM Cloudrest). You could sew the strap to the pillow cover and then slip the strip over the pad to hold it is in place. Voila!
http://www.backcountry.com/western-mountaineering-cloudrest-down-pillow
Does anyone know where I can buy some suitable fabric? Or does anyone have any to donate/sell?
Jul 26, 2011 at 10:43 pm #1763471Jul 27, 2011 at 8:26 pm #1763890Thanks, I think I'm going to order some uncoated 1.1 oz nylon and try to do this project. Cuben fiber is probably half the weight but triple the cost.
The lady on the phone was helpful, too.
Jun 2, 2018 at 1:18 am #3539730how did this work?
Jun 7, 2018 at 2:46 am #3540631Noticed with the last inquiry about sourcing Cuben that it was no longer on the Quest menu, either as Cuben or its latest iteration from Dyneema. Kind of ironic, as Quest was the first materials retailer to push Cuben, sending out free samples to many of its customers.
Did I miss something?Jun 7, 2018 at 5:27 pm #3540695I talked to Kay about it last year and she said Dyneema Corp. was a pain to work with and it just wasn’t worth the trouble so they dropped it from their offerings.
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