I’ve aquired 1yd of Icarex fabric, wondering what could be the use for backpacking.
there was a useful thread where someone (Tac Blades?) made some test on a similar fabric, essentially ripstop fabric for kites, that ended up with the fabric being good in beading off water but fairly low HH which would drop considerably after use, not great abrasion resistance too.
Aside from the obvious stuff sack -though the one that is not meant to last- or small bag for little gadgets, what would you do with this fabric?
The low weigth, next to zero stretch, and ability to bead-off water would suggest a tarp or a groundsheet. But the material is rather noisy, even if I’m a heavy sleeper I’m not sure it would be a welcome feature.
Also, it seems to requires very fine needles to be sewn, haven’t tried with the Serger machine yet, although the fabric does not seem to fray easy
