Is there a brand (or two) of a blend of Dyneema (Cuben fiber) with nylon for packcloth?
If proprietary (say Z-Packs, for ex.) then what is it?
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Q. WHAT IS THE BEST DYNEEMA/NYLON BLEND PACK CLOTH?
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As far as I know, all the “hybrid” cubens use polyester. You can get different weights of polyester (30D, 70D and 150D I think) but no nylon as far as I am aware. Certainly you can get XPac with nylon, but then you don’t have dyneema anymore, just the plastic waterproof layers.
Dyneema isn’t just Cuben fiber, the familiar 210d 1/4” Dyneema Grid (Dyneema X) is a nylon fabric with Dyneema reinforcement (the white 1/4” ripstop reinforcement). MLD, ULA use it a lot but ZPacks uses it on the Arc Haul and HMG uses it for reinforcement.
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