Strong and highly water resistant and wear resistant fabric ?

[Edward John M]

For the inside of an emergency sleeping bag, mostly the foot area

Having a discussion about UL sleeping gear and the subject of sleeping.bivvying in your boots was mentioned.

I have thought about what I keep in my ski touring day pack and realise that the UL Brooks Range half bag I use would not survive a night with my wearing my Telemark touring boots. In a wet and soggy survival situation I am not going to be taking my boots off as they are simply too warm not to use and they are much warmer with the shells on and unbuckled. I only need to survive a night at -10C as it doesn’t often get much colder than that. So I am thinking on making a new half bag with a reinforced foot area big enough to take my size 11 Telemark boots [ which are 336mm long and 129mm wide] so my query is regarding the most suitable LW fabric and what inside length I can get away with as a minimum to avoid buying too much.

I need to minimise my spend on this project so while not the best insulation I happen have some 3M Lite-loft which I need to use if I can’ find enough APEX here. For the rest of the bag inside and out I’m hoping  can use what old nylon taffeta I have, the extra few grams won’t make any difference in real terms

[DAN-Y]

For the inside of an emergency sleeping bag, mostly the foot area

For emergency use, just cover your boots with plastic bags, secure them with elastic boot bands.

https://www.amazon.com/Military-Boot-Bands-Blousing-Straps/dp/B07GJ8PKF4/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_200_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&refRID=44688RNVQT1K5V6P2NM0

[Edward John M]

Well the big garbage/rubbish bag is going inside if I don’t make anything that is for sure. Blousing bands also sold locally and that is a good idea I am going to run with

 

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