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Hi John,

The heat-sealed bonds are actually stronger than the fabric itself (you can see this demonstrated in the fabric comparison video), so reinforcing the seams by sewing or adding wider strips over them would not increase the durability of the packraft overall unless you reinforce the tube fabric as well. You could do this by adding an extra…[Read more]

so I was wondering if I buy a large packraft and then want to get extra strips to heat seal on the seams would this actually increase the seam strength ofr do you think that would be pointless?

Thanks for the excellent pictures and the review! This is useful information for everybody. I’m glad you had a successful journey 😀

Beauty!! Thanks for posting, and thanks for the tip about the Neo Air Xlite!

Greetings!

Very excited to put together my first packraft. I’m using a thermorest neo air xlite doubled over as a seat, floor and backrest. It’s very comfy, in fact far comfortable than the seat in my Alpacka. It also as some stiffness which improves handling. The sleeping pad wedges in pretty well, but I guess it could potentially come out in major…[Read more]

Nope, they’re different – TPU is heat sealable, while PU is not. You can read more about them on the Fabrics page. Cheers!

I’m just getting into this, IS PU coated fabric the same as TPU coated fabric?

sorry if it is a dumb question.

-Matt

Hi, just found this, I’m excited to try building my own, I own an Alpacka Yak, but would love to make one for my wife, or friends to use.

-Matt

Thanks so much Matt,

My raft had first virgin cruise today and I would like to share some more pics and points about it.

It was super fun to paddle with my DIY raft on the sea, your design is so good that even this is my first packrafting with kayak paddle (I was self-trained with Canadian style canoeing with an oar) it can be handled very…[Read more]

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