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500den TPU Cordura from extremtextil

FYI: I have just made a test weld on this with a strip of Matt’s camo fabric, using the hot air gun, and can report that the result is perfect. The weld is very strong, and with no sign at all of heat damage to the fabric it can fairly be assumed to be the ’66’ variant. The TPU coating is thick and the cordura…[Read more]

Hi Matt,

No worries, hope you can make it next year.

Just a reminder for everyone else reading this, there are still spots open for this year’s RoundUp, and this is a great event at a cool location. It’s gonna be lots of fun! So sign up if you haven’t yet:

http://packraft.org/work/roundup/

Thank you

Adrian

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