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Has anyone tried a Leafield C7 valve?  Looking at other oackraft brands it seems a few used this valve and it looks sleeker or lower profile.  With zipper installation if the leafield needed repair its easily accessible too?   Any reason you dont use these instead of Boston valve Matt  ?

Cheers Lisa

Hi, my packraft seat (2nd thing i seam sealed) is terrible ive tried to patch it up with sealant but it is just loosing air.  My packraft thankfully had no major leaks couple pin hole size leaks easily repaired.  So im at point i just want to redo seat.  Id ideally like to find black fabric.  Also for my next packraft (i ordered yellow) but my son…[Read more]

Since my inflatable seat was developing leak after leak I glued one together using vinyl cement and some cheap (20 Eurones) white 500g/sqm vinyl (PVC tarpaulin) from ebay. Works like a charm, no leaks, I did not even bother to add seam strips.

Since the seat worked so well I decided to build a packraft prototype from the rest of the vinyl. The…[Read more]

Hello.
just bought a telkwa kit. Super excited to make this thing and hit the water.
Bryan

I saw your valve order – I will see what I can do 🙂

Unfortunately I don’t offer an ultralight version of the 2-Person packraft because I don’t think it would be strong enough… the standard weight 2-Person kit is already quite light compared to any other comparable boat. Cheers!

Edit…. Looks like bulk sales are suspended right now so I won’t be able to make that brace after all. Feel free to throw in some extra scraps in that sample pack if you want 😂

Hello from Utah, I don’t know how I end up on this website but now I have a sample pack ordered and a goal to make a foot brace for my current pack raft. If that goes well maybe over the winter I’ll make a DIY pack raft.

Hey there, I’m in Ogden. I know this is an old post but if you’re still around I’d love to talk and maybe plan a trip!

It sounds like your storage method is a good one! Your question inspired me to make a video showing how I fold and roll packrafts, and I’ve posted it here: https://www.diypackraft.com/construction/how-to/pack-carry-and-store-a-packraft/

Cheers!

Hi Aaron – your welds look good, and it sounds like they are holding just fine. I usually see some variation in the transparency of the welds (especially in the yellow and red fabrics), so that’s nothing to worry about. Do try to use the roller to squeeze out the air bubbles, but they look fine.

I’m going to answer the other part of your question…[Read more]

Hi!

I have a couple questions before fully moving onto 2R and 2L on my Skeena. Things seem to be going well so far!

The outside floor part of 3L has some overlap from where it should have ended up based on the dot above. Right now I’ve just sealed to the line I made, but is it alright to seal that fully down and then trim 2L at the slit between…[Read more]