DIY Packraft | ejensen | Activity https://www.diypackraft.com/members/ejensen/activity/ Activity feed for ejensen. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:50:51 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 02bae70ebb8cd6465a6acf1cc0b2734f ejensen replied to the topic Drysuits for Packrafting in the forum DIY Packrafts https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/drysuits-for-packrafting/#post-14113 Tue, 06 Apr 2021 04:10:40 -0700 Not sure about designs explicitly for packrafting. I have a kayak touring setup already. I have a Stohlquist EZ drysuit with a neoprene neck gasket and front zip. It works well for me and I don’t get leakage when inverted, but the neoprene neck does not fit as wide a range of neck sizes as a latex one. A friend using one had problems getting the…[Read more]

]]> 0 2af107e4ecc313a129eb3154f27601eb ejensen replied to the topic First seams - how to tell if it’s good? in the forum DIY Packrafts https://www.diypackraft.com/forums/topic/first-seams-how-to-tell-if-its-good/#post-14070 Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:33:01 -0700 Just got my kit and now have scraps to try out. Using the Aliexpress leather iron at max setting. I found that a test strip of 250GSM (tube fabric) on  450GSM (floor fabric) would separate by the TPU peeling off the floor fabric (see photo)

test weld

Joining 250-250 resulted in a very strong bond that eventually tore with some TPU on each side. Joining…[Read more]

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