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    • 2025
      • Tariffs on DIY Packrafts?
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    • 2024
      • Postal Strike Ended (updated)
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      • FedEx & Purolator Shipping Available
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      • Back Band Assembly Instructions
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      • Price Reductions!
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      • Opie’s 2-Person Packraft Build Report
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      • Zach Schiada’s Telkwa Build Report
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      • The first orange DIY Packraft
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    • 2023
      • $200 DIY Packraft Coupon at Charity Auction
      • Beautiful New Packraft Fabric Colors
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      • New Type of Airtight Zipper
      • Drybag Kits Now Available
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    • 2022
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    • 2019
      • How to Choose a Packraft (not just DIY)
      • $200 Coupon in Online Charity Auction
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      • A DIY Packraft Logo?
      • Book Review: Packrafting, by Molly Absolon
      • Book Review: A Long Trek Home
      • Convert a Kayak Paddle to a Packraft Paddle & Trekking Pole
      • The Perfect Ultralight Packrafting Water Shoe
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      • First Look: Skeena
      • Website Redesign in Progress
      • New Video: Iron Temperature & Timing
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      • Success! New packrafts tested.
      • Surprise: Another New DIY Packraft Model
      • The Silicone Roller: my new favorite tool
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      • First Look: Updated 2-Person DIY Packraft
      • Ken’s DIY Packraft Build Report
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    • 2018
      • New Ultralight DIY Packraft – First Look
      • Two new fabrics in the shop
      • 14 Day Alaska Group Trip
      • Travel Notice: August 10-24
      • Tim’s Pontoon Kayak, Version 2
      • Tie-Down Video Posted
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      • Camouflage Fabric in Stock
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      • Book Review: The Wilderness Paddler’s Handbook
      • Inflation Bag Video
      • New Seat Construction Video
      • FAQ Reorganized, New Content
      • Zippers & Green Fabric Back In Stock
      • Backordered Products Resupply Timing Estimates
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    • 2017
      • New Paddling Video
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      • Bruce’s Voyageur 2-Person DIY Packraft – First Float!
      • Overseas? Save money by using a “freight forwarder”
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      • How Fast is a Packraft?
      • V3 DIY Packrafts will start shipping early October
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      • Inflation bag kit instructions posted
      • New DIY Packraft Design Available Soon (and a small rant)
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      • Review: Model Airplane Heat Sealing Irons
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      • Crowd Sourcing Green
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      • TIZIP Airtight Zippers now in Stock
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    • 2016
      • Airtight zipper installation instructions posted
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      • Review: $25 Heat-Sealing Iron
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    unnamedpeaks replied to the topic Baffling? in the forum DIY Packrafts 5 years, 6 months ago

    Hmm, strange assertion since none of the Alpackas are multi chamber as far as I know. Those are definitely pro tools not pool toys.

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    unnamedpeaks replied to the topic DIY tizip in Kokopelli packraft in the forum DIY Packrafts 5 years, 6 months ago

    How much is the zipper on it’s own, I don’t see an option to add that to my cart in the store

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    unnamedpeaks replied to the topic DIY Donut in the forum DIY Packrafts 5 years, 6 months ago

    That looks like the way to do it. I basically want that, but in the lighter weight that would be possible with the 210D fabric. Could put a floor in it and put it together just like a DIY Packraft…I would just need someone to model it out for me in software.

    Anyone on here game? I could also see if someone on Fiver could do it

     

    R

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    unnamedpeaks replied to the topic Tips & Tricks in the forum DIY Packrafts 5 years, 6 months ago

    I got it at a dollar store. It looks something like this https://www.amazon.com/IMISNO-Sheets-Paper-Colors-thickness/dp/B01I1TED18/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=1mm+foam&qid=1574625656&sr=8-4

     

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    unnamedpeaks replied to the topic Skeena/Telkwa review wanted re: handling and comparison to other boats in the forum DIY Packrafts 5 years, 6 months ago

    For example, here is a breakdown of the Alpacka lineup https://thingstolucat.com/2019/05/17/alpacka-raft-lineup/

     

    And I’m told the Kokopelli rogue is closest to the expedition.

     

    Where would the newest DIY packrafts fit in here? They seem like they would be in expedition/rogue territory with a balance between stability and handling.

     

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    unnamedpeaks replied to the topic Tips & Tricks in the forum DIY Packrafts 5 years, 6 months ago

    I found some very thin foam at a craft store, 1mm or less, and use this under the seams when I iron, as well as affix it to my bowl or form. It makes things WAY easier. The welding is faster, and requires less passes, usually can do in one go. If it’s too thick it causes problems, but if you can find some thin stuff to make the surface have a…[Read more]

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    unnamedpeaks started the topic Skeena/Telkwa review wanted re: handling and comparison to other boats in the forum DIY Packrafts 5 years, 6 months ago

    Hi all. I just finished a UL Packraft, had a great time doing it. I had planned to build the UL DIYPackraft as my backpacking alpine lake boat, and had planned to buy a Kokopelli Rogue or Alpacka Yak as my whitewater boat. Now that I see how easy it is to make these rafts, I am considering just making another.

    Alpacka has so many different…[Read more]

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    unnamedpeaks started the topic DIY Donut in the forum DIY Packrafts 5 years, 11 months ago

    Hi,

    I like to take an inflatable donut with me backpacking. In early season I can snowtube, and in later season I can float on lakes.

    It seems easy to make with the DIY packraft fabric. Just two washer shaped pieces of fabric inflate into tubes.

    Will anyone help me think through a construction method? How do I seal those two pieces together, I…[Read more]

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    unnamedpeaks replied to the topic Help & Questions re: DIY Packraft Construction in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 10 months ago

    Hi.

    ok I think I have gotten the technique down. But now I am stalled trying to make the drybag. It’s to fit perfectly inside my pack, to make a roll-top waterproof liner.  I want it to have a rectangular bottom with rounded corners, but it looks like theres a limit to how tight the curves can be before everything gets really difficult. I am…[Read more]

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    unnamedpeaks replied to the topic Help & Questions re: DIY Packraft Construction in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,

    I am attempting to make a drybag packliner with the 40d fabric, both because I need one and because I want to get the hang of this before trying to make the raft. (and I am waiting on the release of the new UL kit!)

    Anyway I got my iron and checked the temp with a IR thermometer I have. I adjusted the thermostat so that the tip of the iron…[Read more]

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    unnamedpeaks replied to the topic New users say "Hi" here to prove you are not a Spam Bot in the forum DIY Packrafts 6 years, 10 months ago

    Nobody has ever accused me of being a robot

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