Labour Day, at least in Norway, so a day off to chill out, relax, go for a walk. Except that we didn't. A few days ago Thomas ordered 2 DIY kits from Yama Mountain Gear to make some cuben stuff sacks, one in white cuben and the other in sage.
They arrived yesterday – we couldn't resist having a go at making them!
The package contained cuben fiber, transfer tape, cuben tape, spectra cord and cord locks: enough to make 7 different stuff sacks.
Looking at the website page, a variety of different configurations were shown to enable you to make stuff sacks of varying sizes. I chose to start off with a large stuff sack as I reckoned it'd be less fiddly to make.
I'm not going to replace the excellent instructions that Yama Mountain Gear provides (there's a YouTube video too), but have a couple of snapshots of work in progress and what the final product looks like.
I also made a minor modification to create a rectangular, or square, bottom, by changing the position of the seam on the shorter side and creating a base. Results of that are shown, too.
They arrived yesterday – we couldn't resist having a go at making them!
Looking at the website page, a variety of different configurations were shown to enable you to make stuff sacks of varying sizes. I chose to start off with a large stuff sack as I reckoned it'd be less fiddly to make.
I'm not going to replace the excellent instructions that Yama Mountain Gear provides (there's a YouTube video too), but have a couple of snapshots of work in progress and what the final product looks like.
I also made a minor modification to create a rectangular, or square, bottom, by changing the position of the seam on the shorter side and creating a base. Results of that are shown, too.
I really recommend this kit if you want to make a few stuff sacks of your own. In fact, it's so easy to make them that I'd recommend trying this out rather than buying any of the commercially available ones, whether you're looking for silnylon or cuben.
Now I'm thinking about making more cuben goodies; possibly rain chaps, likely some replacement tent pole bags (I'm trying out Thomas's Akto) and certainly a replacement wallet for the excellent cuben wallet pouch I got from ZPacks last year. (Incidentally, Joe and Matt will be walking the TGO Challenge this year, starting next week!) There are a lot of possibilities and I found it so much easier to work with than the 7g Silnylon Slipperiness I made a few years ago!
Great job on the stuff sacks Helen. These kits from Yama Mountain Gear are nice, and actually, a great deal on cuben stuff sacks... plus, you get the joy of making them yourself!
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Well done Helen, it was Chad who put me onto these kits and the kit still remains unopened, yeah know ... But your post has encouraged me to get my act together and "just do it". BTW I love the last photo of the inside of the bag and the finish looks excellent.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you've got the urge to make them now... you know I'll check up on progress, right ;)
DeleteAnd thanks for the comment about the last photo - it is pretty easy if you don't rush, to get a decent finish with cuben.