The "what have you made today" thread

Enzo

Thru Hiker
Yup, 67 is what I ordered. Where you expecting heavier or lighter?
Its a good weight, think my first overbag was 360 ish but there is a lot more fabric than a quilt. My huge robic one is a smidge over 400g but I'm not going to trim it as it has space to stuff wet boots etc in a bag under my feet so they don't freeze.
 

Gadget

Thru Hiker
Added a hood to a workmate's topquilt,
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Used Kam snaps, it's an old down zipoff hood from an Aliexpress sleeping bag (I made that into a underquilt for him).
 

Balagan

Thru Hiker
Astrocup! 59g and keeps coffee warm enough for long enough. Starting as an iced coffee maker you can seal it for shaking so better than what it replaces for using malto / coffee sachets. Also a better shape for cold soaking refried beans etcView attachment 12334
Glad you found your long-sought coffee-on-the-go cup! Now you'll have to dump some M&Ms to compensate for the 59 gr. Or carry a dedicated shoe- and stake-cleaning kit. ;)
 

slovhike

Thru Hiker
Colour coded packing cells for my 40l packs;

(various quilts and jackets shoved inside for pics)

DSCF3686 by turnerminator, on Flickr

Green 30d sil top sack, ORANGE 40d sil food sack, blue bedding sack.

DSCF3685 by turnerminator, on Flickr

All sized to match dimensions exactly.

DSCF3689 by turnerminator, on Flickr

Tapered top bag to fit tapered collar.


All double sewn, folded and sewn again, then sealed with Versachem flowable silicone.

@Teepee would Versachem work as zipper sealant. Thinking to add few brushes onto inside of the zipper fabric to make it more water resistant
 

Lightlix

Trekker
First post from my side apart from saying hello in this forum: Just finished a new backpack:






Of course I didn't forget about the shoulder strap pockets :wink: But it still has no bottom pocket...

The pack comes at 207g and fits up to 40l I estimate. Materials are nearly all from Extremtextil:
 
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Teepee

Thru Hiker
@Lightlix

Nice work. :thumbsup: Your dims are identical to my 40l packs.
I like the simplicity of your shoulder strap design.

Watch that mesh though, it's not that strong and mice love it. :beaver: :hungry:
 

Lightlix

Trekker
@Lightlix

Watch that mesh though, it's not that strong and mice love it. :beaver: :hungry:

Yeah the mesh for the shoulder strap pockets is an even lighter, more stretchy mesh with just 60g/m2. The one for the pocket is enough I guess. I've used it for 2 years on different packs now and I'm satisfied with it. However, I want to try some of the stretchy mesh from adventurexpert, which looks really nice :wideyed:
 
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