What prompted this interview is a bit of buzz in the pack and outdoor fabric world. Let’s begin with Aluula Composits, a West Coast Canadian company. If you are into kiting or niche pack companies, you have likely heard of Aluula Graflyte, a UHMWPE fabric that is lightweight and waterproof. From a design and manufacturing…
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Response
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Excited to see the use of these fabrics expand, always happy to trade grams for crinkles, with maybe the exception of sleep systems. Obviously they’ve got a price tag, but it seems like aluula packs have the potential to achieve the same or better performance characteristics as the mythical woven/nonwoven dyneema at actually a cheaper price?
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