Mark H. Hunt wrote: > > Well, it sounds as if several inner layers of bubble wrap might > privide that non-compressible dry suit insulation. I can supply a > make-your-own bubble wrap dry suit insulation kit for around $450.00 if > anyone wants to try it..... Tongue-in-cheek, Mark's suggestion might be, but he may have hit on a way to achieve a FLEXIBLE noncompressible insulation material. When the notion of "noncompressible" insulation came up, I chortled at the idea, thinking that anything which would resist the pressures of water (at depth, anyway) would certainly be so rigid a person could not bend or flex while wearing "noncompressible" insulation. However, if Mark can make his bubble wrap suit so that the bubbles articulate a little bit, it might actually work! After all, the bubbles mainly have to keep the outer layer away from your skin, preserving an air gap. They don't necessarily have to jam against each other side-to-side. Maybe fleece-infiltrations which gently interlock the bubbles? I'll market my improvement on Mark's suggestion for only, say, $650 per kit, and offer a two-year warranty on replacing the bubbles. Some assembly required ... -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 06 1999 - 04:01:34 PST
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