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Hi
Here’s a suggestion for an inflation bag that I’m working on. The bag is made out of cuben fibre (this stuff is expensive but super light and strong; I had a rectangular scrap left over from a previous project). The valve solution I have come up with is this: a rubber disc/washer about 2mm thick, with the diameter of the hole roughly 20mm, and the outside diameter of the disc about 60mm. This is bonded to the bag fabric and a 20mm hole cut out in the fabric to match the hole in the rubber disc. An additional 100mm disc of fabric can also be bonded to sandwich the rubber disc between two pieces of fabric. The washer fits snugly and securely over the outside of the Boston valve thread and forms an air tight seal. No need for a hose, and you have the maximum air flow to the valve.
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