vikebo

vikebo replied to the topic Snow, sun, water packraft and some swimming in the forum DIY Packrafts 5 years, 7 months ago

It was a fun experience and I think your kit is a great product, so I thought I’d share the story.

The schnozzle bag works ok with an adapter. At the moment the adapter is a tiny bit loose on the bag and a bit too hard to remove from the red press-fit valve. Small adjustments to the dimensions would fix this. Making it from white POM was probably…[Read more]

vikebo started the topic Snow, sun, water packraft and some swimming in the forum DIY Packrafts 5 years, 8 months ago

Second test, this time on a river instead of snow.

Bought the 120 cm V3 in August and finished about a third of it at the time. I got a dog a few weeks ago and decided to finish the packraft so we can use it during the summer. The build went fine, but the last center seam and L2 – L3 were a bit tricky. Decided to use the flatter red valves…[Read more]

vikebo started the topic First test, whitewater in the forum DIY Packrafts 5 years, 8 months ago

First test last Friday (beyond the garden) of my recently finished 120 cm V3 packraft in Norway. Too late in the afternoon to try it on more liquid water, but fun to try it on the snow in a small hill with Milo.

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