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  • Inflatable tent bladders – what's the plastic material? Polythene?
  • epicyclo
    Full Member

    I’ve got an idea for an inflatable tent I want to try.

    Anyone know what the bladders are made from?

    Or for that matter, anyone got a dead inflatable tent suitable for hacking?

    BadlyWiredDog
    Full Member

    It’s TPU I think – see: http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/lib/doc/pdf/vango_airbeam_user_guide.pdf

    There’s an inner tube made from TPU that sits inside a zipped outer tube that I think is probably Nylon/Polyamide. You can buy the Vango inner tubes individually, though you’d also need a suitable pump, which I think is a standard fitting.

    epicyclo
    Full Member

    BadlyWiredDog – Member
    …There’s an inner tube made from TPU that sits inside a zipped outer tube…

    It’s the inner tube I want to make. Presumably being TPU I can seam weld it.

    Now to find a supply.

    Thanks 🙂

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    kneebiscuit
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    slowster
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    I’ve no idea what’s used in inflatable tents, but ETFE is used in inflatable roofs. I imagine it costs more than TPU and may not be so easy to buy in small quantities.

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