Thread: Bumper Material Poll
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Re: Bumper Material Poll
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Originally Posted by Alex Cormier View Post
How does this stuff differ from rip stop nylon?
Ballistic nylon is thicker, not as slick, and more similar to 1000D Cordura nylon. We ran CoF tests on about 16 different fabrics, including the ballistic nylon from Rockywoods, and found that it was slicker than Cordura nylon, but not as slick as ripstop.
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