Bumper Material Poll

[Procolsaurus]

What fabric did your team choose this year to cover their bumpers?

[Al Skierkiewicz]

1000D Cordura is recommended and that is what we use. That is not a choice on your survey.

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

1000D Cordura is recommended and that is what we use. That is not a choice on your survey.

Same here. Bumpers are already cut and printed, and sewing started last night!

[MrForbes]

you forgot "what came in FIRST Choice"

[JohnBoucher]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

1000D Cordura is recommended and that is what we use. That is not a choice on your survey.

Ditto. Some retailers call it Duck Cloth.

[Tim Sharp]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

1000D Cordura is recommended and that is what we use. That is not a choice on your survey.

Cordura is a brand name of Nylon. We use the same material. We order it from Seattle Fabrics.

[Procolsaurus]

Cordura is a nylon blend and Duck cloth is 100% cotton.

[Conor Ryan]

Super relevant thread

Has anyone successfully used multiple bumper materials? I haven't checked the Q&A but the rules do not address it.

Friction with Polycarb should be a concern this year because of the gates. Bumper engineering was coming of age in later 2014, but 2015's game set it back a year.

[Sperkowsky]

We are using the Slick bumper material (Nylon) from AM.

[RoboChair]

Citrus Circuits uses Ballistic Nylon on our bumpers.

[DarkRune]

Originally Posted by RoboChair

Citrus Circuits uses Ballistic Nylon on our bumpers.

Care to share a link to what you use? I know my team is looking into ballistic nylon, I'm curious to where teams are sourcing theirs from.

[RoboChair]

Originally Posted by DarkRune

Care to share a link to what you use? I know my team is looking into ballistic nylon, I'm curious to where teams are sourcing theirs from.

http://www.rockywoods.com/Fabrics-Ki...pellent-Finish

Dark Navy and Red

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by RoboChair

http://www.rockywoods.com/Fabrics-Ki...pellent-Finish

Dark Navy and Red

How does this stuff differ from rip stop nylon?

[Mike Marandola]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

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.

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by Mike Marandola

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 much as ripstop.

I wrapped the bumpers in ripstop this year. We were replacing the front bumpers with regular cordura due to the nylon taking a beating at our pre scrimmage yesterday.