55 dollar Thermal Pack with Pics

[Holmes]

Once again, saving a massive buck or two finding and or making 4wc options on my own.

Apparently the standard Kimberly-clark block it evo fabric is not being made anymore? At least that's what Seattle Fabrics said when I bought their last 4 yards of block it....which left me with about 3" of fabric left . A bit close.
Anyway ended up making 10 separate panels, came out great. It helped having access to about 30 different industrial sewing machines at work too. Ended up using a pretty heavy duty juki walking footer with type E thread. Worked like a charm. Went through a heck of alot of velcro though.

Almost ready for that big ol desert trip, Nick

 

[Stray Dog]

wow! looks terrific! Ought to help a lot on those cold desert nights...

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

That looks like a first class job, well done!

 

[Jon R]

How did you attach the other side of the velcro to the camper top material? Adhesive backed velcro? My FWC wall material only has velcro along the side walls. The arctic pack material wraps around behind the end boards but sags badly due to nothing holding it in place.

 

[Lighthawk]

Very nice job. We did the same with Seattle Fabrics using a Singer 221. I never did get those eyelets for the D rings to look very good.
Your work looks professional.

We've used our home-made arctic pack down to 15F several times using a Wave 3 set on low.
All those layers and air films add up to an effective R value.

 

[Holmes]

How did you attach the other side of the velcro to the camper top material? Adhesive backed velcro? My FWC wall material only has velcro along the side walls. The arctic pack material wraps around behind the end boards but sags badly due to nothing holding it in place.

Hey Jon, I did use velcro with adhesive backing for the bottom strip. Attached directly to the pop-up material. It attached well and we'll see about the longevity of it. The upper piece of the pop-up has a sewn piece of fabric with velcro on it from the factory. I'm still confused why they didn't have the same piece for the bottom as well.

 

[Holmes]

Very nice job. We did the same with Seattle Fabrics using a Singer 221. I never did get those eyelets for the D rings to look very good.
Your work looks professional.

We've used our home-made arctic pack down to 15F several times using a Wave 3 set on low.
All those layers and air films add up to an effective R value.

Hey, thanks Andy. Definitely curious about the added R-value. Most of my camping is done in southern AZ and the surrounding area, so I would assume it shouldn't be much of a challenge to a get a bit more warmth from the thermal pack. They sure do charge alot for those things from the factory. Depending how it does, I might even add another layer to each panel. We'll see.
Nick

 

[dennis 221]

mine to Jon R also when pulling it off Velcro pulls off camper

 

[Jon R]

Can you clarify that, Dennis? Are saying you have the same.issue I described with no velcro on the front and rear walls,, or are you having the OEM velcro pull off the side walls?

 

[Vic Harder]

I have no velcro on my front/rear walls either and it kind of dangles there. Not ideal, I would think.

 

[Jon R]

I want put some adhesive backed velcro there, but I want to make sure I don’t use the wrong stuff and make a mess.

 

[Vic Harder]

that would be great to know how to do. Keep us posted!

 

[veryactivelife]

I’ve read that at least a couple of people have added Velcro to the ends. Not sure if it was here or Facebook. I have the Velcro to do it, but haven’t gotten around to it. Use industrial self adhesive Velcro and clean the surface with alcohol first.

Dean

 

[Holmes]

Been a month, in some cold damn weather in AZ, unfortunately.
Adhesive backed Velcro working great on the pop-up material.