Throughout the 11 months we've existed, Ripstop by the Roll has made me very happy. What started out as a way to move a little extra hammock fabric has evolved into a full fledged business that I wake up and get excited for every day. We're proud of the new fabrics and materials we've been able to bring to the DIY community - MR silnylon, HyperD diamond ripstop, and others to come in the future.
That being said, I'm not sure I'll ever be more excited for a new product than I am today. After endless phone calls, texts, pleading, emails, and face-to-face meetings over the last six months, I'm proud to announce that MULTICAM SILNYLON is now a reality! Multicam sil is something we've needed for quite a long time - like a really long time. There are threads dating back years that talk about it, but for various reasons it just never became a reality. I was tired of being told we were too small of a market and then having to settle for other patterns when we really wanted Multicam.
The manufacturing run will result in a total of three new products:
1. MULTICAM silnylon - Lighter tarps. I handle fabric and materials every day and I've sampled a lot of silicone coated fabric from a lot of different places. This one is the best. Not that the rest aren't good, it's just this one is that much better. It's a 30D nylon made in the USA with incredible abrasion resistance, strength, and the highest-quality sil coating. If you're looking to build a super-shelter, this is what you use. The finished weight of around 1.3-1.4 oz/sqyd will make a Multicam tarp that's 60-70% lighter than anything you can currently make or buy from any vendor.
2. MULTICAM breathable/uncalendered - Lighter hammocks. This is the uncoated version of the silnylon. Very strong, highly abrasion resistant, and treated with a high-quality DWR, it's the toughest 1.1 oz fabric I've tested. Hammocks made out of this will be 25% lighter than ones made with Epsilon and 40% lighter than those made with 1.9 oz Zeta.
3. MULTICAM breathable/calendered - Lighter quilts. This is the downproof version designed for making the lightest Multicam quilts in existence.
As far as timeline goes, the manufacturing run has finished and we're just waiting on delivery. I will have all three new Multicam fabrics up on the site and available for PRE-SALE by this Wednesday. I'll announce the pricing in this thread ASAP. Once we get everything in, we'll start packing orders in the order they were received. I'll announce when they are up, but you can also keep a check here:
->http://ripstopbytheroll.com/collections/multicam
I want to close by saying THANK YOU once more to everyone that has supported us to this point. We couldn't think about doing something this big if it weren't for the support of the HF community. This is a very large investment for us, but in the end we think it's worth it. If there's a fabric/material out there that makes hanging that much better, we'll set out to do whatever we can to make it happen.
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