Hey Marko, danke fürs Video! Kannst du mir verraten, wie die Gaiters an der Ferse deiner TX4 ohne Klett halten? Ich verstehe es im Video leider nicht, und möchte wenn möglich auf den Klett bei meinen TX4 verzichten.
Would only make gaiters to solve some problems Altra and Dirty-Girl left us with: 1) Metal hook. The metal hook is heavy and cold. Nobody wants metal hooks in their pack. If there was a suitable plastic hook, it'd be worth replacing or making gaiters? 2) Improved-closure. Let's face it, the hassle of donning gaiters is why many won't wear them? Velcro wears-out and zippers are too fussy. If there was a hassle-free way to put on gaiters after shoes were on, then it'd be worth making gaiters? 3) Waterproof-breathable (e.g. DCF).
Ok 1. plastic would be good but plastic at least of good quality is hard to find. Also, the hook weighs practically nothing, nor is it touching skin. 2. Agree on closure, but unless material is super duper elastic than need to make use of velcro and stuff or clip ons. That does add weight and can be annoying on foot. 3. Also agree but then dcf not breathable, goretex is but heavy and not well ventilated. OR actually makes goretex type. I would use them for sure on some terrain /trails instead of these. Still looking for perfect material
@@markomm5571 - 1) Agree the correct plastic hook is not readily available, but plastic hardware of sufficient strength and similar design are utilized extensively for tents, tarps, line-looks, etc.. It is within Altra and Dirty-Girl's reach, but beyond the scope for MYoG atm. 3) Ripstop-by-the-Roll sells WaterProof-Breathable (50k g/m2/24hrs breathable) 1.2oz DCF, so the requisite material is available. (more...) However, my point is that I do MYoG to gain unavailable features and functions, not merely to replicate existing capabilities. Gaiters are on my "maybe if I can gain x" list? And my threshold is to gain items 1, 2 and 3. The items are close to being available (#3 is available), but not quite ready yet?
@@tomnoyb8301 ride on .... I agree to make things better. In this case I had no access or very long wait to get either dirty girl gaiters or high end plastics so went with what i could get my hands on, i was overseas and there was a limited quality stuff material
@@markomm5571 - Didn't intend to imply criticism, rather encouragement. Your workmanship is excellent. Very few are in a position to advance gear capabilities. Manufacturers won't because of inertia, most individuals lack ability. Once a skilled person makes an advancement and posts it, the odds of it being manufactured go up considerably, whether interested parties clamor for the improved gear and the creator launches a cottage product himself or larger manufacturers see their future requires those improvements? Either way, the technology ball advances and our lives improve, however slightly? And all because the right person was in the right position to advance the ball? I MYoG, but workmanship isn't on par with yours. Nor video-skills. Plus the aforementioned advancements seem just barely out of reach? Best I can do in this case is start the discussion to see if anyone sees value in wpb-gaitors, for example? Or some way to velcro, so one doesn't have to fight shoe-lacing to don gaiters?
depends on the thickness of the fabric... you can use stretch needle or ball point 90/14 works really good with most stretch fabrics the thinner fabrics I use 70/10 hope this helps
