Choosing an Inflatable Dive Boat

My notes on researching inflatable boats started in 2006-and continuing. This blog tracks my observations during my search for a dive inflatable. I also turned on AdSense for a trial period so there may be related advertising shown on my pages, we'll see how it goes and decide later to remove it or keep it. Go here to start at the beginning: http://inflatableboatbuying.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-i-created-this-blog.html

Saturday, May 13, 2006

My Inflatable Boat Requirements (Dream on?)

Got to have:
Hypalon or PVC material? Well, some of the higher end inflatables offer a hybird of both. PVC is the new material of late. 2 years ago, I found boats with 1000 denier pvc. Today most of them are 1100 denier sandwiched with other materials to make up something they call Decitex/Dtex. If you look hard, you'll even find newer materials that are 1300 denier with another new weird name. I think the PVC boats are fine, as the manufacturers have all switched to this material now. It'll be hard but not impossible to find a hypalon made boat these days. More info in another post.
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retiredman2006 said...

Recently I have found the manufacturers offering the choice of materials; hypalon and pvc at various thicknesses. It seems to range in a $50-80 USD more for hypalon over pvc.
All you have to do is ask!

June 15, 2010 at 7:55 PM

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