The exterior DWR makes water bead up on the surface and run off, and the urethane coating acts as an impermeable waterproof barrier. Our 1050 denier Ballistic has a urethane coating on the backside (the inside of our packs) and a Durable Water Repellant treatment (which you can't see) applied to the face side (the exterior of our bags). 1680 denier 'Ballistic' cloth is not typically a high-tenacity fiber, and does not have nearly the same abrasion resistance as our 1050 denier Ballistic fabric. 1050 ballistic has a higher tear strength than 1000d CorduraВ® (though neither fabric can be easily torn in normal use).ДЎ050 denier Ballistic is woven with two plies of 1050 woven as one, which gives it its sheen and substantial feel. When compared with 1000 denier CorduraВ® fabric, 1050 ballistic fabric has virtually the same abrasion resistance. in use, it tends not to destroy clothing that it rubs against it tends not to collect lint from sweaters, etc., and 'pill' it does not collect snow and, very significantly, it does not collect pet hair.Д«ecause it's a high-tenacity nylon, it does not take dye as readily as the cheaper nylons: you will sometimes notice an almost heathery sort of appearance to this fabric. Like 420 HT Parapack, ballistic nylon is a filament fabric (not texturized) and therefore has the following advantages over CorduraВ®: it allows a bag to slide easily in and out of tight overhead bins, etc.

The luggage industry adopted it for use in soft bags as it did not abrade clothing, particularly women's nylon stockings.

In the 1980s ballistic nylon was replaced by Kevlar fabric for use in personal armor fabric mills began offering it to the outdoor and luggage industries. Our U.S.- made 1050 denier high-tenacity (type 6,6) nylon ballistic fabric was originally developed for use in flak jackets and bullet proof vests, hence the name 'ballistic.'

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