Outdoor Backpack fabrics: The Cordura fabric

An outdoor backpack can be made out of a lot of different fabrics. One of the most common ones is Nylon. But even Nylon has different strength levels,mostly depending on how it’s woven.There are different brands that have their own Nylon product, in this article we take a look at the Cordura fabric.

What is Cordura?
Cordura is a brand name of INVISTA, that manufactures a line of different sorts of Nylon fabric. This specially woven Nylon fabric is extremely durable, has a high resistance to tearing, scuffing and abrading which makes it highly effective to use for outdoor products like backpacks. It can also be found in military apparel and upholstery or other apparel that needs to be very strong. The reason why Cordura is so strong is because it’s fabricated out of long nylon 6.6 fibers. Nylon 6.6 is a premium nylon fiber that stands out because of it’s resilience.

Why use it in an Outdoor Backpack?
As was explained, Cordura is highly resistant against all sorts of ‘outdoor abuse’ because of the fabric it’s made off. But this isn’t the only reason, it also has a great strength to weight ratio. So it can keep the backpack light while still be extremely durable. Another great benefit is that Cordura has a great water resistance. Now this does not mean that Cordura products are totally water proof, you still have to keep in mind the seams and zippers of the outdoor backpack that also need to be waterproof.
According to the Cordura website their fabric is one of the strongest available today, which means it is: