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Insulation for Portables

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Are you talking about the reflective insulation on a roll? You can get it in a couple different widths and lenths. I've used it in my suitcase portable and it reflects heat and light pretty well. It looks like tin foil bubble wrap and is in the insulation section of your home improvement stores. Good Luck J.P.

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Scaup, I read about this last year and decided to try it. I went to Fleet Farm and bought a roll for about $29. The stuff I bought is bubble wrap with reflective foil on each side (no adhesive). I have an Eskimo Kwikflip III and really like the perfomance of this insulation wrap. I would do it again in a heartbeat. It makes the shack brighter and warmer. If anything gets wet, I hang it up next to the foil and it's dry in no time. You don't get frost or dripping condensation. It folds nicely and keeps things in your sled from rubbing holes in the fabric when it is closed. I see no drawbacks from doing this modification.

Installation is very easy. I ran mine from the front pole to halfway down the back wall and used foil tape to seal the seams. I cut slots for the velcro straps. Very easy to do.

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Deadhead, I think the stuff I bought was 36" wide x 29'-0" (I still have more than half left over since my shack is about 73" long). I have two pieces with the only seam right above the center pole (runs with the pole so you don't see the seam). If you look close in the top picture, you can just make out a piece of the foil tape that is loose (by the velcro strap. I don't have the support bars in place in those pictures, but as you can see, it doesn't sag that much.

Lazydayz, the insulation stay in place all the time and folds up perfectly. If you look close, you can see where the velcro straps go through the insulation. That holds it in place an keeps it tight when the support bars are installed.

One hidden benefit that I hope we never have to use again is that the insulation works as a great rain barrier. I was fishing last January when it starting to rain (remember January 06). The canvas got soaked and if I didn't have the insulation, water would have been dripping on me. It was like an umbrella. The water would run to the edges and down the sides.

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When you fold up your portable does that insulation fold up with it? If so how is it attached to the portable itself?

I assume you take it down and put it in the sled but hoping I am wrong.

Mine does anyways. After using it a few times it just does it automaticly. At fisrt I had to guide it a bit.

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did you get the single or double bubble insulation? All I have been able to find in the store is the single bubble stuff, and they are either in 16", 24" or 48" widths. I've seen the rolls in 10', 25' or 100' sections...

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I made my trip to Fleet Farm tonight. Coincided nicely with me reading this post and the kids needing new boots. I picked up the 4' X 25' roll on sale.I'm thinking I may sacrifice a few inches of coverage on each top side for not having any seams and keeping the fabric rolling in the natural direction when folding. Really helped out the LED output.I picked up a Cabelas quiet cooker/heater last year and it seems to help this out quite a bit.Hopefully find sometime to do a permanent install this weekend.

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Icemac33 & Caster,

Two things.....

What keeps it so tigh looking to canvas?

And ...

Any chance either one or both of you could post pictures of your portables in the down position? I would like to see how that rap fold up when in the stored position.

Thank you

Holaey

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Holaey, the insulation holds it shape really well. As you can see, neither one of the setups have the support bars installed. The insulation in my shack is held in place by the velcro and this helps to keep it stretched tight. By putting the velcro through the insulation, when you fold it back up, the insulation can't slide and must fold with the fabric. I will try to get a couple pictures of it folded, but it really doesn't look any different with or without it.

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