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Diy platform idea

Heres a mock up of the bag. Will cut foam and put the bladder in when I get it to see how it works.
 

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Love the creativity. I have an idea that may or may not be useful. Let me know what you think:

Look up spinal immobilization vacuum mattress. They use them for EMS instead of rigid backboards. Basically they are an airtight material with a seal and some type of spongy foam inside, so they can pack up right into a bag. Then to use them you lay them out under the patient and adjust to the shape you want, then instead of pumping air in to give rigidity, you suck all the air out. When you suck all the air out, the vacuum effect makes the previously spongy foam collapse in on itself and lose all its air pockets, which makes it turn rigid.

That same concept could maybe be adapted to work in your platform. Instead of pumping air into the valve, which will make the platform puffy and unstable like an inner tube. Suck all the air out instead and the mass/volume will decrease dramatically, turning the spongy flimsy platform into a rigid platform. Then you can shape it to the individual tree you are in too. The other advantage is when you want to put it in your pack you can stuff it in the pack with some air left in it so it flexes and moves easily and then you would suck the air out again and it will condense down and conform to the shape of the inside of your pack. Takes up even less space than rigid foam supports and isn’t an awkward shape to pack. It would be like carrying another jacket.

Seems to me like it might work in theory, but who knows if it will in reality. If the concept does actually work then the only problem you’d have to figure out is how to create the vacuum effect. You could maybe do it with your mouth since the platform is tiny compared to an actual emergency vacuum mattress, or carry a big plastic syringe type thing! I’m not sure, maybe you all have better ideas for that.

Might not be realistic, just brainstorming here. What do you think?


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If you have an air mattress around the house and a little hand pump with a reverse setting, try it out. If you suck as much air out as possible, the air mattress turns into a rock. And is difficult to unfold and pull apart.


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Just had an idea for the vacuum part too actually. You put two valves in the airtight “shell”, one is a normal valve to re-inflate so you can move it around and take it off the tree after the hunt, and the other is a one way valve that only allows air to exit the airtight shell. Then you attach a little hand-squeeze pump like the ones used to inflate blood pressure cuffs, but you just reverse the input and output connections on the little hand-squeeze pump so when you squeeze it draws air out of the “airtight shell” of the platform instead of pushing it in. You could achieve the same thing with a just a tube attached to the one way valve and sucking the air out with your mouth, but the hand pump would be more convenient. The one way valve would make it so you wouldn’t have to suck all the air out in one breath and then try to close it fast before air gets back in.

I feel like I explained this whole idea terribly. Does anyone know what I am talking about? I can whip up some diagrams if that would help


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Found another toolbag and filled it as full as I could with this packing material. It makes roughly 8x14 standings area......weight is pretty nice. It's very ridgid . Just needs strap attachment point and natural color and I'd hunt with this....

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I think I'll give it a drop cloth outer sheath and start slowly accumulating material to make the noodle idea.....I'm right in the middle of another sewing project so I'm not in a hurry to add more work right now
 
Drop cloth will be fine for prototyping but i would steer you towards a synthetic for the real deal. Pretty sure drop cloth is cotton and will rot much faster when exposed to mositure and sunlight.

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LeanMachine said:
Drop cloth will be fine for prototyping but i would steer you towards a synthetic for the real deal. Pretty sure drop cloth is cotton and will rot much faster when exposed to mositure and sunlight.

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Can u give some examples of the synthetic fabric you would recommend
 
1000 denier cordura nylon for strength and a microfleece layer for quiet.

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Weldabeast said:
Can u give some examples of the synthetic fabric you would recommend
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Like stated above. Cordura would be my go too. Id prob go with 1000d cordura for this specific application. Sound could be an issue but could add fleece over areas that would receive contact. I buy my cordura off ebay as 2nds fabric.

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