Cordura and the Cold

[Mad Mountain Mike]

Does anyone know how cold of temperature cordura packs will stand up to? Last fall on a late season moose hunt temperatures hovered around that minus 10 to minus 15 mark and my pack sounded like a cheap plastic bag when ever I had to get into it. It stood up fine but by the noise it was making I thought it was going to just fall apart.
Should I be looking at a pack made of different materials for late season and winter hunting or is cordura good for much colder conditions?

 

[snowcamoman]

Cordura has been the fabric that many dog mushers use on their sled bags for the Iditarod and Yukon Quest. If it can handle those temperatures, it'll handle anything you can hunt in. I have cordura bags on my snowmachine and they haven't let me down to -50ºF.

 

[StrutNut]

I agree with snowcamoman. I have had a lot of cordura made products and never had any failures as far as falling apart in any weather here in MN. Having said that it may be durable but it is not quiet and I would never get a pack made of that material for hunting. Meat hauling, sure, fine but not for a hunting pack as it is too noisy in any temp.

 

[Mad Mountain Mike]

Thanks, that's what I wanted to know.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

-8 or so, repeatedly, is the coldest temps I have used my packs in. Can't say I have noticed any real problems with them.