Silent Velcro

dudemar · Oct 28, 2008

Just got my Heliotek and found the holster has a lot of velcro. This got me curious so I looked up velcro in Wikipedia, where it discusses the downsides. One of them is during military operations. Making the ripping sound gives your position away. The US Army asked Velcro to develop a "silent" velcro, so they came up with something which reduced noise by over 95%.

Has anyone handled/have this new velcro? If it's commercially available I'd like to get my hands on some! :grin2:

mossyoak · Oct 28, 2008

have you ever seen the movie "garden state"?

dudemar · Oct 28, 2008

No, haven't seen it but read up on it...

but I guess the best part is it's now a reality.

Have you handled it? If so it must be the best thing since sliced bread.

Check out the article, it's interesting. It even talks about using velcro to attach flashlights to the side of tanks:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velcro#Applications

flashfan · Oct 28, 2008

Very interesting. Thanks for the link, dudemar. I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

B@rt · Oct 28, 2008

Apparently the new Velcro is called the "Slidingly Engaging Fastener" developed by Leonard Duffy.

It should go in production this year by Lynx fasteners, but I haven't searched for actual available products.

Some pics:

Cool stuff.

HoopleHead · Oct 28, 2008

i have a belt sheath for my HideAwayKnife that uses a strange velcro-ish fastener, its like both sides are plastic nubs. you really have to press them together firmly, but once there its very secure and still pulls away quietly

LukeA · Oct 28, 2008

HoopleHead said:
i have a belt sheath for my HideAwayKnife that uses a strange velcro-ish fastener, its like both sides are plastic nubs. you really have to press them together firmly, but once there its very secure and still pulls away quietly

EZPASS uses that too.

dudemar · Oct 29, 2008

Thanks Bart, very cool! I am very excited to use this new product!!!

Crenshaw · Oct 29, 2008

ive always thought of somehow attaching velcro to a flashlight, and the otherside to the wall beside my bed. But i dont want to mess up the finish with sticky gunk..:sick2:

Crenshaw

relic1300 · Oct 29, 2008

LukeA said:
EZPASS uses that too.

You guys are talking about a self-mating 3m product, and it's great. I buy it from Menard's.

bullfrog · Oct 29, 2008

LukeA said:
EZPASS uses that too.

First thing I thought of!

Hitthespot · Oct 29, 2008

It's from Aliens. :sssh:

Bill

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