Six Bottle Traveler

600d Fabric

To our knowledge, 600d polyester was never woven in the US. As Asian economies opened and expanded, 600d polyester became an extremely lower cost alternative to 1,000 denier. An analogy might be Wal-Mart to Nordstrom’s.

The original weave of these fabrics was not ‘tight’. Their answer was the application of a heavy PCV backing that effectively ‘glued’ the strands in place, but also added moisture resistance – and unfortunately, considerable weight. In fact, 600d is often heavier than 1,000d – only because of the heavy PVC backing. In addition, some liberties were taken to effectively reduce the raw cost, and in our view, reduce the quality, by substituting the weight of the weft or fill; i.e., instead of 600d warp and fill, they used 600d warp and 300d fill (weft). Further, this fact was obscured and those fabrics retained the ‘name’ of 600d.

Chill-n-go, Inc. uses 600 x 600 denier polyester fabrics. These fabrics are very carefully selected with a keen eye to true weight, backing substance and application, weave tightness and consistency, and fabric performance over time. We guarantee it.

1000d Fabric

The original 1,000 denier DuPont Cordura nylon, developed decades ago, set the world standards for quality nylon fabric in this weight range. Although no longer a DuPont product, US made Cordura nylon remains the quality leader, world standard, and is the primary shell fabric used in chill-n-go® 1,000d products. Guaranteed for life.