Why is the specific cloth used?
Lately this has become a hot issue especially on some markets, so we would like to share our experience and opinions on this matter with you. Due to APCOs use of superior paragliding cloth and our 3 year/250 hour warranty, some manufacturers have felt threatened and believe that APCO has been taking too big a slice of their market share. (I wish that this was the case and all that was required to increase the market share was to improve the quality of the cloth! It takes a lot more than putting some silicone on cloth, the product has to offer competitive safety, performance, service and price.) They therefore have searched to find a new method of increasing their sales. APCO is being attacked and some magazines and other publications have recently published a number of articles claiming that porosity is unimportant and that it is actually better to use porous cloth. We view this as a naive attempt to convince unimformed customers that Black is White. The facts are as follows: During 4
