Rock solid Ortlieb card sleeve

Ortlieb card sleeve (rock solid)

An Ortlieb card sleeve is always one thing: rock solid.
Moreover, if you choose Ortlieb, it is always very flexible.
That has everything to do with the composition of the versatile card case, a card case that you can easily take with you on any expedition.
So ideal for a winter trip to Sweden or a winter trip to Norway.

The flexibility of the card case is widely praised

The flexibility of an Ortlieb card sleeve is due to the many plasticizers and silicones incorporated into the Ortlieb card sleeve material.
These raw materials ensure that the card cover does not freeze, even just at temperatures of minus 20 or minus 30 degrees Celsius.
Granted, there are cheaper card covers than Ortlieb’s available.
More than enough even.
However, these card sleeves have much less plasticizers and silicone, and this can result in the sleeve becoming severely damaged and even breaking at very low temperatures.
And that is obviously not the intention during a winter trip.

Henk-Jan holding the Ortlieb map cover in Swedish Lapland

Extending the string of the Ortlieb protective cover

If you are well prepared, you have extended the string around the neck of the Ortlieb card case itself.
You can use an extended rope to put the card cover around the neck and put the arm through it.
This makes it easier to grab the map and look at it and read the necessary information about the trip to the Northern Lights or your husky trek.

Ortlieb is not just for expeditions

It is also a household name in the cycling world.
The map sleeve from Ortlieb, incidentally also a specialist within map sleeves for bikes, comes in A4 size, which is a perfect size to work with.
Ortlieb make sure you always arrive at your destination without detours.
The card covers are translucent and wrinkle-free.
Often Ortlieb’s covers have a clip attachment.
The card sleeve is highly foldable and rotatable, and Ortlieb’s sleeve weighs only 84 grams.

The Ortlieb card sleeve hangs easily around the neck.

One can hardly think of a better protective cover than Ortlieb’s card sleeve

Ortlieb’s card sleeve is special.
Thus, it has film with a UV resistant polyurethane layer.
With Ortlieb’s card case, you simply have everything you need on the go as well.
The material is very flexible and the cover is highly load-bearing.
The cover simply provides the best possible protection from all possible outside influences.
And because those outside influences can be quite severe, there is hardly a better protective cover imaginable than Ortlieb’s version.

A map cover is also essential on an Arctic trek or winter expedition

When you go on a South Pole expedition or North Pole expedition, you think about having the right expedition bag and the right tent.
To a good compass.
And to a multitool and a repair kit and certainly to protective clothing.
Also, be sure not to forget the Ortlieb map cover.
Because a good and flexible card case is also simply indispensable to any expedition.
You would prefer a cover that can withstand a beating.
Just then, you’ve come to the right place with Ortlieb.

Below you can read the transcript of the video recorded by Henk-Jan Geel about the expedition materials.

‘I want to tell you a little about the map cover I use on my trips.
This is him I have a card case of the Ortlieb brand.
What I like about this card cover is that it is incredibly flexible.
There are a lot of plasticizers or a lot and silicone in the plastic where it does not freeze even at minus 20 minus 30 you also have slightly cheaper card covers, there are a little less silicone in them and the disadvantage of that is, if it gets minus 10 minus 20 minus 30, then the plastic becomes very hard and the can break those card covers.
With this card case, you won’t have to deal with that.
I put a string around it a little longer than the original string so I can put it over my neck and put my arm through it, so the map cover is actually or under my arm and then I can easily with two hands I can grab the map with it and often I push the map behind me and it’s between me pulling harness so an a4 sized map cover from ortlieb is a perfect thing to take with me on arctic expeditions’

Navigating in the snow during the heroes of telemark trek in Norway

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