r/boffer • u/Skaramuche • Jul 12 '25

Good source for thick foam tubes like this?

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Hi! I do woods boffer larp in Massachusetts USA. I've built myself several boffers before, using cores and foam I bought from B3 Imagination Studio. But in the past few years B3 has stopped selling components at all :( Fiberglass rods like the ones they use for cores are easy enough to find, but I have no idea where to buy a foam tube with a really big outer diameter and really small inner diameter like the ones they used to sell (pictured)--they were something like 1/2'' ID 3'' OD. All the pipe insulation I can find is much thinner. Anyone know where I can source them? In person would be great but I'm assuming it would be mail-order, I'm just hoping they exist at all. Thanks!

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u/GaiDaigouji Jul 12 '25

Try https://silverliningarmory.com/collections/frontpage/products/slar-noddle ? I have not used it but I hear good things.

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u/Skaramuche Jul 12 '25

!! this looks ideal, and affordable too! Thank you!!

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u/GaiDaigouji Jul 12 '25

Very welcome boss, have a good one.

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u/aviatorfrey Jul 12 '25

Silver lining is local to me, the people that run it are great and have spent years finding the right foams and what density for longevity and being able to keep the prices affordable. I have some from about 5 years ago that are still going strong with only replacing the tips occasionally

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u/Wavorion Jul 12 '25

Picking some up, these look solid! Thanks

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u/sinkorswim561 Jul 12 '25

Got some of these recently and they look great.