PRIMALOFT® filler - designed in such a way as to be warm in wet or dry state, it also absorbs less than the amount of water, rather than analog fillers. If you compare Primaloft® with Pup, then in softness and comfort, it is not inferior to him. At the same time, Primaloft® has less technical restrictions when used in wet conditions.
Primaloft® One.
Primaloft One is one of the best insulation (insulating) materials.
Ultra thin fibers are specially processed using patented technologies and then gluing, forming an incredibly soft, lightweight and moisture protection insulation.
Primaloft absorbs 3 times less water, 14% warmer in a dry state and 24% warmer in wet, compared with other materials.
The human body has a normal temperature of 36.6 degrees Celsius, but often cold weather conditions cause a decrease in normal body temperature! Primaloft provides thermal insulation of your body so that you can be warm and comfortable even in extreme cold conditions.
Primaloft® Sport
Primaloft® Sport is a high-quality insulation.
The technology with which PRIMALOFT® SPORT is made, combines ultra-thin fibers and fibers with a variable diameter to achieve special characteristics. Specially treated ultra-thin fibers provide the formation of a waterproof structure, while the fibers of the variable diameter helps to form material.
If you spend the weekend in nature, Primaloft Sport will allow you to feel comfortable, as if you are at home, even if it becomes wet.
Primaloft® Silver Insulation
Highly efficient synthetic insulation with all qualities to resist the elements.
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Product specifications
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High ratio of heat-shielding properties to the mass: in order to warm up |
 Waterproof |
Initially absorbs less moisture, preserving dryness and heat. |
 Parpural |
Skipping water vapor, protecting from cold and damp. |
 Easy folds |
It is easy to store for storage in a limited space and for laying layers. |
 EASY |
Keeps heat without excess weight. |
 Incredibly soft |
Unsurpassed softness will give pleasant sensations and will make it looks attractive. |
PRIMALOFT® GOLD INSULATION DOWN BEND
PRIMALOFT® GOLD is an extremely warm synthetic insulation, the main advantage of which is, its ability to maintain heat even in wet state.
Fill Power 750 - high-quality, lightweight, goose down. Provides excellent heat conservation. But, as you know, in wet conditions, the fluff loses its ability to keep heat. Just, this significant disadvantage that very many people scares, eliminate synthetic fibers. Primaloft fibers are equally distributed as much as possible in a new insulation. They are not arranged separately. They are part of the fluff. Due to this fluff gets maximum protection against moisture and retains its traditional qualities - ease and softness. 
Primaloft® Gold Insulation Down Blend will dry 4 times faster and dials 10 times slower moisture than the fluff in its pure form. 
PRIMALOFT is a new synthetic material with excellent insulating properties. Easy and warm, it is durable, resistant to compression, uses the air well and does not absorb moisture.
Primaloft One is used as insulation for urban clothing and outdoor activities.
Primaloft Sport is used in the manufacture of clothing designed for extreme conditions.
PRIMALOFT YARN® threads are an optimal mixture of Primaloft® fibers and soft sheep wool. This combination makes this thread ideal for products outdoor directions for which maximum functionality and comfort is important. PRIMALOFT YARN® fibers twice in diameter compared to conventional Cashmere fibers. It gives the threads special softness. Primaloft Yarn® absorbs moisture 2 times faster than sheep wool (test method of vertical absorption NCSU)! Primaloft Yarn® dries up 30% faster than sheep wool (drying speed measured by ASTM D1776 method)! The hydrophobic properties of Primaloft® fiber in combination with hydrophilic properties of wool form a "power field", which pulls moisture from the surface of the skin and pushes it to the surface of the fabric. As a result, we have an ideal moisture removal system that provides dryness and comfort.
The synthetic insulation "Primaloft®" was developed on the orders of the US Army, which was looking for a replacement for the Puhu for sleeping bags and clothing of military personnel. As a result of research work, which lasted three years, Albany International was registered by Mark "Primaloft®". Studies have shown that the new material has hygienic properties that are superior to traditional fluff.
When creating "Primaloft®", the structure of the goose fluff was carefully studied and copied, which led the thermal properties of the new fiber. The thermal resistance factor for the fluff is 2.18, and for PRIMALOFT® - 2.15. Most other synthetic fibers are thicker twenty times thicker and hold warm worse than fiber "Primaloft®". Other well-known synthetic materials do not even approach such indicators.
The filler "Primaloft" allows moisture to evaporate. Its air microscopic layers are too small for moisture penetration, but large enough to produce evaporation from the inside.
The filler is better returning its volume than other materials, even after multiprious washing and drying. It can be strongly squeezed, after which this material completely returns its initial volume.
A small amount of "Primaloft®" to accumulate the heat of man is quite enough.
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The synthetic insulation was developed by Albany International for the order of the US Army as a high-quality fence in a fluff for overalls and. To date, Primaloft insulation reliably conquered the market not only army clothing, but outdoor market.
First of all, Primaloft © light and durable insulation, and also has excellent insulating properties. In addition, PRIMALOFT perfectly passes air, and its hygiene properties are much superior to the properties of the usual goose fluff. Such excellent results were obtained by the thermal properties of the new primaloft microfiber, whose structure was copied with a goose fluff microfiber. So the thermal resistance in the goose fluff is 2.18, and for the insulation PRIMALOFT - 2.15, which indicates the best thermal insulation of the synthetic insulation compared to the Pooh. Such indicators did not approach no widely used synthetic insulation.
The primaloft insulation is perfect as a filler for the outerwear or a bedroom, as it has a low weight and volume compared with the bulk. Compared to the goose Pup, the primaloft insulation has water-repellent properties and hypoallergen.
Albany International researchers also achieved the excellent properties of the "breathiness" of the insulation due to microscopic aircrafts. On the surface of PRIMALOFT microfolocone, due to their very small sizes, air molecules accumulate, which provide high thermal insulation properties of the insulation with a relatively thin insulating layer. Thanks to these hollow fibers of large diameter and the so-called "loft" remains with long use, washing, compression and drying.
The Outdoor industry uses two varieties of primaloft insulation:
- Primaloft © One.;
- Primaloft® Sport.
Primaloft © One.
Insulation Primaloft © One is most often used as insulation, both for urban clothing and for outdoor activities. In the production of insulation PRIMALOFT © ONE, ultra-thin microfiber are used, which allow to maintain thermal insulation properties of the insulation at low weight and volume. Thermal insulation properties of Primaloft © One in a dry form are 0.92 CLO / OZ / YD2, and in wet - 0.9 CLO / OZ / YD2 (the heat insulation indicator is the higher, the higher the thermal insulation characteristic of the material). It is Primaloft © one that retains the greatest heat insulation and practically does not lose it in the wet state. It protects against wind and dries faster than goose down.
PRIMALOFT application © one:
- Outerwear
- Gloves
- Accessories
- Sleeping bags
- Overalls
- Footwear
Primaloft® Sport
Insulation PRIMALOFT® SPORT is used for the production of clothing and products for extreme conditions, as this type of insulation is thinner and easy. The thermal insulation properties of Primaloft © Sport in a dry form are 0.79 CLO / OZ / YD2, and in wet - 0.72 CLO / OZ / YD2 (the thermal insulation indicator is the higher, the higher the characteristic of the material thermal insulation itself).
PRIMALOFT® SPORT:
- Outerwear
- Hats
- Sleeping bags
- Military clothes
Production care instructions with insulation Primaloft ©:
Follow these customer care instructions made with Primaloft insulation. Machine washing and rinse in cold water in delicate mode. Dry in a washing machine at an average temperature in the delicate pressure mode. Dry cleaning, whitening, ironing or disappearing is prohibited.
Over the past few years, the clothing market for active recreation has experienced a real boom on the emergence of new insulation technologies. In the fall of 2013, the first products from Polartec Alpha, in the winter of 2013-2014 were available on sale, in the winter of the company The North Face with the Primaloft Thermoball insulation, and Columbia and Arcteryx have released jackets that combine fluff and synthetic insulation. At the same time, attempts are not terminated to create clothes and accessories with electro-heating and the use of materials that accumulate heat of the human body.
The reason for this lies not only in the manufacturers attempts to increase the functionality of their products. The emergence of new insulation technologies based on microfiber synthetic heaters is associated with a noticeable rise in price of the raw goose fluff over the past five years. According to the American magazine "Outside", the pound of raw white goose fluff in 2009 cost $ 10, in 2014 - about $ 50.
Hence the demand for the latest technologies of insulation that could be equal to compete with down products, from developers and manufacturers of clothing and equipment for outdoor activities. Moreover, this demand in the near future will only grow, which implies the expansion of collections based, primarily on the synthetic heaters in most manufacturers. We will get acquainted with the properties of the newest of them.
Unlike other manufacturers of insulation and technological fabrics, Polartec approached the pricing crisis on the downstream raw materials. The newest Polartec Alpha material was designed for military special forces in accordance with the requirements of the General Directorate of the Special Administration of the US Department of Defense (U. S. Special Operations Forces - SOF) long before his announcement in the civil market in 2012. The first products with its use appeared in September 2013 Rab, The North Face, Mountain Equipment, Montane and 66 North.
The SOF requirements were to create a lightweight, quick-drying, well breathable material for clothing, which gives high thermal insulation and having an acceptable wind protection. According to the results of field and laboratory tests, Polartec Alpha became the leader.
When creating Alpha, the developers were repelled from the main, in their opinion, the lack of existing insulation. For example, the fluff and a significant portion of microfiber synthetic insulation that imitating its structure can penetrate out through the seams and fibers of the fabric. And this circumstance requires the manufacturer to use materials with a very dense weaving fibers, in order to avoid migration of the insulation inside the product and its penetration. So dense tissue, unfortunately, have a lot of weight and do not contribute to the rapid place of sweat and excess heat from the body. All this can lead to overheating during active loads and, as a result, the risk of wetting insulation from sweat.
Therefore, the rate was made to develop a comprehensive solution - a kind of "sandwich" from a durable outer layer, improved insulation based on Polartec® Power SHIELD® High Loft and the most well-disintegrating lining material. Like Power Shield® High Loft, the Alpha insulation is a wear-resistant long-fiber fleece, with the only difference that it is laminated not to the outer surface of the product, but is the filling in the tissue "sandwich". Such developer measures led to the fact that the product will dry up much faster, about twice as fast as the closest competitors, and has a low weight.
A complement to this was a very flexible Polartec approach in relation to manufacturers - facial tissue they will be able to choose independently, from ultralight materials, such as Pertex, to Softshell. All this has determined the main scope of application of Polartec Alpha - jackets used as an intermediate or top layer of clothing. Compromise in this decision was the ratio of heat / weight. According to, most testers and outdoor-editions in this Alpha still inferior to the fluff and the latest development from Primaloft - Thermoball.
The newest synthetic insulation from Primaloft, which very accurately copies the structural structure. Externally, the novelty resembles a stranded cotton ball, which served as the title - Thermoball. Up to this development, all synthetic insulation was a mixture of hollow fibers like the fluff outwardly and only partly repeated its properties.
In the release of the new technology, The North Face announced that the new insulation would generally repeat according to Primaloft One properties, but will be 15% warmer per unit weight, corresponding to a fluff with an indicator of the Fill Power 600. This means an equivalent poch the ability to restore its own The volume after compression and hold the equivalent amount of air between the fibers, which serves as a heat insulator. The North Face currently belongs to the right of exclusive use of Thermoball in its products up to 2015, since the company provided an active assistance in its development.
As in the case of Primaloft One, the developers made a special emphasis on the preservation of thermo-insulating the thermoball properties during wetting, which was confirmed by numerous tests in the field. Particularly distinguished the Sean McCoy Tester - Gearjunkie.com Resource Editor, thoroughly wet her thermoball Full Zip Jacket jacket and having left it for a walk at an air temperature just below zero. The new material was tested with glitter, surprising even such a sophisticated user. The editors of the OUTSIDE magazine came to high rating, calling the thermoball "The most insulating synthetic insulation from everyone ever tested."
Despite explicit successes in the field of improving synthetic insulation, the use of fluff does not want to refuse even in Primaloft Inc. However, all experts are well aware of its main disadvantages - low thermal insulation during wetting and slow drying, to which mentioned above disadvantage - high price for the manufacturer, and, as a result, for the end user. The creation of Primaloft Down Blend was designed to overcome these shortcomings.
The essence of the technology is reduced to mixing the natural fluff and artificial fibers Primaloft Ultra-Fine, close to it by property to restore its volume after compression and hold the maximum amount of air between the fibers. The addition to this fluff is treated with water repellent composition. These measures have allowed to reduce the hybrid insulation without loss of quality, ensure the acceptable thermal insulation properties of the wet mixture, as well as increase the speed of its drying in comparison with the usual Pooh 4 times!
PRIMALOFT ® Performance Down is presented in two versions:
- - PRIMALOFT GOLD INSULATIONS DOWN BLEND - Goose Pooh 70% (Pooh Pen 90/10) - Synthetic fibers 30%. 1.23 CLO in a dry state against 1,18 CLO in a wet state.
- - PRIMALOFT SILVER INSULATIONS DOWN BLEND - Duck Pooh 60% (Pooh Feather 85/15) - Synthetic fibers 40%. 1.14 CLO in a dry state against 1.07 CLO in a wet state.
Thus, the new combined insulation corresponds to its heat-insulating properties to a high-quality fluff with an indicator FP 750 and FP 600, respectively. At the same time, thanks to the inclusion of synthetics and moisture-repellent impregnation of the fluff, it continues to work even in a wet state with almost lossless.
"Infrared" insulation "PRIMALOFT KODENSHI
Perhaps the most exotic way of insulation of clothing from all presented. Attempts to pick up or create from scratch the right material that could accumulate the heat of the human body, and then slowly return it back like a stone heated in the sun, made up by manufacturers repeatedly. So far, no one company has reached unequivocal success, although the development is conducted as the giants of the industry - The North Face and not so famous brands, such as the American clothing manufacturer and accessories for the mountain ski powderhorn.
The closest to the implementation of this idea was approached by specialists from Picture Organic, the French producer of eco-friendly clothing for skiers and snowboarders, with Bioceramic technology - ceramic particles contained in the membrane material accumulate heat and slowly emit it to the user of the equipment. However, this development itself is positioned not as an element of insulation, but as a technology that improves muscle tone.
The lamination of the membrane by ceramic particles actively uses the young manufacturer of the Mountain Force premium class ski clothing. Their exclusive development of Ceramic Membrane has high thermal insulation properties, which makes it possible to provide additional comfort on the frosty slope without the need to use the additional layer of the insulation that increases not only the weight of the product, but also its volume.
Ceramics are used by the way for several years and Primaloft. Their primaloft ceramic and primaloft kodenshi insulation are made with the addition of ceramic microfiber, helping to reflect warmly back to the body. Such a heater is significantly more efficient. The main consumer is Goldwin. However, now you can meet the products of other brands using Primaloft Kodenshi. Among them is Black Diamond and Reusch using a heater in ski gloves and mittens.
The ISPO 2014 exhibition contains the company's insulation 3M, imitating natural fluff. The synthetic insulation of 3M Thinsulate Featherless should be a hypoallergenic alternative to a natural fluff. It imitates the appearance and thermal insulation properties of a natural fluff. The heater 3M Thinsulate Featherless is as easy as natural down, freely breathes and guarantees good protection from the cold.
In addition, it retains heat even during wetting; Fill Power 600 corresponds, has greater elasticity with the same with natural fighter weight.
At the moment, it is not yet known which of the leading outdoor producers decided to use a new insulation for their products, but for sure it will be in great demand among the manufacturers of sleeping bags and insulated clothing.
Clothes with heating elements
The use of electric heating elements in equipment cannot be called 100% new. Heated insoles from Sidas or Therm-IC companies have long and firmly entered the use of many skiers and snowboarders. However, in clothing, such technologies have successfully started applied relatively recently.
The first major company that launched a similar product became Columbia with a line of clothing and shoes Thermal Electric released in 2011. The essence of the technology was reduced to the use of batteries and the carbon fiber heating from them, woven into the product fabric.
Alas, but this collection did not have much success in the sports industry - the company's flaws affected, as well as a fairly high price - Jackets and Columbia Thermal Electric Parks were sold at a price of 750 to $ 1,200 and, alas, a little came to sports use. Sales in Russia prevented the confusion situation at all - the entire line of clothing in 2012 was recalled by the supplier as a result of a revealed marriage in heating elements.
In 2012, Cayenne gloves, with heating elements and the therm-IC batteries, were represented by Black Diamond. Unfortunately, this development has suffered the same fate as the products of Columbia - the unreliable operation of electronics led to a temporary disappearance from the company's catalogs.
Outdoor Research is known, first of all, as a manufacturer of very high-quality accessories (gloves, hats, etc.) and clothes for outdoor activities in the mountains. And there is nothing surprising in that in the winter of 2014 in the winter of 2014 there appeared the line of their two models of Lucent Heated Glove and Stormtracker Glove gloves and one model of Lucent Heated Mitts mitts, equipped with heating elements. The batteries are located in the cuffs, the switching button of heating modes is also located. In the maximum charge mode, there are enough batteries for 2.5 hours, in the minimum - up to 8 hours of operation. As in the case of Columbia products, thermal elements are woven into the material of gloves and warm the entire palm, and not just fingers. With this technology, the possibility of washing gloves with disconnected batteries is preserved. Charging outlet.
It is still premature to talk about the success of this undertaking, but in contrast to the predecessors, the OR started with such exotic products much more confidently. This is also talking about the fact that the lifelong warranty is provided for the entire line of gloves.
So far, the prospects for such technologies in clothing are quite foggy, however, with the development of electronics, we will probably see much more successful examples of their use.
The PCM abbreviation is hiding innovation of Swiss specialists in the field of Schoeller textiles. Material with SCHOELLER®-PCM ™ technology contains countless tiny microcapsules filled with so-called Phase Change Materials, i.e. substance with variable aggregate state, such as water. This is thermal adaptation technology, the essence of it is that the contents of the microcapsule changes its aggregate condition at certain temperatures, accumulating heat in a liquid state and dissipating it, turning into a solid phase. If the body or ambient temperature rises, the capsules accumulate excess heat. If the temperature drops again, they transmit stored heat to the body again.
A bit of theory
The number of thermal energy produced by man depends on the individual characteristics of the person, well-being and even from how well he was singing, slept. The role of clothing with insulation is to keep this very energy.
Thermal insulation is the process of reducing heat transfer between the body and the medium. Not in vain in English, insulation are always determined by the word insulation - isolation.
The minimum thermal conductivity has a vacuum medium, and the most affordable thermal insulator with low thermal conductivity is dry air. It is dry, as the moisture is a good conductor. The more air molecules holds the insulation in one cubic centimeter, the better its thermal insulation properties.
The air is always in motion - warm tends to up, cold goes down, this factor should also be considered when developing insulated clothing.
Thus, the main task of the clothing insulation to hold the air coated by our body inside, and not to let the cold outside.
Important values \u200b\u200bthat allow to describe the quality of the insulation:
But, despite technical progress, the best insulation still remains down. Most often in the manufacture of down jackets, a goose fluff is used - it is more durable than duck, and also cheaper than the Pooh Gagachi. The High Pooh Pooh Pooh has high Fill Power and is optimal in price-quality ratio.
There are a large number of insulation that are used as a filler to winter jackets and other products. The best characteristics endowed with a goose fluff, but its cost is very large, and in the point of view, he is sufficiently arrogant. It is compared with this natural insulation can only one artificial material primaloft. Only it has the structure of the fibers very similar to the Pup, has almost identical indicators in heating and moisture-resistant. And how to wash the primaloft, so not to ruin the laid characteristics?
Primaloft is the only artificial fiber, which is very similar in the main characteristics with goose down, special constant processing against moisture is not flushed throughout the product. This allows cleaning of jackets and other goods with such a filler by usual washing both manual type and machine machine.
To clean the products with such a type of filler worth knowing some rules:
- Like any synthetic fibers, the washing is carried out at a temperature not higher than 40 degrees.
- The use of powdered washing agents is not welcome.
- The use of bleach is strictly prohibited.
- Pre-climb places with strong pollution, the stain remover is not necessarily applied. It is enough to treat the sleeves, the gate, the area around the pockets of the household soap.
- It is better to erase with liquid means, they are better washed out of the fibers and do not clog the holes between them.
- When manual washing, it is impossible to unscrew the products, it is allowed to simply drive the water with your hands and give a track of excess moisture yourself.
Preliminary soaking of the product is allowed, it is carried out in warm water with the addition of economic soap.
Preparatory process
Before holding washing, you need to spend some preparatory work. It is necessary for that the product is not damaged and not deformed.
To do this, it is desirable to remove or wind all the accessories that do not stick tightly to the product.
The cleaning process is desirable to conduct after the label has been studied with the manufacturer's recommendations. It is clearly indicated at what temperature to be washing, what means to apply than to display stains.
Before washing, you must check your pockets, pull out all the contents of them.
Carefully fasten the zippers and buttons, buttons are desirable on the contrary to unbuckle.
Handwash
For cleansing manually needed a large container with water, the bathroom is best for these purposes. The process of cleansing is carried out like this:
- In warm water dissolve the required amount of washing agent, the product is placed.
- Strong pollution is additionally processed by the economic soap, with very strong you can apply a soft brush.
- Leave the product in water for a while.
- Pull the thing and give a little drain the water.
- Digure excess water.
- Rinse in several waters.
- Give a stance of water, but do not twist
Cleaning in a washing machine
The washing machine is faster and better to cope with the task. Cleaning the product with priclophold as a filler consists of such steps:
- The drum loads the prepared product with declined stains.
- Expose the delicate wash mode at a temperature not higher than 40 degrees.
- Popper indicators should be about 600 revolutions.
- In the powder compartment poured a liquid tool for washing.
- Run the car.
Next, for some time you can do our affairs when it comes to rinsing it is better to press. It is advisable to set an extra rinse and add air conditioning to the water. This little trick will help get rid of electrification, save the volume, will allow the product to dry faster.
Drying
How to wash the primaloft figured out, and how to dry it, to keep a presentable type of product? Like other synthetic insulation, primaloft can be knocked out if it is simply hanging on a clothesline, a color casing can burn under straight sunlight, white can yellow.
So that the product retain all its parameters is desirable to carry out a drying in a horizontal position, away from direct sunlight and heating devices, including electrical heaters. The open primaloft will quickly give moisture, and there will be no chances and folds on the product.
The washing of the primoft is identical to the cleansing procedures of any artificial fiber. If you precisely follow the instructions, then the product will be happy to please the excellent appearance and will save your warming upstream.