correction from the thesis

THESIS NUMBER TWO CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS

I have received from readers of my newsletter/commentary comments that I erred in the last sentence of the article. Therefore, I reread it and found three other mistakes. To follow are the corrections;

The last sentence should have read “Also remember that Lamilite/Climashield continuous filament fiber insulation is second to none of all other insulation material in the world because it makes every other product out there obsolete”.

In the section titled COLD IN FEET THE SENTENCE “Due to the unfavorable surface to mass area ratio not ration etc.

In the section EFFECTS OF SWEATING ON THE THERMAL INSULATION OF FOOTWEAR the sentence that starts “Dry fibers and air not “sir” between them are good insulators.

ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS

What is becoming more and more obvious to me about the continuous filament fiber is how it functions to allow moisture to move through its structure while stifling heat movement. I will have to show the structure with greater explanation in a video soon.

For the time being I’ll explain; the filaments that are spread paralleling each other cannot be packed down permanently as is evidenced by the fact that I compact sleeping bags in survival kits for the air force under about 20 tons of pressure and when you release the sleeping bag from the blister packaging it starts to return to its original loft. When the same vacuum packing is done to a sleeping bag with chopped staple fiber there is very little return to original loft.

The reason chopped staple fiber does not return to its original loft is because the fibers are chopped staple that is two inches long so they have very little resilience. Examine any garment that has as its insulation (?) a chopped staple fiberfill such as Primaloft or Thinsulate.Prior to Lamilite sleeping bags being purchased by the air force they only used down bags which lost 20 percent of their thickness after vacuum packing was done, and as time goes by the bags loose more of their resilience. When companies tried using chopped staple fiber they always failed to perform. I know this because I own the vacuum packing equipment that all tests were done on years ago.

Because of the use of continuous filament fiber in a non-quilted construction it is able to stay in its loftiest form and if moisture leaving your body can ultimately reach the insulation in a vapor state your own body heat will actually drive it passed the fibers which happen to be silicone treated so they do not attach to moisture molecules the way they do to the chopped staple that has been bonded. From the study actually done by Albany International the originator of Primaloft moisture moves 16 times more rapidly passed silicone treated fiber than non-silicone treated fiber which is what Primaloft and Thinsulate are; non silicone treated. As was noted in the thesis “dry fibers and air between them are good insulators”.

It is becoming more and more obvious to me that human produced moisture specifically in cold environments is the number one enemy of the human. Therefore, it is imperative that the human wear all necessary clothing that does not restrict that human produced moisture from staying within the clothing.

If you wear clothing that retains the moisture there will be a negative effect on your hands and most especially your feet. The heat surrounding the torso if chilled will start vasoconstriction to occur in your feet and hands. This is because the body wants the blood supply to feed the vital organs. However if you are dressed in clothing that does not retain your moisture you will be warmer and send 98 degree blood to your feet, of course it is necessary to have proper footwear that does not cause feet to get cold to begin with. Then of course the blood that has reached the feet if properly protected will send 98 degree heated blood back to the heart.

There is no getting around not having clothing on your body that all works in concert to keep all parts of your body in an environment that keeps your blood at 98 degrees uniformly throughout your body. Always remember that your extremities are the most vital to protect.

For the past 30 years outerwear companies have promoted the concept of waterproof and breathable and believe me they now know it is a fallacy so you are seeing more and more of these companies promoting “moisture management” materials and garments which is also a fallacy, but they claim they are serving a need requested by the consumers. In correct, they are looking for a new handle to sell their products. People who choose to buy into their products will find two things; one when worn in warm weather these garments will get just as wet as all of what they were wearing in the past and two if worn in cold conditions they will experience getting colder than they were in the past. So the consumer is hoodwinked in either season.

In the summer months wear cotton and in the winter months wear Wiggy’s.