FREE Shoe Dryer + A Warning About Bogus Insulation

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Before I discuss the hocus pocus insulation, I want to advise one and all—those that have already ordered the new boots and those thinking about it—that you will receive a FREE Boot & Shoe Dryer as a bonus with each pair of the New Lamilite Boots purchased. This is in addition to the free 13" Lamilite Socks that come with the boots. The Boot & Shoe dryers are $37.00 on the website. I use the boot dryers in my boots every day. Also, after wearing the boots for 3 days I am very sure those who buy them will be as satisfied as I am. One last item to note I am going to make them available in black as well as brown. One Law Enforcement customer has requested a pair, so he can’t be alone.

More Hocus Pocus Insulation...

This week I read a news release about a company located in Los Angeles, CA. The company is ThemalTech and they have launched a new product that is, and I quote: "a solar powered fabric that can keep the body warm even after the sun sets."

I quote: "They use stainless steel yarn to gather energy from the sun or artificial light to provide warmth without bulk found in traditional outerwear apparel."

The next paragraph has a statement that tells me these Ph.D’s that supposedly invented this fabric have zero knowledge of insulation and how it works. The statement is and I quote: "Whereas most coats and jackets are designed to recycle body heat (emphasis mine) and slowly warm a person up, the ThemalTech fabric soaks up energy from indoor and outdoor light to bring warmth to the wearer within minutes." These people must have been talking with the Outlast people who have said for years that they have a product that will send the heat the human body generates that leaves the body and it comes back. When heat leaves the source it does not return to the source or recycle, it just builds up if there is adequate insulation in the garment for the weather conditions.

They further state and I quote: "The fabrics technology generates up to 18 degrees of heat gathered from the sun or artificial light in just two minutes (emphasis mine), even when it is cold." According to Carlos Cortes, CEO of ThermalTech and I quote: "This will allow everyone (emphasis mine) from the snowboarder to the fashionista to be warmer in cold climates." I find the statement amazing; of course it is not true.

I did look them up on the internet and, as per normal, there is no telephone number, just an email address to write too. It appears that all of the staff is originally from Mexico so I wonder about their knowledge of cold weather, and they now reside in L.A.—oh well.

When I looked at the jackets made with this fabric on the Indiegogo web site they were all quilted. Maybe they are having the fabric quilted with one of the spectacular Primaloft fiber fill products, certainly not down. If down were used the quilt pattern would be different. Why they are showing quilted garments when they also say and I quote; Founded in 2015 by two leading Ph.D’s, the ultra-thin, light weight, material is water repellent and made with stainless steel yarn, maintaining optimal body temperature to the user without adding the typical bulk found in most outerwear apparel”. If this were the case why show typical quilted garments? What is the subject that these two Ph.D’s lead in anyway.

Fatima Rocha, co-founder of ThermalTech states and I quote: "Our goal is to help people stay warm in any environment without having to sacrifice fashion and comfort."

I am a great admirer of the entrepreneurial spirit of people. We certainly need lots of it; but when people come off stating things and they do not know if they are true or false, the potential consumer of their product gets burned. If you want a fabric that will absorb the radiant heat from the sun or a light source on the ground that is artificial, then wear any black or dark colored garment. There is a reason that arabs wear white robes in the desert: to reflect the radiant heat from the sun. This single fabric is not going to provide the wearer of a garment made with it from doing any more than a plain nylon or any other fabric will that is currently used by jacket manufacturers. One more hocus pocus insulation....

One last thought, what do you do if it is lightning while you are out wearing one of these steel threaded fabric jackets?