the making of pure b/s

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF THE NEWEST OF TECHNOLOGIES

Suddenly we have available to us new technologies from companies serving the outdoor marketplace; is it possible? NO, it is just companies making a concerted effort to sway the general public into thinking that they have once again found something that will cause the unsuspecting to waste their money on these so called newest technological products.

New technology in TNF mountain kit

Saying that human exploration in the high-alpine is evolving, the North Face has introduced a lightweight ten-garment, five-layer set system that incorporates a number of new technologies.

This is the start of why you should now get out your waders and have a shovel.
Among the technologies debuting with the Summit Series Advanced Mountain Kit is Cloud Down, which uses a discontinuous offset baffle construction for increased thermal performance in a lighter package.

I have never heard of a discontinuous offset baffle construction in all of my years working in the sleeping bag part of the outdoor industry. To increase performance, you have to add insulation, not reduce it, and that goes for all forms of insulation including down. Have you started shoveling yet?

Another is 50/50 Down, comprising a series of down-proof baffles paired with a highly air-permeable face fabric, designed to achieve a breathable down layer with less bulk.

Now they say less bulk, without the bulk you have less insulation. The purpose of the baffles is to hold the down clusters in a given space. Having a fabric that has a highly air-permeable face fabric is not only going to achieve a greater degree of air movement out of the down but will also make it possible for the down to migrate out of the products they make in this manner.

FutureFleece, a full-loop fabric construction made with octagonal-shaped yarn that has hollow cross-sections for higher thermal performance, is said to keep the wearer warm and comfortable for hours in harsh environments.

If you haven’t started shoveling you should start now. Fleece regardless of how it is knitted in and of itself as they are suggesting will never keep one warm and comfortable “for hours” in harsh environments.
Dot Fleece is an active base layer that pulls moisture from skin and expels it to the outside of the garment with hydrophobic inner yarns, as hydrophilic outer yarns pull moisture through engineered holes throughout the layer.

It is getting deeper if you haven’t started shoveling yet. They must have had a political writer for a politician write this paragraph. It is impossible for what is written to happen.
Finally, Futurelight, the brand’s most advanced breathable-waterproof outerwear technology, has been updated with enhanced air permeability to a waterproof membrane.

They just came out with this non-sensical material and already have updated it. It is no different than any other wp/b product on the market; which is to say it DOES NOT WORK; PERIOD.
Pieces from the kit will be available in May through select dealers and via the website, and the technologies and materials introduced through the kit will become more broadly available in autumn.

WHAT EVER HAS HAPPENED TO BE MAKING, AN HONEST TO GOODNESS PRODUCT?

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THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE TO THE INDUSTRY VERSUS THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS UN-ADULTEREATED P.U.R.E. BULLLLL S**T!!!

PrimaLoft P.U.R.E. Adopted by Patagonia for Fall 2020 Nano Puff Program

I trust you are still wearing your chest waders and have the shovel.

PrimaLoft has announced Patagonia as its first brand partner to adopt PrimaLoft P.U.R.E. manufacturing technology.

A marriage made in heaven, both companies are disingenuous.

PrimaLoft P.U.R.E., which stands for “Produced Using Reduced Emissions,” reduces carbon emissions during the insulation manufacturing process by as much as 48 per cent. Patagonia will incorporate PrimaLoft Gold Insulation manufactured with PrimaLoft P.U.R.E. for its Fall 2020 Nano Puff program.

How has the primaloft company been able to accomplish this reduction in carbon emissions in the manufacturing of the primaloft product? I will say so later.

Mike Joyce, PrimaLoft president and CEO, said: “It’s very appropriate for Patagonia to be our first partner using P.U.R.E. For over ten years, we’ve collaborated with Patagonia to make each iteration of the Nano Puff even more sustainable than the last. Four years ago, this meant turning a critical eye toward our manufacturing process. Through four years of research and development, the concept for P.U.R.E. was born.”

After identifying large, energy-intensive ovens as the main culprit of carbon emissions in insulation manufacturing, PrimaLoft reinvented the traditional manufacturing process by removing the need for heat from these ovens.

First of all, to the best of my knowledge the primaloft company does not have a factory of their own, therefore they do not produce fiber or battings. Of course, I could be wrong. If so, I invite mike j to send me pictures of where it is located.

I never knew that Patagonia ever changed the nano puff jacket since they started selling it. Further I do not recall seeing Patagonia saying the fiberfill was a primaloft product, again I could be wrong.

I do believe that the newest ovens used are extremely efficient and are not any source of pollution.

So what do we have left to consider how the factory doing the manufacturing of the fiberfill product using the fiber that primaloft purchased from the fiber producer is conjured up. They can be making a fiberfill web and placing it on a scrim and then putting a scrim on top of the fiber in an inline process that requires no heat. The second method is again placing the fiber on a scrim as before only now feeding the fiber on the scrim under a needle board creating a needle punched fiberfill product and again no heat is required. And of course, there is no carbon footprint.

Typically, insulation manufacturing requires heat to melt bonding fibers, which provide structural integrity for the insulation. P.U.R.E. technology achieves this integrity without the need for melting, removing heat from the process.

I have just explained why this process has been eliminated.

By implementing PrimaLoft’s P.U.R.E. manufacturing technology, the insulation used in the new Nano Puff will not only have a drastically smaller carbon footprint, but will also be made with 100 per cent recycled PrimaLoft fibres.

We know the footprint is smaller at first glance, but there is quite a large footprint that takes place when polyester is recycled that exceeds the footprint when it is first made. So going with recycled polyester increases the footprint far and away above what exists when bonded fiberfills are made.

Kristo Torgersen, Global Marketing Director, Technical Outdoor at Patagonia, said: “PrimaLoft went straight to the core in tackling this issue. They addressed the biggest culprit of carbon emissions in their manufacturing process and did so in a way that did not compromise the performance of the insulation in the field. The P.U.R.E. Nano Puff is our most environmentally responsible version of the style to date and still maintains its pinnacle performance.”

Kristo unfortunately is very much uneducated about this subject. Kristo does not know that it is impossible to compromise that which does not work in the first place. Kristo does not know that recycling polyester fiber is irresponsible.

An extension of PrimaLoft’s Relentlessly Responsible mission, P.U.R.E. manufacturing arrives on the heels of PrimaLoft Bio, the first biodegradable* synthetic insulation, debuted by PrimaLoft last year.

*93.8% biodegradation in 586 days under ASTM D5511 conditions (landfill environment); 65.5% biodegradation in 639 days under ASTM D6691 conditions (marine/ocean environment). The stated rate and extent of degradation do not mean that the product will continue to degrade.

The way primaloft has had product made to now include their latest version of a fiberfill product has been making fibers that migrate through materials for years contributing to the pollution in the sea. How does that fit with “relentless responsible mission”?

Having read to the end you now must have a large pile of P.U.R.E. BULLLL S**T in your yard.

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A TESTIMONIAL

1. Make Your Centerzip A System

   First impression was the light weight nylon as used in current ponchos. The SNAPS required a little TLC on a few that were very hard to open without a metal shim to pry apart. I dressed all with beeswax and all is good. Go slow the first time with them. The flap is a true 5" and overall fit loose but not sloppy. If you are O.K. with the bag this will not decrease movement. It came with a 6.5"x13" stuff sack same material. It just as easily fits into the main stuff sack with bag inside it and you have a nice bag for other gear.
   We are in a high wind advisory and overnight freeze alert for Southern California. NO, you do not get 10 degrees+ insulation as others falsely state. You WILL NOT LOSE any warmth to windchill I confirmed outside; no thermometers except the one in my head. I believe the centerzip will allow venting if sweat condensation becomes critical.

   – Christopher Kavanaugh

2. One last comment from me deals with what is coming out of China, can it be on textiles? if so buyer beware.