bullshit insulation

A NEW INSULATION FROM OUTDOOR RESEARCH?

BULL S**T!!!!!!

How Does it Work? (Hint: It’s All in the Name)

VerticalX™ SuperStrand insulation was named after its own construction. It’s created with super-insulating polyester strands that mimic the shape of thousands of down clusters. These unique lofted strands have the best properties of down and synthetic, delivering optimized insulation, packability, and loft of both.

I looked at a picture of the polyester strands from their website and they do not even come close to mimicking the shape of down clusters. They are not particularly lofted, nor do they have an insulating structure such as down or polyester used for insulation have. [Hint: I doesn’t work for the purpose of insulation].

SuperStrand solves the critical failure of sheet and blown insulations that get sticky, clunky, and end up with insulation falling towards the bottom of the garment. The solution here is in the way that we apply the insulation to the strand itself. SuperStrand reduces this clumping by using its strands like a lattice on which to lay the clusters of insulation.

SuperStrand as they call it solves nothing however it is a critical failure. All the rest of the paragraph is gibberish, meaning it makes no sense, but then again the writer had no knowledge to begin with.

Picture a grid that stores clusters of warmth along each length, or in this case, each strand. Any other grid might be strongest at each intersecting corner, but in this example, the clusters exist along the strands themselves – not just set on top of the weave. And remember; this weave isn’t airtight, otherwise it wouldn’t be breathable. But it stores those clusters close enough that together, they insulate the wearer, and they stay put because of the way they’re affixed to each strand.

This paragraph joins the previous paragraph of gibberish. It further falls into the category of nonsensible gibberish; is the only way I can describe it.

The result is a lofted garment that locks its insulation in place. No more clumping or shifting of insulation beneath the garment’s fabric; everything is strung in place with SuperStrand.

I would actually have to see a garment to understand how the have accomplished this. From the picture of the fiber it appears improbable but who knows.

How Does it Keep Me Warm?

It’s all about balance. Each superpowered polyester strand of SuperStrand uses air to keep its high loft and hold in its warmth. You can’t stuff a garment with too much insulation or it will weigh it down, and it won’t trap air the way it’s meant to.

“SUPERPOWERED POLYESTER STRAND” does nothing. Therefore, all of the rest of the paragraph becomes a member of the gibberish paragraph club.

The advantage of SuperStrand’s construction is that we can lock the mediums together by crisscrossing each strand in the lattice metaphor we used earlier. These mediums – the clusters of insulation – are anchored in so that they won’t shift as you move throughout your day.

At this point I am tired of reading about unadulterated meaningless BULL S**T. I have chosen to forgo commenting on the rest of the published nonsense.

Will it ever stop? Companies are continuing to try to make a better insulation than the other guys whose insulation has failed and like those who have preceded them they have know knowledge of how insulation is supposed to work and what they are looking for.

All of these OR folks are ignorant of the subject just like the aerogel, primaloft and you name the product those folks too are about insulation.

IF you if they were to study continuous filament fiberfill and all of its attributes that I have published they would no that they are wasting their time because continuous filament fiberfill cannot be improved upon.