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Technical details
Our fabrics
MICROTEX 54 – a versatile performance fabric – best choice if you want to use your sleeping bag frequently, intensively and for many years.
- weight: 54g/m2
- great breathability
- excellent persistence (long-living fabric)
- very good downproofness
- very good mechanical resistance
- DWR (300 mm H2O)
- good price
MICROTEX 40 – a versatile and light fabric.
- low weight: 40g/m2
- great breathability
- good downproofness
- good mechanical resistance
- DWR (300 mm H2O)
- plain fabric (without ripstop)
QUANTUM – when lightweight is your top priority.
- minimal weight: < 35g/m2
- great breathability
- DWR (300 mm H2O)
- less mechanically durable than thicker fabrics (M54, M40)
- less downproof than thicker fabrics (M54, M40)
- very nice to the touch, soft fabric
MICROTEX 21 – ultralight fabric for specific use (eg. break jackets).
- extremely light: 21g/m2
- more windproof than M54, M40 and Quantum
- less breathable than M54, M40 and Quantum
- DWR(300 mm H2O)
- less mechanically durable than thicker fabrics (M54, M40)
- less downproof than thicker fabrics (M54, M40)
ENDURANCE – light membrane fabric, perfect for eg. Second Skin covers for sleeping bags, gloves.
- weight: 52 g/m2
- very good mechanical durability
- highly water resistant (>1000 mm H2O)
- highly wind resistant
- limited breathablility
- less vunerable to accidental hooking
- very good downproofness
- less persistent (membrane fabrics are susceptible to delamination, especially after washing)
ENDURANCE HD – very strong membrane fabric useful when risk of abrasion is very high: used eg. for Second Skin covers, reinforcements, gloves.
- heavyweight: 89g/m2
- very strong
- tearing and abrasion resistant
- highly water resistant (>1000 mm H2O)
- windproof
- limited breathability
- downproof
PA-tex 95 HYDROCOVER – thick, very strong and waterproof fabric used for our overboots.
Our down
Our products are filled with the highest quality Polish White Goose or Polish Duck down only.
We do not use so called eurodown - a poor quality mix of goose and duck down that according to European norms can be named as "goose down" if only the content of duck down does not exceed 30%.
We do not use down from live plucked birds.
On request, a hydrophobic down can be used (based on 750 cuin goose down).
Available kinds of down filling:
- 100% Polish white goose down with a percentage ratio of pure down to small feathers 95/5 and fill power at least 850 cuin the best of all Polish downs, used to reduce weight or improve thermal parameters of a product.
- 100% Polish white goose down with a percentage ratio of pure down to small feathers 90/10 and fill power at least 750 cuin - of very good properties, used when lowest possible weight is not a top priority.
- 100% polish duck down with a percentage ratio of pure down to small feathers 85/15 and fill power at least 600 cuin - used in budget versions of our products when low weight is not a necessity.
We use European standard of marking fill power (resilience of down in cubic inches). Besides, unlike most of manufacturers, we give the minimal result obtained during the measuring procedure which means that fill power of our down is at least 850 cuin in case of best goose down, at least 750 cuin and at least 600 cuin respectively.
Schemes of down chambers
H
Straight mesh baffles between the shells, around or with the side baffles.
Box
Straight mesh baffles between the shells, in two directions, with the side baffles.
Z
Slant, paralell mesh baffles between the shells.
V
Slant, triangular mesh baffles between the shells.
Double H
Two layers with the straight mesh baffles between the shells (with a thin interlining fabric).
Double X
Two layers of quilted shells
Basic sleeping bag construction
- anatomical hood - fitted hood, protecting the head against the chill.
After tightening the cord, only the breathing slot is left.
- shells -breathable polyamide fabric. Manufactured on the base
of high-durability sort of nylon 6.6, is characterised by the low weight
equal 54g/m2.
Besides the minimisation of the sleeping bag's weight it causes making
better use of the down loft. Pertex fabrics are exceptionally thick-weaved,
what can be shown by the fact that there are 4000 fibres on each sq. cm,
what makes it windproof.
The fabric undergoes the calendering process, thanks to which the fabric's surface
is additionally smoothed, what gives the full downproofness.
Finishing of the fabrics provides greatly increased splash-proofness
comparing to the normal micro-fibre materials.
Pertex fabrics have amazing breathing features - the steam arising because of
perspiration penetrates outside and does not condense in the air-down chambers.
Micro-fibre structure of Pertex fabrics, combined with the Teflon impregnation
provides the protection against the fine rain.
For its ability of quick, capillary water dissipating onto the big areas,
products made of Pertex fabrics are characterised by the short drying time.
- hood string - a cord with a stopper which lets us to fit flat hood into
the head or, in the anatomical hood, increase or decrease its tightness,
according to the weather conditions.
- collar - down filled "tube" inside the sleeping bag wrapping the neck
of the user, fastened on a side with a velcro and tightened with the elastic
cord with a stopper. Holds the warm air inside the sleeping bag,
limiting the heat exchange with the environment, what increases
the comfort and safety of the user. For the user's convenience, Velcro
has hooks' protection, which prevents clothing from sticking when the collar
is opened.
- collar string - elastic cord with stopper enabling tightening the collar
around the user's neck.
- collar velcro closing - enables fastening the collar in order to seal it.
For the user's convenience, Velcro has hooks' protection, which
prevents clothing from sticking when the collar is opened.
- zip tube - a down or synthetic fibre-filled tube running along the zip. It has two tasks:
- reduces the heat exchange through the zip improving the user's comfort and safety.
- protects the puller of the zipper against cutting into material, thanks to fitting it with the internal stiffing and several seams fixing it.
- velcro closing tab - additional zip protection against the self-opening,
what improves the comfort and safety of the user. It also enables the user
to poke out an arm, after partial unzipping and fastening the tab on his
shoulder in sitting position.
- 2-way zipper - reliable, non-failing nylon coil YKK zip with the
auto blocking system, double-handle main puller and single bottom one. Double-handle upper puller enables manipulating the zip without the need of poking a hand out of the sleeping bag. Bottom puller enables temperature regulation.
The zipper can be located on right, or left side of the sleeping bag, which enables coupling
of two sleeping bags together.
- down chambers - internal construction of a sleeping bag is characterised
by a large number of chambers filled with down. They have different
shapes depending on the model and location.
A large number of chambers limits a danger of down leak if a shell tear occures.
The chambers are divided with mesh baffles, limiting the heat leaking through the seams,
what increases the comfort and safety of the user. The chambers also fix a sleeping bag loft.
- baffles - open-work sides of down chambers, limiting the heat leaking through the seams
- hangers - handles in the sleeping bag's feet making it possible to hang it in the unfolded state in order to air or store it.