Carry your canteen, walking pole, or any other accessory on one of the four attachment points (complete with bungee cord) The reason why we have stitch through baffles in the other areas is to reduce bulk and to deliver warmth where you really need it and save weight in areas where you don’t need the extra warmth. This has come from extensive thermal body mapping. RET is the resistance to evaporative heat loss meaning the lower the number the more breathable a fabric is. During the test a fabric is placed on a ‘sweating guarded hot plate’ (a porous hot plate with water channelled through it) and the required energy to keep this plate at a constant temperature is measured in m²Pa/W (area[m²] Pressure[Pa] / energy[W]) As the fabric in question is Gore-Tex Pro we can only provide data using RET as this is the standard test Gore-Tex use for their fabrics (Gore may be able to supply more data).

Our garments should not be dry cleaned. The outer layer of all our waterproofs are treated with a Durable Water Repellent (DWR) finish which causes water droplets to bead and run off the garment.Berghaus recommend that you machine wash your item at 30 degrees Celsius and use soap powder or liquid with no fabric softeners or conditioners. For stubborn grease and dirt use non biological detergent with no softeners or conditioners. The garment should be air dried or if the care label allows tumble dried at a low heat setting. To answer the question regarding the acronym RET and the unit of measure….RET is the resistance to evaporative heat loss meaning the lower the number the more breathable a fabric is.

Two Layer: This consists of the outer face fabric with a waterproof coating or laminate on the inside. To help protect the laminate or coating on the inside of the face fabric, a loose nylon lining is inserted inside the garment. We use a water repellent mesh lining with full nylon in the arms and waist area to avoid snagging from rings, watches and belts etc. Latest 'Munro II' model in a new colour for urban environments, Counter Terror, Police and other civil defence users. OK, it’s nice to have sections for your essentials, but why so many separate pouches? The Berghaus Munro has one big ol’ compartment where you can stuff its 35 litre capacity to your heart content! AT Optic - Combine the thermal insulation and pill resistance of a good mid-weight fleece fabric but with a unique look to ensure they look as good as they perform. It’s not totally waterproof, but it does a great job of keeping water out such is the strength of the Ardura 1000D, but if you’re worried about your contents getting wet, just get a waterproof inner liner bag to further protect your goods. They’re pretty cheap to buy.The waterproof coating acts as a shield towards wet weather, and allows the water to simply bead off the garment. If this waterproof coating has faded away over time, the water that gets on to the garment will not bead off as easily and will build up. This means that there is an extra coating of water on the outside of the garment, which inhibits the breathability and does not allow warm air and condensation on the inside of the garment to escape. This can result in what appears to be a leaking product, when in fact the build up of moisture on the inside is warm air and condensation that cannot escape.

Lightweight but tough – the face fabric is remarkably light yet twice as durable as any other competitor. Shoulder Harness: The shoulder harness needs to be contoured away from the bust to give women the freedom of movement and prevent uncomfortable pressure. Women normally have narrower shoulders than men, thus we have slightly narrower strap to maximise comfort. Advanced Thermals: Fleece fabrics developed exclusively for Berghaus ensuring excellent thermal insulation properties, pilling resistance and great styling. There are Four accessory attachment points with bungee cord so you can carry your canteen and walking poles with ease. The fact that it isn’t totally waterproof, although very nearly so, isn’t really a minus point. There are ways to get around this and you would have to be caught in a wild tropical storm or fall into a river to get the inside wet…and we don’t really want to be doing that do we?

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All of our waterproof products, following their manufacture, are treated with a waterproof coating on the outside of the garment. This feature is in addition to the Gore-Tex or AQ waterproof membrane inside the garment. There are many different tests for breathability of a fabric. Several test methods will give results in g/m²/24hours (I’m not sure which method the customer is referring to) whereas RET, which is the standard test used by Gore-Tex, gives results in m²Pa/W.

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There are many different tests for breathability of a fabric. Several test methods will give results in g/m²/24hours whereas RET, which is the standard test used by Gore-Tex, gives results in m²Pa/W. Unfortunately none of these tests correlate with each other and in fact different fabrics types appear to perform better on different tests so they are not interchangeable. PFOA is used as an ingredient in the production of water-proof membranes and may be present at very low, trace levels in finished products. PFOA is also formed in trace quantities as a by-product in the production of the chemicals we use as a water-proof fabric finish. Therefore, in line with most high performance water-proof and water-repellent garments, there is a theoretical chance of PFOA being detected at very low, trace levels on our products.