What Technologies Do Adidas Outdoor Clothing Use?

Familiarity with outdoor sports or love wear

People may have heard of the theory of "stratified dressing".

Very simplistic, it is the best way to warm clothes to be divided into three layers. First, the most close to the skin is the "sweat layer", while keeping warm while keeping the skin dry and not sweating.

The second layer is followed by the "warm layer", which can reduce the loss of hot air and isolate the cold air outside, so it is also called "isolation layer".

The outermost layer is mainly windproof and waterproof, such as assault clothing is one of the most familiar.

Under extreme weather conditions, there are more and more things like cold wave and cooling.

Although not everyone is interested in outdoor sports, it is also useful to know what GORE-TEX, Fleece technology and fabrics are used for thermal clothing.

The three layer of dress mentioned above starts from the inside level.

Like our daily life, we feel soft and breathable. Is cotton the best? But high demand outdoor exercise will put the "sweat" function in the most prominent position. Cotton clothes can not quickly dry after sweating, so you feel cold.

So they usually use artificial fibers to achieve them.

For example, Coolmax is a knitted fabric with four grooves and DuPont in 1986.

It was invented with indoor decorating material DuPont Textiles and Interiors (now separated by the name of invendo Invista).

The main raw material of Coolmax is polyester, interwoven with cotton fiber. With the principle of capillary phenomenon, it can quickly discharge sweat to the outer layer of fabric and reduce the heat loss from evaporation.

In addition to Everyday/Active/Extreme, which is based on the amount of Coolmax fabric, there are also Coolmax Ecomade made from recycled materials such as cola bottles.

And Coolmax All season is cool in winter and cool in summer. Coolmax Fx is a kind of antibacterial and deodorant yarn, adding silver ions to achieve antibacterial effect.

Similarly, Climalite developed by Adidas is a double-layer mesh, which has strong moisture absorption function, and the outer large mesh design is easy to export sweat.

NBA players and coaches' training clothes are Adidas.

The relationship has always been wearing such fabrics.

However, in early 2015, Nike took over and replaced Adidas as a sponsor from 2016-17.

Nike is based on the Dri-Fit technology of microfiber, which is more frivolous.

Another type of HEATTECH fabric that you often contact is UNIQLO's fabric. It uses a special section of polyester fiber developed by Toray (Dongli). Since 2002, it has developed the banner of "light thermal underwear" to maintain body temperature.

Let's talk about the middle layer. In fact, the more clothes are gathered, the more warm the air will be.

Natural material, down or artificial fleece fabric (Fleece) is most common.

The thermal insulation property of the down is excellent and light, but there is a problem that outdoor sports often sweat, and the performance of down water is greatly reduced. It will be wet and heavy.

There is a fleece fabric to replace it.

Fleece was originally made of natural wool, but with long production cycle, unstable material quality and so on, coupled with technological progress, the market is dominated by man-made fibers.

In 1979, Malden Mills developed artificial wool materials for the manufacture of fleece.

There are two main types, Polar fleece and Micro fleece, which are comfortable, soft and warm, but lighter, especially microparticle.

In recent years, many new technologies have been developed, such as the manufacture of recycled raw materials, or the patent technology Tech Fleece of Nike.

Among all the fleece products, the most popular one is the POLARTEC, developed by Malden Mills. In the same density, it can be lighter and warmer than ordinary fleece fabrics, and it can also quickly dry when it is slightly wet. Of course, it is also the most expensive.

There are many different thickness choices. Outdoor brands such as kroceus and so on are used.

And the outermost dress must mention GORE-TEX.

Invented about 70 years ago, it is a breathable waterproof and windproof fabric.

It is also one of the most commonly used functional fabrics. No matter the high-tech outdoor brand, it is also used by the street wind brand outfits and sports shoes.

Simply speaking, it is a waterproof and breathable adhesive film, which is used for interlining between the fabrics of normal clothing. The film has 9 billion tiny holes per square inch, which is waterproof, but at the same time it can breathe.

Ultimately, relying on the roughly three layered structure of the technology, outdoor clothing allows you to maintain body temperature and dry skin as much as possible in cold and bad weather.