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Cooler than Cool
Posted: Jul 07 2012 7:31 pm
by Al_HikesAZ
HAZ T-shirts are cool.
This Columbia shirt with "Omni-freeze technology" (copyright) is supposed to be cooler than cool.
http://www.outsideonline.com/blog/fitne ... l-you.html
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Columbia says that bare skin is no longer the coolest option on hot humid days. The company’s newest creation, clothes made with Omni-Freeze ZERO, is, they claim, even cooler.
ZERO has circles of a sweat-absorbing polymer that swell and turn blue like tiny ice packs when you start to drip. The mechanical reaction (not chemical, as in cooling fabrics that use minty xylitol to provide a chill) sucks heat away from your body as well as moisture.
OH BOY - more gear to buy!! ;) I am no longer just a hiker, I am a Hiking Equipment Platform.
Re: Cooler than Cool
Posted: Jul 09 2012 5:53 am
by AZLumberjack
@Al_HikesAZ
At $60 each, I would try one. Now they need one with a repellent built in (mosquitoes, deer flies, etc.)
Re: Cooler than Cool
Posted: Jul 09 2012 7:56 am
by sneakySASQUATCH
There appears to be other companies that are already using this or similar technology. Available now and cheaper.
Re: Cooler than Cool
Posted: Jul 09 2012 9:24 am
by writelots
well and turn blue like tiny ice packs when you start to drip
Like I need MORE evidence that I sweat like a... well I sweat a lot when I hike. Swell and turn blue = neon signal that I am not keeping my cool. Not sexy.
When are they going to invent the shirt that protects you from the sun, keeps you cool, repels all dirt and stains AND makes you look damn sexy no matter who you are? I'd pay $60 for one of those...
Re: Cooler than Cool
Posted: Jul 09 2012 10:21 am
by The_Eagle
writelots wrote:Swell and turn blue = neon signal that I am not keeping my cool
Probably the same stuff they "Allegedly" put in pools to keep kids from peeing in them
writelots wrote:AND makes you look pumpkin sexy no matter who you are? I'd pay $60 for one of those...
BTW...My Mom always told me that Girls Glisten...They don't Sweat...
Re: Cooler than Cool
Posted: Jul 09 2012 10:37 am
by mazatzal
“Horses sweat, men perspire and ladies glow" is thought to have originated from Victorian etiquette guides.
Re: Cooler than Cool
Posted: Jul 09 2012 1:06 pm
by outdoor_lover
Hate to squash your concept of the ladies guys, but I sweat, sometimes buckets worth....
Re: Cooler than Cool
Posted: Jul 09 2012 2:38 pm
by Alston_Neal
@Outdoor Lover
I always thought a little white dove carried it away.
Oh my mistake, that was something else.
Re: Cooler than Cool
Posted: Jul 09 2012 4:45 pm
by PLC92084
Great concept! With enough hikers "glowing" on the trail, people might mistake them for the Blue Man Group!
Re: Cooler than Cool
Posted: Jul 09 2012 8:30 pm
by mazatzal
@PLC92084
Intel endorsements not allowed on HAZ
Re: Cooler than Cool
Posted: Jul 09 2012 8:48 pm
by te_wa
INtel? i could use one of those for building Fab 42.
i mean, its only 110° out..