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erig007
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Best cold weather fabrics

Here are some hard data on fabrics insulation i've gathered from this link
http://coldweatherclothing.ciehub.in.../ADA336776.pdf

Here all fabrics have been tested when dry. So in wet environment things could be different. Doesn't say much regarding the ability to move the water away neither. Nor does it say much more about the durability


CLO per inch before laundering best to worst
Silk/wool 18.38
Wool/thermax 12.27
Pyroloft A 6.38
Polartec 300 5.35
Primaloft 4.67
Microloft 150R 4.39
Polartec powerstretch 4.3
Thinsulate CS100 4.29
Thinsulate CS300 4.20
Thermolite 100 3.93

CLO per inch after laundering best to worst
Silk/wool ?
Wool/thermax ?
Pyroloft A 4.12
Polartec 300 ?
Thinsulate CS300 3.21
Thinsulate CS100 3.14
Polartec powerstretch ?
Primaloft 2.07
Microloft 150R 1.98
Liteloft 96g 1.4
Polarguard HV 4.4oz 1.26
Liteloft 65g 1.16

CLO per oz before laundering best to worst
Pyroloft A 1.27
Liteloft 65g 1.11
Liteloft 96g 0.9
Primaloft 0.89
Microloft 150R 0.62
Polarguard HV 4.4oz 0.5
Thinsulate CS100 0.41
Thermolite 100 0.4
Thinsulate CS300 0.33
Silk/Wool 0.32
Polartec powerstretch 0.14
Polartec 300 0.13

CLO per oz after laundering best to worst
Pyroloft A 0.78
Liteloft 96g 0.43
Primaloft 0.39
Liteloft 65g 0.36
Polarguard HV 4.4oz 0.33
Thinsulate CS100 0.27
Microloft 150R 0.26
Thinsulate CS300 0.21
Silk/Wool ?
Polartec powerstretch ?
Polartec 300 ?

EDIT:
no data available where the ? are

Last edited by erig007; 11-07-12 at 11:43 AM.
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