Patagonia improves Capilene
21/09/2012
The new version, Capilene 4, is made from fabric that manufacturer Polartec is supplying exclusively to Patagonia. The brand says that, compared to previous versions, Capilene 4 offers a 30% reduction in weight, a 90% increase in air permeability and a 24% increase in warmth-to-weight ratio.
Patagonia-sponsored climber Tommy Caldwell said that after field-testing a quarter-zip hoodie in the new material he had come to favour it as a key component of his layering system. He liked it so much that he asked Patagonia to make baselayer bottoms in the same fabric.
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