“Indestructible” jacket boasts toughest fibre and shatterproof buttons
Outdoor brand Vollebak has released the “Indestructible Jacket” made with what the brand is calling “the strongest fibre ever made”.
“The material we’ve used is so tough it was originally used in body armour, anti-ballistic vehicle armour, mooring systems for giant container ships, and ropes used to tie down oil rigs in violent, icy seas,” the company said. Fibre on the jacket is said to be up to 15 times stronger than steel, and the buttons are said to be shatterproof.
To create the jacket, Vollebak uses the material from its “Indestructible Puffer” and design detailing from its Planet Earth shirt for a hybrid that can be worn as a jacket or an overshirt.
The puffer’s material is Dyneema, an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene that Vollebak said combines extreme strength with very low weight. “On a weight for weight basis Dyneema is up to 15x stronger than steel and 40% stronger than high-strength aramid fibres,” according to the company.
