Reebok uses grid panels to make graphene ‘commercially priced’
Reebok has launched a collection that it describes as a commercially-priced (ranging from $70 to $140) use of graphene in sportswear.
Graphene, discovered Manchester University researchers who isolated the material to its thinnest layer, discovered the material is one of the lightest, thinnest, strongest and most heat conductive materials. The discovery earned researchers the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010.
Reebok’s Thermowarm+Graphene internal grid print zone technology helps retain between 8% and 15% more heat than unprinted zones, depending on the base fabric, according to Reebok.
The technology is integrated into a range including leggings and jackets, in the “the most pivotal heat retention zones”, such as hoods, shoulder panels and upper leg panels.
Chandler Frost, senior product manager at Reebok, said: “The technology revolutionises how our winter garments will keep consumers warm. Consumers can stay warmer in cold weather temperatures without sacrificing performance, function or style.”
