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Light jacket from Haglöfs uses aerogel insulation

02/04/2020

Haglöfs has described one of its latest jackets as being “rocket science”, with its incorporation of extremely light insulating material.

Designed as an alternative to a traditional bulky insulating layer, the L.I.M Barrier jacket is made with PrimaLoft Gold with Cross Core technology, a material in which micro denier fibres are fused with aerogel, a substance renowned for its insulating properties. Aerogel is used in space missions and is one of the lightest known solid substances.

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