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Re: FUD
Perhaps I'm reading this the wrong way, so if I do my apologies, but it's not about a manufacturers specific test vs the EN-test but variance between the results of the EN-tests, depending ...

In Editor's Roundtable » Mountain Hardwear Phantom 32 Sleeping Bag Review
November 15, 3:05pm
Re: MH
In a recent duscussion with a manufacturer I found out that not all laboratories, licenced to perform the EN-testing, use the same manikin nor the same temperature sensors, so every result from the...

In Editor's Roundtable » Mountain Hardwear Phantom 32 Sleeping Bag Review
November 13, 11:21am
Re: No more Rocky socks?
Yes, I know. I read that same thread. But I have a short cut to someone inside Gore and I asked her wether the socks were still made anymore or not. I thought her answer would be quite clear since ...

In GEAR » Goretex How cold and snowy does it need to be?
October 17, 10:25am
Re: wp socks
Just to inform everybody who doesn't know: apparantly Rocky did stop making the gore-tex oversocks.

In GEAR » Goretex How cold and snowy does it need to be?
October 17, 10:00am
Re: Re: Re: Alpine Pass Route -- CLASSIC
As we did the Chamonix-Zermatt trail last year en part of the Alpine Pass route (from Sargans to Lauterbrunen) this year, I guess it's nice to see the experience of others. From both routes I ...

In General Lightweight Backpacking Discussion » Backpacking in Europe
October 10, 1:51am
Re: Thanks
Except that your GTX soft shell is already a hard shell (be it a warm one). Don't let the name fool you, it's a hard shell.

In GEAR » Gore-Tex Softshell
October 03, 12:36pm
Re: Re: Gore-Tex Softshell
Actually, Gore does have a material which is calles Gore-tex Soft Shell which is nothing else than a gore-tex membrane bonded to a fleece or fleecelike liner (and Gore has just released their 2nd ...

In GEAR » Gore-Tex Softshell
October 03, 11:02am
Re: Re: Better insulator: Air or Water?
Miguel, it just depends. You have to look at conduction and evaporation as just two of the modi by which heat transfer (cooling)can take place. A dead body (in physical terms) just has conduction,...

In GEAR » 2010 Big Agnes 3 Wire Bivy
October 02, 10:55am
Re: Re: Better insulator: Air or Water?
No, it's moisture that makes feel people cold. Feel the sweat on your skin after an exercise and you will feel that it is cold. It is a way to cool the body. But evaporation is just a proces th...

In GEAR » 2010 Big Agnes 3 Wire Bivy
October 02, 8:10am
Re: EN testing
For me, the real value of the EN-norm is that it is supposed to make temperature ratings of different manufacturers comparable. Personally, I think that every temperature indication should be taken...

In Gear Deals » New Valandre site
September 04, 12:37pm

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