List Of World Famous Clothing Materials Manufacturers

The main outdoors in North America

Manufacturers (ranked in alphabetical order)

Whether in Europe or America, outdoor products are mostly developed by family workshops.

Many of them are outdoor sports enthusiasts.

Like Gregory (backpack), Dana (backpack), &nbspBibler (tent) began to develop themselves into the most popular manufacturers at the very beginning.

As enthusiasts, they have learned the user's demand for product performance in practice.

At the same time, they are aware of the importance of quality to outdoor products, so they also attach importance to product quality as well as users.

Arc'Teryx

The company's backpack is very famous, but their outdoor clothing is also excellent.

Many people think of Arc'Teryx and Mountain&nbspHardware

It is the best outdoor clothing manufacturer in the North American market.

It is hard to tell who is the best, but the details of Arc'Teryx are well recognized.

LL&nbspBean

LL&nbspBean's products are reasonably priced and popular.

It operates a lot of leisure products, but there are also some professional outdoor equipment.

LL&nbspBean is all through mail order or Internet direct sale, no agent, so it is cheaper.

(if you see LL&nbspBean products on the stalls, they are usually fake, most of which are exported the remaining defective products).

Compared with other outdoor products, LL&nbspBean is much cheaper.

The quality control of LL&nbspBean is pretty good. It is a good quality and inexpensive product in the eyes of American consumers.

Marmot

More than 20 years ago, three college students in California climbed the mountain together.

Decide to create an outdoor product company yourself. This company is Marmot.

Marmot products generally use high quality materials, so its reputation in outdoor users is very good.

Among them, Marmot's snowwear and feather sleeping bags are highly praised by the players.

Mountain&nbspHardware

Speaking of MHW, this company and TNF have a very rough origin.

The originator of MHW is an employee of the original TNF, whose clothing and tent designers are the main designers of the original TNF.

They are said to have split up because they are dissatisfied with the TNF management's Jerry building policy.

I don't know if the rumor is true. The quality of MHW's products is generally better than that of TNF.

MHW is more reasonable in designing product details, and its quality is well received by users.

And it has a long lead in product innovation and has become the leader of outdoor clothing.

Patagonia

Patagonia mainly produces outdoor clothing, which is also its advantage.

Its clothing cutting is better than other outdoor products and its details are excellent.

For example, it is hard for a tall person to find the right outdoors.

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Trousers like TNF are not long enough.

Patagonia is one of the few companies that provides this special size.

In addition, Patagonia's sweater is also very popular.

The&nbspNorth&nbspFace

TNF's products are relatively durable and some classic products are also popular among outdoor enthusiasts.

However, since TNF went public, the management of the company has paid more attention to how to reduce costs and increase profits.

The company's product positioning has shifted from high-end expeditions to public goods.

Over the past two years, more and more students wear TNF on campus, which makes people feel that the brand has become fashionable.

(heard that even migrant workers in Beijing wear TNF, ha ha)

In recent years, TNF has been lagging behind in product innovation, and its technical content of some products has been reduced.

The general reaction is that TNF's products are heavier than those of similar products (tents, sleeping bags, assault clothing, etc.).

In addition, some old users have accused TNF&nbspcut&nbspcorner (Jerry building), the quality of the decline (fake goods rotten?

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Some time ago, there were rumors that TNF was heavily indebted and bankrupt.

I wonder if TNF is really Jerry building, and we don't know how it works.

Its stock actually dropped from more than 30 US dollars to just 3 dollars, and has been hovering around 5 dollars recently.

TNF has recently changed its management, and the company is preparing for quality control.

The company's website also needs to be updated in March.

The other day, NBC released 5 exciting TNF sponsored expeditions.

Public repercussions are good and refreshing. I wonder if the company can rise again.

Finally, I would like to talk briefly about the materials of common outdoor clothing (ranked in alphabetical order).

Activent

This is a chemical material made by Gore company, which is both windproof and breathable, and can prevent a little water.

It is a kind of thin film which needs to be pressed together with other nylon materials, which is suitable for bicycle lovers.

CoolMax

This is a kind of polyester produced by DuPont company.

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Its sweat perspiration is very strong. It can quickly drain sweat out of the inner layer and keep your body dry.

CoolMax is fast drying and comfortable to wear. It is an ideal material for underwear and socks.

Some of the jackets are also lined with CoolMax.

Cordura

This is a high strength nylon produced by DuPont company.

With the XX intensity (Denier) as the strength standard, the higher the more solid.

For example, 160&nbspD is the thinnest and 330&nbspD is more solid.

The toughness of 500&nbspD is very high. Many good knapsack are chosen to make fabrics.

1000&nbspD's Cordura is only used in the best knapsack.

Not only does knapsack choose Cordura as material,

Many jackets and sweaters are also reinforced with Cordura on shoulders and elbows.

Down (

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This is natural, ha ha.

The main producing areas are China and Hungary.

The feather is warm and strong, and it is very light. It can also be compressed to a very small place.

Down and down sleeping bags are essential in alpine regions.

There is no uniform standard for goose down grading in the world.

In the United States, it is measured by fill&nbsppower.

The higher the fill&nbsppower, the better.

500 and 550 are relatively low in the market now.

Its fluff content is relatively low, the proportion of feather and impurities is large, so fluffiness is low.

700fill&nbsppower is better than goose down, and 800-830 is the best.

If the maintenance method is correct, a good down sleeping bag or down jacket can be used for 10-20 years.

DryLoft

This is a very lightweight waterproof material introduced by Gore, which is mainly used for sleeping bags.

The sleeping bag made of it is also light and warm and waterproof.

Gore-Tex

This is the trump card of Gore company.

Its scientific name is polytetraflouroethylene (PTFE).

Gore-Tex is a porous film that needs to be pressed into a layer of nylon material to make fabric.

Because its small pore is smaller than water molecule and bigger than gas, so theoretically it can be waterproof and breathable.

The so-called 2 layer (2-Ply) Gore-Tex is the outer layer of nylon material, which is a layer of Gore-Tex.

Through the net lining of the assault clothing, you will see the white colloidal film on the nylon material.

The 3 level (3-ply) Gore-Tex is a 2 layer material with a layer of breathable material.

Because the 3 layers of material are tightly glued together, you can't see the Gore-Tex film inside.

The advantage is that the inner fabric can better ensure that the Gore-Tex film is not worn.

But its disadvantage is heavier than the 2 tier Gore-Tex, and its air permeability is slightly worse.

Because most of Gore-Tex is laminate, and you feel a layer on nylon.

The feeling of using Gore-Tex products is waterproof, but the air permeability is not better than other waterproof materials.

Generally speaking, the Gore-Tex composite effect is pretty good. It is the most commonly used waterproof and breathable product at present.

Of course, in the past few years, Gore-Tex has been too fry, and I hope you will not be superstitious.

Gore-Tex&nbspPacLite

This is the latest waterproof and breathable material of Gore company.

It is lighter than ordinary Gore-Tex at least 15%, and the volume of compressed package is very small.

In fact, the PacLite assault clothing is very light.

TNF's Ama&nbspDablam assault clothing made from PacLite is only half as heavy as the traditional Mountain&nbspJacket.

In the autumn of 1999, Gore began to authorize a few factories to produce.

For example, Marmot, &nbspMountain&nbspHardware, &nbspThe&nbspNorth&nbspFace. in the US

Manufacturers outside the US have Mammut, &nbspBerghaus, &nbspSchoffel and Peak&nbspPerformance.

Polartec

It is the material introduced by Malden&nbspMills company.

So far, it is the most popular fleece product in the outdoor market.

Polartec is lighter, warmer and less velvet than ordinary sweater.

It also works faster and has good scalability.

Polartec is lightweight, middleweight, and heavyweight.

The 100 series is lightweight and suitable for grabbing.

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The 200 series is the most common, and the thermal insulation is better than the 100 series, and is not as heavy as the 300 series.

The 300 series is warmer and does not need to go cold.

There are also 200BiPolar and 300BiPolar series. These are double-layer sweaters, which are thicker.

BiPolar has stronger thermal insulation and is suitable for wearing in alpine region.

Note that most people buy 200 series best.

If it is cold, you can wear a down vest.

More than 300 of the clothes on the body are relatively heavy and sinless, too hot to wear and cold.

Ripstop

This is the kind of nylon with small squares.

Its toughness is stronger than that of ordinary nylon, and a good bit of Ripstop is made of outer fabrics.

Thermastat

This is a material produced by DuPont company.

Both perspiration and warmth are ideal materials for underwear.

This is Malden&nbspMills's windproof material.

Windbloc is a thin film.

Using Windbloc to catch sweaters is very warm and very windproof.

It can prevent some water, but it has general air permeability.

It can be worn as a coat and a sweater for thermal insulation (but with poor air permeability).