Pssst.... we're probably not meant to tell you this, but Gore's
latest development is something called Comfort Mapping and
it's going to be big later this year with the likes of Berghaus, Lowe
Alpine, TNF, MHW., ME, Haglofs and others all using it in their
ranges.
What is it? We should be able to tell you a lot more next month
after being spirited to Tenerife for an arduous testing weekend on
Spain's highest beach, erm, sorry, mountain, but here's a quick
outline.
Apparently it's all about using different Gore-Tex fabrics to
match the differing reqirements of different parts of your body,
which is, says Gore, 'a landscape with different climatic zones and
temperatures'.
It's been done before, particularly with baselayers and some
softshell garments, but Gore will be using Comfort Mapping for
garments made mainly from XCR, for a zoned Gore-Tex soft
shell and using their interesting inflatable Airvantage
technology.
Marketing hype or a real benefit? We should be in a better
position to tell you next month, so watch this space.
More Gore-Tex information at www.gore-tex.co.uk
