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Gore-Tex Active Shell - Official
By John Traynor on 08/10/2010 13:18:01
OM's top secret trade insider, John Traynor with the official low down on Gore's new 'most breathable ever' fabric...
We've already told you a little about new Gore-Tex Active Shell fabric, but here's the low down, direct from Gore's Bavarian mountain fortress from OM's outdoor trade insider and industry veteran John Traynor - over to you, John...'The most
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Columbia Turns Up The Heat For 2011
By John Traynor on 08/11/2010 12:50:16
OM's trade mole, John Traynor gets a glimpse into the electrically-heated future of US outdoors giant, Columbia.
OM's outdoors trade insider, John Traynor, has had a sneak peak at the future of Columbia's Sportswear's new kit for autumn 2011 - think electrically-heated clothing and footwear plus more of the Omni-Heat which launched this winter.Heat on demand
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Inside X-Bionic's R&D Thinktank
By John Traynor on 20/10/2011 16:24:16
OM industry insider Johm Traynor reports back from the Italian R&D facility of award-winning clothing brand, X-Bionic and
mole, John Traynor, is just back from a burrowing mission to X-Bionic HQ in Italy, where he got the inside scoop on the brand's technology and tried the new award-winning X-Bionic Power Tee-shirt for size.Tuning up technology'Turning sweat into energy
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New From Cicerone - Lightweight Camping
By Jon on 04/02/2011 15:23:30
Latest Cicerone book is Lightweight Camping by Jiohn Traynor.
Latest publication from Cicerone is Lightweight Camping, by occasional OM contributor and long-standing outdoors industry journo, John Traynor.The first thing we'd point out is that the 155-page volume isn't about ultralight backpacking – if you
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Polartec Goes Waterproof
By John Traynor on 22/11/2010 00:47:37
New NeoShell fabric is claimed to be 'the most breathable waterproof fabric on the market today'.
also had a dig at outdated testing methods, which it says - in a not very subtle dig at its rivals - 'yield some bizarre results'. OM's industry insider, John Traynor reports from the launch of Polartec NeoShell in glamorous Massachusettes
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Schoeller Lab Tests Wonder Fabric Treatment
By Jon on 26/01/2012 15:14:53
Respected textile institute suggests energear fabrics genuinely improves mental performance.
like a chip off a similar block, but this time, the claims are backed up with testing by the respected Hohenstein Institute.The launch caught the eye of OM industry insider, John Traynor, who's found that wearing an Accapi scarf, massively improves his
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Breathability Tests Are Bunk Says Polartec
By Jon on 11/01/2011 12:26:24
How can a 200-weight fleece be less breathable than a waterproof jacket?
in the wings too, in the shape of Polartec NeoShell.We carried a launch report from OM's industry insider, John Traynor, back in November, but with MHW's launch of DryQ in the Alps imminent, we thought we'd revisit Polartec's new fabric and in particular
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