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Inflatable Jacket Keeps you Warm with Argon Gas Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - Iddo Genuth Home >> News >> Innovation
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We heard about all sorts of strange and innovative ways of keeping warm but the Klymit Ulaar winter jacket certainly tops the list with a unique insulation system based on either air or Argon Gas.
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Created by Klymit - a young outdoor goods and apparel company, the Ulaar is a new take on the extreme weather jacket. The Ulaar has many air chambers which can fairly easily be inflated or deflated to create more or less insulation.
- Using a small air pump the user can pump air into the jacket to create air pockets that will capture the body heat when it is extremely cold or use the pump to take the air out if the user gets too warm (while hiking for example).
- The Ulaar is made of low Friction 50D Polyester shell, it has an articulated hood (which actually has no air pockets inside it), welded arm pockets, double slider water resistant zippers (and the jacket itself is windproof and waterproof). It comes in sizes ranging from XS to XXXL as well as a dry air pump.
According to Klymit the Ulaar has 9 Core Benefits:
Klymit decided to promote the project using kickstarter - the crowdfunding network of choice for many of today's new innovative projects. So far the project raised almost $30,000 out of a goal of $40,000 and there is still about a week left to go before the deadline.
- The Klymit Ulaar currently cost about $165 for backers on kickstarter (plus about $35 if you like that Argon starter pack).You can learn more on the Ulaar on the project Kickstarter page.
The project kickstarter video |
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