Motorcycle clothing

[nick crisp]

Used to sell some interesting Halvarssons kit. It used tiny balls of some sort of paraffin-like substance as the thermal insulation, which changed it's state depending on ambient temperature. I can't remember the exact details now, but you could wear just a jacket over a t-shirt in freezing cold weather and you'd just feel cool, not cold. I tried one once, and it really worked. Apparently it was developed from some kit used by astronauts, so they claimed. Funny tho', haven't seen any since...

The thermal system described above is called Outlast, and I've since seen it in some Wolf textile trousers. (24/8/13)