What Is DwrDown™
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Simply put, DwrDown™ represents the evolution of down insulation.
Regular down is treated with a molecular level polymer to create a hydrophobic finish on each individual down plume. This finish allows DwrDown™ to stay dry longer, loft better, and dry faster than untreated down, keeping you warmer in any environment.
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Technology Explanation
It’s widely accepted that down is the best insulation available… lighter, warmer, more compressible, and more durable than any other natural or synthetic insulation ever created. But down has one major flaw. As it gets wet from rain, condensation, humidity, or sweat, it begins losing its loft and its ability to keep you warm.
DwrDown’s™ hydrophobic finish is key to the outstanding performance of DwrDown™, enabling sleeping bags and jackets insulated with DwrDown™ to stay drier, loft better, and dry faster than bags and jackets insulated with untreated down. This means any bag or jacket insulated with DwrDown™ will keep you warmer, longer in any situation. -
Sleeping Bags
In an 80% relative humidity environment, an untreated 15-degree down sleeping bag loses up to 30% of its loft over a period of eight hours. A 30% loss of loft essentially turns a 15-degree sleeping bag into a 30-degree sleeping bag. DwrDown™ sleeping bags avoid this loss of thermal efficiency by retaining 98% of their loft, keeping you warmer all night long on both short and extended trips into the backcountry.
Outerwear
Whether earning your turns, sitting on belay, or summiting a 14er, your down jacket is going to soak up some moisture, impacting its ability to insulate. With its hydrophobic finish, DwrDown™ helps prevent sweat, rain, or melting snow from soaking in, keeping your down drier and lofting better for optimum warmth. And if any of our DwrDown™ jackets do get wet, they will always dry faster than jackets with untreated down.
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Environmental Standards
DwrDown™ is made with natural down and, unlike synthetic insulations, is not made from petroleum products. Down is a renewable natural resource and we’ve found that DwrDown’s™ hydrophobic finish actually increases its durability over untreated down, enhancing the longevity of your apparel and sleeping bags. We are working on tests to measure how much more durable DwrDown™ actually is.
All components of the polymer used in DwrDown™ (including chemical manufacturing, finished chemical, and down processing) have been evaluated and rated as non-hazardous to human health, safety, and the environment by a third-party, internationally recognized agency. This rating tells the world that DwrDown™ meets or exceeds rigorous standards for health, safety, and environmental sustainability.
