Insultex compared to Thinsulate
a comment in Hammock Forums:
Very interesting fabric, available from "MacEntyre" or from "Stormcrow" at Hammock Forum.TeeDee, When I was investigating the stuff over a year back, I found that ice fishermen that have the Arctic Armour swear by the suits. I found ice fishermen that wear minimal clothing under the suits down to the single digits and that is just sitting around. Hunters also. The hunters like the camo versions. Ice fishermen like the bright red. Called vendors and asked if the stuff I was reading and seeing was true. They swore it was and referred me to people they have sold the suits to. The users swore what I was reading and the videos are totally true. The vendors at that time were selling out their inventory on the Arctic Armour suits within days of receiving them and some had it sold before they got it. Consider that the suits then were over $300 each. That was quite a testimonial to the suits effectiveness.
You will notice that the suits the people in the videos wore appeared quite bulky. Two reasons for that:
- You have to use suits that are much bigger than you are to keep from pressing the Insultex against the body, and
- the outer shell layer of the suits is coated waterproof material. That provides the waterproofness of the suits.