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X-Static®, XT2® SILVADUR INTELLIFRESH™, COOLCORE™, ColdPruf®,  Terramar® We do enough sweat inducing long distance triathlons-to have pure sympathy for those volunteers at water stations-and at the finish line-who get tasked with the possibly odorous job of unstrapping those timing chips. Mercifully-even if our sunscreen/deodorant wilts before before we do-at least our outfits are more or less aroma free and slightly cooler...courtesy of what is now standard for athletic wear-some kind of anti-odor/microbial woven in-or bathed in treatment-and increasingly-more rapidly evaporating fabrics with cooling sensations. Some Highlights:  When we see pricey outerwear pieces not made from naturally smell depressing materials such as merino wool...we are shocked that readily available offerings from companies such as Noble Biomaterial or Silvadur... aren't in the mix. And that includes fashion apparel too. We wrote up  NOBLE BIOMATERIAL S'  Circuitex™  last ...

Pendleton's row of plaid wool shirts...classics never get old-but a TAD less multi-tasking... PART ONE: BACK in the day-our older siblings used to pile on the thermal long underwear from the local ARMY/NAVY store...heavy wool knit sweaters from Ireland or Norway (courtesy of globe trotting grandparents) and not water tough varsity jackets...for all day ski jaunts to Hunter Mountain. Maybe teenage youth kept them warm enough---but nowadays-most folks of all ages take advantage of late 20th-and 21st century textile breakthroughs...and attire themselves with winter appropriate warm-and waterproof fabrics for hours outdoors in the cold. AND each year, the fabrics lead the way for making even our 4 year old stuff -outdated, JUST like buying anything tech these days. With the emphasis on warmer when wet, lighter and stretchier....plus sustainable-eco ( bluesign ® certified)-traceable cradle to cradle-including down from Allied, Downtek and Downlite ...the recent textile ...