The Brand & Fabrics

The WINDSTOPPER® brand promises total windproofness with maximum breathability. WINDSTOPPER® products give you the freedom to be your best and enjoy an outdoor lifestyle. These versatile and durable garments keep you comfortable and protected across a wide range of activities and weather conditions. The WINDSTOPPER® membrane is an ultra-thin protective layer that is laminated to a lightweight textile layer, making it totally windproof. This means that the WINDSTOPPER® membrane adds total windproofness to any textile without impacting breathability.

Comfort Factors: Both external and internal forces affect your comfort - and level of performance. Here’s where you can learn to control them to your advantage.

Your Microclimate: You can’t see it, but a very thin layer of protective air surrounds you wherever you go. Say hello to your very own microclimate. We are most comfortable with a microclimate of around 90°F and relative humidity of less than 30%. Even the slightest change to these levels will result in discomfort. But what’s good for your hands isn’t always good for your shoulders. Or your legs, for that matter. In cold weather, our arms and legs can be up to 45°F colder than the rest of our body - without any perceived discomfort. Click on the hot spots to see how the major zones of the body require their own unique microclimates.

Climate Control: Wish you could control the weather? We do, too. At least we can control the climate closest to our body with the right equipment. Staying comfortable requires clothing that can manage moisture, control heat transfer, and protect us from the weather.

Clothing Systems: Sticking it out in poor conditions isn’t about being tough. It’s about wearing the right equipment for the weather and the activity. If you want to run 10 miles under the hot sun, or carve up the slopes in biting winds, you have to select the right clothing systems. It just takes a bit of know-how.

Windstopper® Product Technologies

Technical Fabrics: WINDSTOPPER® fabrics are constructed by laminating our special membrane to a wide range of functional fabrics selected according to the final product’s intended use.

Fabric Performance: More comfort equals better performance. Yes, it really is that simple. Just ask any professional athlete. WINDSTOPPER® fabrics offer soft, lightweight weather protection in one versatile and durable garment. Owing to their total windproofness and maximum breathability, our garments will keep you comfortable longer across a wide range of weather conditions and activities.

Innovation: All WINDSTOPPER® products offer total windproofness and maximum breathability. But these innovations take their performance - and yours - to a whole new level.

Testing: Tried, tested, and true. This is no catchy slogan - it’s a fact. Why are WINDSTOPPER® fabrics tested so relentlessly? Those who wear our products need garments that can keep up with them.

Windstopper® Fabrics

Get more from your outdoor experience. WINDSTOPPER® fabrics are engineered for peak performance and total comfort, even in wind, light rain or snow. Pushing yourself harder - or just taking it easy - has never felt so good.

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