About the term skin windbreaker, it should first be described as the Houdini Full-Zip jacket
of Patagonia’s ultra-light windbreaker, because the material it uses is different from ordinary fabrics, extremely light weight, and extremely comfortable contact. , good air permeability, and has a certain degree of wind resistance, water resistance, and very soft, like a thin layer of human skin. After the domestic Polestar SHEHE launched a similar product, and according to its characteristics, it was first called a skin windbreaker.
The skin windbreaker, as the name suggests, must have some properties of the skin, such as breathability, perspiration, wear resistance, lightness, etc. At present, there are many kinds of skin windbreakers on the market. Some of them look beautiful, but they are not breathable. They can only be described as “raincoats”. Objectively speaking, due to the progress of craftsmanship in recent years, the technology and fabrics can now be ultra-light and ultra-thin, not only Patagonia, but also wildview and Kawadgarbo are also very professional.
In short, a good skin windbreaker needs to be waterproof, UV-proof, windproof, breathable, soft and light, and ultra-small and easy to store.
The fabrics of common skin windbreakers are mainly nylon, polyester and nylon-polyester, among which nylon fabrics have the highest cost price. Nylon fabrics have better elasticity, alkali resistance, very wear resistance, and feel smooth and comfortable; polyester fabrics are stiffer, acid-resistant, and high-temperature resistant than nylon; nylon-polyester has properties between the two according to the composition ratio, and the higher the nylon composition ratio , the softer the fabric.
Combining the characteristics of several fabrics, the skin windbreaker made of nylon fabric is softer, lighter and more comfortable.
Windproof is the most basic function of the skin windbreaker, in addition, it is also endowed with special properties such as anti-ultraviolet and anti-splashing by some special processes. In the traditional process, to achieve the performance of anti-ultraviolet and water-repellent, it is necessary to add a layer of functional coating on the basis of the fabric, but the clothes with added coating will definitely sacrifice the breathability and lightness of the clothes, which is why some people The reason why I feel a little hot wearing a skin trench coat.
However, a fabric technology that solves this problem from a physical point of view has been born. Instead of directly applying the coating to the surface of the fabric as in the traditional process, the coating is applied during the spinning process. Molecules are woven into each fiber, which is then spun into fabric. This not only ensures the functionality of the fabric, but also ensures its breathability and comfort. For example, most of the skin trench coats of Brayack and Wolf Claw and the wildview microporous series use this technology.
The skin windbreaker features: comfortable contact, soft, excellent breathability, moderate wind resistance, moderate water resistance. Features of ultra-thin windbreaker: poor contact, general softness, poor ventilation, better wind resistance and better water resistance.
The difference between the skin windbreaker and the ultra-thin and ultra-light windbreaker is that the windbreaker is light in weight, small in size, and has poor air permeability, but its wind resistance and water resistance are relatively good. And the price is low, if you choose based on the outdoor environment, it is also a pretty good product.
