September 15, 2009 @ 10:20 pm
Sneakerstuff has the Tretorn T56 Gore-Tex sneakers for about $173 USD. It’s a little expensive, but I guess that’s what happens when you add GORE-TEX to anything these days. These would be wonderful to use when biking in the rain though. I wish they weren’t currently only being sold in Sweden (because shipping prices from there are a PITA). [via]
August 8, 2009 @ 3:03 pm
Marcus Troy has some photos of this incredible new jacket from Nike called the Storm-FIT ACG Steel City Gore-tex. Based on my own research, it looks like the price jump between the regular Storm-FIT ACG Steel City jacket and this one shown here is that this one has Gore-tex. The regular one costs just over $300 USD while this one here with Gore-tex costs about $600.
But price points aside, this is one fantastic looking jacket!
February 27, 2009 @ 7:43 pm
Discovery News sent two correspondents to the Gore laboratories to see how Gore-Tex fabrics are tested with some very advanced weather-simulation machines. The weather chambers at Gore can practically simulate any real-world weather condition from extreme heat to extreme cold.
The purpose of the visit was to better understand how Gore keeps people comfortable in extreme weather, that way the two Discovery News correspondents will be prepared to handle Alaska’s climate when they head there next week to film.
Their labs remind me a lot of the Good Housekeeping testing center at the Hearst Tower in New York City.
