Posts Tagged ‘OR’
OR – Coverage Begins…Now!
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013Intelligent Heat™ from Aevex® Coming Soon to Gloves Near You
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008The Aevex® website describes the technology like this, “Aevex® is the seamless consolidation of complicated functions into a single textile panel that is sewn into apparel like an extra layer of fabric. These panels are light, ultra-thin, and flexible. Each contains heating materials, electronics, and a fully integrated, flexible and rechargeable energy source.”
The concept is called Intelligent Heat™ and utilizes a proprietary polymer in the sandwich of materials to sense temperatures across the entire grid and heat the areas that need it. As your hands warm up to body temp, they stop wicking heat away from the polymer and heat production within Aevex® goes down.
So far both Mountain Hardwear and Outdoor Research have integrated the technology into gloves but Aevex® intends to integrate the technology into jackets and footwear by next year.
At $300 for Mountain Hardwear’s Red Savina Glove and an MSRP of $259 for Outdoor Research’s PrimoVolta, the technology isn’t cheap. Additionally, after four to six hours of use you have to plug the gloves in to a wall outlet to get a recharge so it probably isn’t quite ready for the troops, at least yet. I do however, see an immediate possibility for this technology for Helo crews if it can be integrated into an FR shell since they have access to onboard power.
Mountain Hardwear Red Savina Glove
Outdoor Research PrimoVolta Gloves
For more information contact Aevex®.
Images from Aevex®.
OR – Day 3+
Monday, August 11th, 2008Oakley
Oakley has a line of water shoes coming out in the fall.
Surefire
Here is another shot of the Saint.
FiveTen
FiveTen has two new tactical footwear models in the works. Inspired by the Impact 2 downhill mountain biking shoe, they feature an all leather upper, and FiveTen’s sticky stealth rubber sole. Below is a picture of the Impact. The new shoes will be entirely Black or Tan.
Adventure Medical kits
They are poised to release a new tatcical trauma kit and have penned an exclusive deal with QuickClot.
OR – Day 2
Sunday, August 10th, 2008Lots more cool stuff…
Camelbak
Camelbak has developed three new carriers that are low profile and designed to attach to the back of body armor via their proprietary Direct Armor Attachment System. They have also developed the Racebak which is the fusion of a performance sleeveless t-shirt and a bladder system. It goes back to Camelbak’s roots, bike racing but I have a feeling that we will be seeing the Racebak adopted by military guys and adapted to a number of uses.
Outdoor Research
OR will be releasing three new gloves in the fall. All three are manufactured offshore but designed specifically for the military retail market. This means the price point will be much lower than their issue gloves.
The gloves are:
Pile Driver – Hard knuckle
Flash Point – Minimalist FR
Storm Cell – Tight fit, Gore-tex insert lining
Fisher Space Pens
They expect to release a flat tan version of the bullet pen soon.
Lowa Boots
The Desert Elite boot that has been exclusive to the UK Task Force line will be available in the US this fall.
Outdoor Retailer Coverage
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008You may have noticed a new category entitled “Outdoor Retailer”. So the answer to the question is “yes” if the question is whether or not we will be covering OR Summer Market. We will file reports Friday, Saturday, and Sunday featuring OR coverage. Every OR, military participation increases and we plan to being you coverage of new developments from military program mainstays as well new products that we feel are good candidates for the transition to the tactical market.
