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Hi, I'm Brigitte from skis.com.
This is Slope Style and I'm here with Alex from the North Face
and we're going to talk about Thermoball Jacket,
womens and so... We make it for men too. Okay, gotcha but
what is this Thermoball stuff mean? Yeah, so Thermoball is Thermoball,
it's a great question. It is a brand new technology from the North Face.
And what Thermoball is, we're really excited about this, Thermoball is
developed with PrimaLoft and it's a PrimaLoft fiber that is meant to
act just like down. So basically it's a synthetic
cluster of down. So, it feels like down? Feels like down.
Acts like down? Acts like down. It insulates like down, it weighs like down but the catch is because it's synthetic
it doesn't absorb any moisture so it doesn't lose any loft when it gets wet.
Wow. Which when down gets wet, it stops working. Right.
That's the downfall of down but you made it so it doesn't have that. Yeah, Thermoball. Well I didn't
make it but PrimaLoft did and did a really good job with it so this is synthetic down.
Okay. So, this coat. Thermoball coat, how does it
fit? And what is it used for? Yeah, so this is designed for, it can be used for a lot of different things.
It's very very versatile. First of all, it's super lightweight and packable.
It stuffs into its own pocket. Packs down very small. It can be worn as a layering
piece so you can wear it underneath a shell to give you extra warmth on a cold ski day. Sure.
Or you can just wear it around as a stand-alone, insulating piece. The fit on it, it's
going to fit just like a regular insulating jacket would. It's a relaxed fit. It's not super snug.
It's not super boxy or anything like that. Just a nice regular insulated jacket
fit. Nice relaxed fit. That's nice because a lot of times those insulators are like really, really tight.
Really tight or they're too boxy and then they float around inside your shell. This one's not like that at all.
Is there any other technical features beside that? Well, we probably should talk about how warm
Thermoball is, right? Because everyone is going to want to compare it to down and that's what it is, and when we
test Thermoball out, this is as warm as 650 fill down.
Holy S*** Just as light, just as packable. Handles moisture.
Doesn't lose its loft when wet and it's as warm with 650 fill down. That's
a high down fill too. Yep. This is great stuff. Good. Well, hey, that's the
Thermoball Jacket. Alex, thanks for coming and explaining it to us and this is
Slope Style with skis.com.