Rio

The comfort range

The lowest temperature at which a ‘standard’ woman (25 yrs. / 60 kg / 160 cm) can expect to sleep comfortably in a relaxed position. It also allows a comfortable sleep for inexperienced users.

The lower limit

The lowest temperature at which a ‘standard’ male (25 yrs. / 70 kg / 173 cm) can expect to sleep comfortably in a relaxed position. An experienced user can optimise the insulation qualities by his choice of clothing etc.

Extreme

The temperature at which the ‘standard’ woman survives in sleeping for six hours without sleep. Without risk of death from hypothermia, but with a risk of other damages to health (such as frostbite).

Ripstop

Ripstop - woven fabrics, often made of nylon, using a special reinforcing technique that makes them resistant to tearing and ripping. During weaving, (thick) reinforcement threads are interwoven at regular intervals in a crosshatch pattern. The intervals are typically 5 to 8 millimeters.Advantages of ripstop are the favourable strength-to-weight ratio.

W/R Cire

Waterproof fabrics are fabrics that are inherently, or have been treated to become, resistant to penetration by water and wetting. The term 'waterproof' refers to conformance to a governing specification and specific conditions of a laboratory test method. They are usually natural or synthetic fabrics that are laminated to or coated with a waterproofing material such as rubber, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyurethane (PU)

Ripstop

Ripstop fabric is a woven, lightweight, nylon-threaded material that resists tearing and ripping. It is commonly used for camping equipment such as tents, the outer shells of sleeping bags, backpacks etc. The ripstop fabric is made by nylon threads throughout a base material in interlocking patterns. Micro ripstop fabric uses microfibres for high-tech protection enabling compressibility, windproofing and high water repellency.