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synthetics losing loft… how quickly? how bad is it?

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Mark Verber BPL Member
PostedFeb 8, 2008 at 10:05 am

People talk about synthetic insulations going flat and losing some of their insulating value in terms of years. But a better measure is related to the number and of it being compressed.

Several years ago I saw a study about the durability of polarguard which had some graphs about the number of compressions -vs- insulation value. At the time I didn’t write down the information and I can’t find it anymore. Any studies you can point me to? Richard?

The closest thing related to this that I could find was an early thread about
warmth, weight, and loft

John S. BPL Member
PostedFeb 8, 2008 at 11:21 am

And there must be some level of compression, beyond which is even worse for the insulation.

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