The battle against sweat and moisture
Staying dry in the heaviest storms
Keeping cool with space-age science
Borrowing high-tech secrets from nature
Squeezing out speed and aerodynamics
YOUR GOAL
Master of The secret science of the clothes you sweat in
adidas Durable water repellent technology protects performance outerwear from moisture.
adidas Stormproof Performance Fabrics
Billions of microscopic pores block the heavy rain but let your steam escape
adidas Spherical water droplets slide off the glowing surface of a treated outdoor jacket
adidas Blast sportswear with wind and rain to discover how stormproof fabrics keep athletes dry.
Tiny pores: A Gore-Tex membrane has over nine billion pores per square inch, each far too small for liquid water but huge for vapor.
A thin, pliable sheet or layer of material that acts as a barrier or boundary. In 1969, Bob Gore invented a microporous ePTFE membrane, revolutionizing outerwear engineered to repel torrential downpours.
What alternative material is increasingly used in modern eco-friendly waterproof coatings?
How many microscopic pores are found in a single square inch of a Gore-Tex membrane?
A single pore in a waterproof membrane is how many times smaller than a water droplet?
What does the acronym DWR stand for in the context of outdoor performance jackets?
Why do manufacturers apply thermoplastic tape under high heat to the seams of waterproof jackets?
What physical effect does a DWR coating increase on a jacket's surface to repel water?