Techie fleece

[cedra]

Is there any real difference between expensive fleeces in outdoor shops and cheap ones in Primark?

Is this the right section for this question?

[vehelpfulguy]

This is in Technology.

Maybe try Shopping section

Or How it works section

[Whickerman]

but just to be polite - no real difference.

Oh -until you step into the wind, which just blows straight through the primark ones.

[Twenty20]

I'd guess the main difference is the label! They're probably all made in the same factories in China.

[ACtheTROLL]

VHG .... is your ulcer playing you again?

Surely Hi-tec belongs here?
"where would I buy" .... belongs in shopping
how does it work (which is what's being asked) .... here

Near me is a mill that produces fleeces that go by the name of polartec (I know about these)
the top of the range fleeces are made of hollow fiber (which is how a polar bear does it (hence the name!)

when they first came out they caused quite a stir - cost a mint - went to the south pole ....not now though

the real measure of how good a fleece is is the same as for duvets - their TOG rating (a bit of a tekkie term ... but we are in technology!!)

within reason price and TOG value are linked ...
but a designer fleece could cost 100s
http://www.net-a-porter.com/intl/product/25735 ?cm_mmc=Datafeed-_-Froogle-_-UK-_-Fendi%20Flee ce%20box%20jacket

..... because it's designed to be seen ... is better suited to indoors