Outlast Technology is a leading firm of USA that dedicates its research to innovating smart technology materials for sleeping comfort. Its temperature regulating phase change materials (PCMs) have undergone many tests for proactively influencing sleeping climate. It controls heat and moisture of the material for a cool, relaxed nap. An important requirement for human comfort perception is the quality of the surrounding climate. Excess humidity is critical in terms of discomfort. Therefore, one important key to climate comfort is efficiently managing moisture.
Martin Bentz, President of Outlast Technologies LLC, Golden/USA, has said that “We found out that a duvet with an Outlast PCM fibrefill can reduce absolute humidity by 48% compared to a traditional duvet,” “Naturally, we lose up to one litre of sweat each night. Outlast materials can reduce this amount by an average of 50%.”“This is an impressive added value, which clearly demonstrates the proactive way our technology works. It is very important for us that our Outlast products optimize the climate inside bedding proactively – contrary to other technologies which work through humidity transport.”
“Once the body finds ways to reduce overheating without perspiring it (the material) will take advantage of it in order to save energy,” said Christoph Russ, who carried out testing using his testing method THG AreaView, providing a live insight into the thermoregulation of a human body. “Scientific studies on the correlation between subjective climate perception and objective climate confirm these same points. The evaluation of human comfort perception with the measurement of absolute humidity clearly outranges the one with temperature” mentioned Russ.
