{"id":2448127,"date":"2019-08-29T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=311954"},"modified":"2019-08-29T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T10:00:00","slug":"gear-guide-a-color-shifting-jacket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/gear-guide-a-color-shifting-jacket\/","title":{"rendered":"Gear Guide: A \u2018Color-Shifting\u2019 Jacket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vollebak just made a jacket that no two people will ever see exactly the same way. The Black Squid Jacket<\/a> mimics the iridescence and bioluminescence of its eponymous cephalopod.<\/p>\n

It has more than 2 billion tiny glass spheres that scatter and reflect light. In dull light, the jacket appears black and oily.<\/p>\n

But hit it with bright light, and the Black Squid Jacket explodes into a rainbow of shiny of hues.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of the way the disruptively structured microscopic glass spheres on the surface of the jacket scatter light, two people can be looking at the jacket from two different angles and will see entirely different patterns and colors,\u201d the brand claims.<\/p>\n

No doubt, this jacket looks really cool. And with a price tag just shy of $1,000, it\u2019d better be. Beyond the \u201csquid\u201d outer, the jacket is a standard shell jacket. Fully water- and windproof, the three-layer ski and snowboard shell has oversize pockets and a generous cut. Add in the helmet-compatible hood, high collar, and pit zips, and it checks all the boxes for winter pursuits.<\/p>\n

Of course, a similarly spec\u2019d jacket can cost a fraction of the Black Squid\u2019s MSRP. But you\u2019re not going to wear this primarily for its performance. The premium on this shell is that you\u2019ll be visible at the top of the hill \u2026 from the very bottom.<\/p>\n

In fact, Vollebak<\/a> claims the optical effects created by this jacket dovetail with military and scientific materials research: \u201cThe goal is to create an equivalent synthetic material that can rapidly camouflage itself by mimicking its surrounding environment \u2026 that would enable soldiers and machines to seemingly disappear.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Vollebak\u2019s aim was the opposite. It just wanted to make a truly unique, trippy jacket. And with more than 40,000 tiny light-refracting spheres in every square centimeter, that\u2019s what you get.<\/p>\n

Stephen Regenold writes about outdoors gear at http:\/\/www.gearjunkie.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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