Aegis-Gel

Warmth without bulk.

Incredibly thin. Super warm. One quilted laminate that you cut into gloves, boots, jackets and coolers, and sew or bond in like any insert.

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Concept render: shell, quilted Aegis-Gel, liner.

103.7 °F

warmer inside a treated liner than inside the Army's extreme-cold glove (dry-ice test, −110 °F).

2.5×

the insulating performance of the best commercial benchmark.

3 mm

of laminate: waterproof shell, quilted Aegis-Gel, liner. It flexes and drapes.

97%

of its warmth retained when wet. Down keeps 34%.

The proof

Our thin liner beat the Army's glove by 103.7 °F.

Two gloves with dry ice on the palms and probe thermometers: the Army-issued glove reads −57.8 °F inside, the glove with an Aegis-Gel liner reads 45.9 °F Army-issued glove−57.8 °F inside Aegis-Gel liner45.9 °F inside
A U.S. Army soldier in camouflage pulling on a pair of black gloves

Dry-ice test at −110 °F, treated glove below and Army-issued glove above. Right: a U.S. Army soldier trying on the gloves.

  • U.S. Army JPMRC 26-02Field test, Alaska: −35 °F to 0 °F, 40+ inches of snow
  • DARPA ICEThermal imaging at the University of Michigan lab
  • Dry-ice test103.7 °F warmer inside than the Army glove at −110 °F

A · Dry-ice test

Issued glove vs treated liner at −110 °F. The treated liner stayed 103.7 °F warmer inside.

B · Field test

U.S. Army JPMRC 26-02, Alaska. −35 °F to 0 °F ambient, 40+ inches of snow.

C · Thermal imaging

A 5 mm sample on a −15 °C Peltier plate, imaged by FLIR at the U-M lab under DARPA ICE. About 20 °C warmer than the Army-standard glove at 10 minutes, with better dexterity.

Benchmarks

Beats every insulation on the shelf, millimeter for millimeter.

Warmth per millimeter Higher is better

Clo per mm · ASTM F1868

  • Aegis-Gel 0.24
  • Best commercial 0.12
  • 800-fill down 0.11
  • PU foam 0.09
Warmth retained when wet Higher is better

ISO 11092

  • Aegis-Gel 97%
  • PU foam 95%
  • Best synthetic 81%
  • 800-fill down 34%
Insulation retained under compression Higher is better

% at 10 psi

  • Aegis-Gel 95%
  • PU foam 88%
  • Best synthetic 45%
  • 800-fill down 25%
Warmth after 50 washes Higher is better

AATCC 135 · % of clo retained

  • Aegis-Gel 98%
  • Best synthetic 88%
  • 800-fill down 70%
  • PU foam 60%
One laminate

Cut it into anything.

Glove, boot, cooler and jacket shown as translucent renders with a gold Aegis-Gel quilt inside each

Glove palms

Warmth where the cold gets in, with Level 5 dexterity.

Boot toe boxes

Thin enough to keep the fit.

Jacket panels

Packable, washable, warmer.

Cooler walls

Same ice retention, more room inside.

+38%

interior volume in a cooler wall at equal ice retention.

−30%

weight. 12 mm of Aegis-Gel does the work of 50 mm of PU foam.

5 days

of ice retention, the same for both wall constructions.

How it's made

Cast, cut and sewn in like any insert.

Mix the gel, cast or laminate it, cure, die-cut inserts, then pass the QC gate: Peltier thermal delta at 25 °C plus a flex test at −40 °C. Sew into the liner or bond into the cooler wall, run a final thermal check, and ship. Available as powder, paste, film, gel or cream.

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