Men's waterproof mountain and trekking overpants Quechua NH500

Description

This waterproof trousers have been designed to protect you from the rain during your occasional outings on the plains, in the forest or on the coast. Fabric waterproofness The fabric of the over-trousers has a waterproof rating of 2000 mm. Garment validated in a shower test under 60 litres of water/m²/h for 2 hours. This test replicates the average conditions of a heavy downpour. Water-repellent fabric: water slides off the fabric without being absorbed. Thus, the fabric does not soak up water and remains light and breathable. The water-repellent effect is achieved by a treatment applied to the outer face of the fabric. In addition, all outer seams are taped. Fabric breathability To find out if a fabric is breathable, its total evaporative resistance (RET) coefficient is measured during a test based on the ISO 11092 standard. The lower the resistance, the more water vapour generated by the body during activity is released by the fabric, therefore the fabric is more breathable. - RET < 9 = extremely breathable fabric - 9 < RET < 12 = very breathable fabric - 12 < RET < 20 = breathable fabric - RET > 20 = fabric with little or no breathability. Your health, the central focus of our design The fabric of this jacket is water-repellent: water slides off the fabric without being absorbed. Thus, the fabric does not soak up water and remains light and breathable. The water-repellent effect is achieved by a treatment applied to the outer face of the fabric. We have initiated a procedure for a water-repellent treatment without perfluorocarbons. In 2022, this model will be marketed with a water-repellent treatment. How is the waterproof resistance of the over-trousers maintained? To preserve the water repellency of the fabric, it is advisable to reactivate it regularly. You can do this every 3 washes (abundant rinsing is essential), or after having worn it about 10 times in the rain. You can easily reactivate the water repellency with heat: - using the tumble dryer for 15 minutes (synthetic programme) - using a hair dryer at a distance of 20 cm making back and forth movements. - or ironing 2 times, at a temperature for delicate garments without steam. Choose the waterproof over-trousers according to the type of sporting effort. During sporting exertion, we sweat more or less depending on the intensity or duration of the effort. If the breathability of the fabric is not adapted to the effort, the vapour from sweating condenses inside the garment. We are wet on the inside: it is not that the rain has penetrated, it is the condensation of the sweat vapour. Therefore, it is essential to choose the over-trousers according to the type of effort. Product designed for outings of 2 h at a maximum of 5 km/h. Recommended complementary product

Product summary

Men's waterproof mountain and trekking overpants Quechua NH500 is a product in the “Sportswear” category from the shop Decathlon. Price: 128.000 Gs (≈ $25). Key characteristics: Brand: QUECHUA.

Price compared with the category

The “Sportswear” category has 1307 products from 4 shops: prices from 23.000 to 1.470.000 Gs, median price 167.000 Gs. This product costs more than 30% of the products in the category.

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