X-Bionic Base Layers for Comfortable Skiing

A detailed explanation of the technology that makes this possible

By Robert Gagnon

X-Bionic

You’re going to be toasty warm this winter with the right long underwear. When you are on the slopes and expending a lot of energy, your body is warming up and everything is great. But the fact is that you’re sweating and your heartbeat is rising. Right after that sensational run you have to wait in the line for the chairlift followed by the cold ride up.  The constant change between warm and cold and warm sure can signal the onset of a cold or worse. I found a great set of long underwear that will eliminate this bad cycle of sweating and freezing. The turtleneck long sleeve shirt from X-Bionic for men and for women will keep you warm and dry all the time.

Long sleeves turtleneck

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X-Technology develops X-Bionic and other outdoor clothing products with the same technologies for different sports like ski touring, alpine skiing, biking, trekking and more. It’s a young company from Switzerland and their quality and innovation have made them popular quickly around the globe. They distribute their product in 28 countries probably - more in the upcoming season. Their innovations have earned them over 200 awards and top ratings around the world. 

What is the technology that makes X-Bionic a great investment for your next second skin? It’s a mix of technologies blended together to get a perfect balance between the energy you spend and the accumulation of heat created by your body that’s saved to keep you warm when your body cools down. Let’s explain few of these technologies to understand their functions. 

The first one is the X-Bionic Partial Kompression

Studies have indicated that 97% of the energy you spend during an exercise is consumed to keep your body at the right temperature - in many cases to keep it cold. It’s like the cooling system in your car when you push on the gas to get more power. The problem is you don’t have much energy left for the task. This technology allows your body to keep the right temperature and reserve more energy to perform the sport you like. Blood has better circulation as your performance increases. So this technology keeps your body cool when you are going down the slope and prevents overheating of the muscles.

The Symbionic system

Similar to many other outdoor clothing technology like Gortex, the Symbionic keep you dry by evacuating the moisture outside. The membranes situated in specific area evacuate the water produced by your sweat and keep the heat inside.  The heat evaporates the moisture and keeps you dry in the main part of your back and armpits in particular.  This eliminates the bad cold feeling in your back when you stop the exercise due to the accumulation of water in your clothes.

Iso-Shoulder Technology

Your shoulders are another area where you lose heat. The weight of your ski jacket doesn’t allow this part of your body to breathe because of the lack of space between. The Iso-Shoulder is made with a specific wavy material which allows it to get air space between your skin and the outside of your jacket. This allows the material to stay dry.  When you sit in the chairlift during a snow storm and your ski suit is wet and heavy this technology keeps your shoulders and upper back warm. That should enable you to squeeze in a few more runs in relative comfort.

The 3D–BionicSphere-System

It has similar function as the Symbionic system. This technology provides more space for the heat to exit and keep your body dry. When you ski, you don’t want to sweat too much because you will experience a wide range of body temperature.

The Energy Accumulator, long sleeved turtle neck shirt for men is one of their products. It is composed of Polypropylene in small proportion, this is a kind of waterproof material that keeps the warmth inside and the water outside.

Elastane gives you this easy way to move without feeling constricted or with a limited range of motion.

Mythlan is an extra light fiber which keeps moisture away from the heat of your body. This material doesn’t irritate the skin.

SkinNodor is a composite which avoids the accumulation of ions instead of eliminating it. It keeps you clean because you stay dry.

Sizing available for man in small/medium, Large/X-Large and XX-Large. In white, black or black and orange.

Sizing  available for woman in X-Small, Small/Medium, Large/X-Large. In white, black or black and orange.

Both models men and women get the same material and technologies. Each model is appropriate to fit the body heat lost and insure you keep dry.

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