Mid Layer
Eliminate Sweat and Retain Warmth
Just as with ELEMENTAL LAYER® and Base Layer, the superior textile engineering of Finetrack® informed our Mid Layer,
which also pursues high-performance perspiration management.Your Finetrack® Mid Layer not only keeps you warm, but also prevents overheating and helps diffuse moisture even as you sweat heavily on long treks and climbs. You will surely feel the difference!
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What makes a comfortable Mid Layer for active outdoor pursuits?
Insulation alone cannot provide optimal comfort
Insulating garments such as fleece and interior down can overheat, while moisture can accumulate on the inside of the garment, causing stuffiness during your hike, snowshoe trek, or other outdoor activity.Sweat-soaked insulated clothing makes it difficult to maintain warmth.
A Mid Layer that keeps you warm while properly managing sweat keeps you dry and comfortable!
That's why it's essential for your mid-layer to not only keep you warm, but also to handle moisture from your exertion. The Finetrack® lineup of Mid Layers, carefully crafted for all seasons and situations, offers both warmth and superior perspiration management performance to keep you dry and comfortable on your outdoor adventures.
Diffusive residual moisture content
(from Finetrack® testing data)
(from Finetrack® testing data)
After 0.6ml of water was applied, the residual moisture weight was measured over time, with the time it took to drop below 10% as benchmark. Finetrack®'s Mid Layer series drops to 10% moisture content significantly faster than other Mid Layers with comparable warmth retention. In the wearer, this contributes to a dry feeling that lasts longer while reducing the chill that comes from moisture accumulation.
Moisture control test
(from Finetrack® testing data)
(from Finetrack® testing data)
Finetrack® researchers devised a method of artificially creating a resting state from a state of perspiration immediately after exercise, and measured humidity over time between a heating plate that mimics skin and the Mid Layer fabric. The initial humidity in the garment was adjusted to 53%, and the humidity regulation was graphed to reflect the transition from sweaty exertion to a resting state.Results demonstrated that the POLYGON 2UL Mid Layer rapidly declined from a high-humidity state to the initial in-clothing humidity baseline, approximately 30 minutes faster than a typical down jacket.
Mid Layer's perspiration diffusion mechanism
Efficiently converts moisture from sweat into vapor and expels it
Your Mid Layer, crafted with the superior fabric and materials technology of Finetrack®, readily converts perspiration moisture into vapor and rapidly expels it via our flexible layering system.
- Sweat permeates through ELEMENTAL LAYER®The superior water repellency of your ELEMENTAL LAYER® efficiently transmits perspiration away from the skin and prevents it from returning.
- Your Base Layer rapidly absorbs and diffuses moisture. The interaction of the foundational L1 and L2 creates a starting point for smooth perspiration processing.
- Your Mid Layer, as L3, further absorbs the moisture diffused via L1 and L2 and expels it outward, efficiently converting perspiration moisture from liquid to gas for evaporation.
Two scientific approaches to efficient sweat management
Finetrack® engineered Mid Layers that achieve smooth perspiration processing functionality through two approaches using our independently developed fabric structures and materials.
DRAUGHT® Series Mid Layer
Efficient sweat absorption and diffusion through capillary action
The DRAUGHT® structure, expertly engineered and developed by Finetrack®, consists of three perspiration-processing layers. The lining, "Sweat-absorption layer", which has an uneven texture, quickly absorbs perspiration at the contact points, passes it through the "Moisture-conductive layer", and the "Diffusion layer", the outer surface of the fabric leading to evaporation. The fabrics and materials work together as a synergistic trinity to handle perspiration efficiently while preventing the return of moisture, even when perspiration continues from ongoing exertion.
FINE POLYGON® Series Mid Layer
Amazingly dry material with our proprietary structure that leads to rapid evaporation from within the garment
FINEPOLYGON®, the world's first sheet-type three-dimensional insulation material, doesn't retain perspiration moisture absorbed by the lining and doesn't lose its loft when wet. In tandem with its excellent breathability, FINEPOLYGON® quickly expels sweat from the inside of the garment. It absorbs and diffuses liquid perspiration quickly, and then rapidly evaporates it, thus maintaining a dry and comfortable interior environment, even during exertion that tend to create heat and stuffiness.
Ventilation with Linkvent®
All series of mid-layers are equipped with Linkvent® to efficiently ventilate the inside of the wear while wearing the wear and adjust the heat and temperature.
Check Out the L3 series lineup!
Drought® Clo
Treat sweat quickly. For hard action in autumn and winter.
Polygon Act
For those who actively play in the snowy mountains! Excellent sweat management and heat retention for harsh winters.
Drought® Sensor
Perfect for spring to autumn with its long- lasting sweat processing ability and moderate heat retention.