Here at Cedar Ridge we have been working with UP Synthetic Insulation for awhile now. We get asked a lot about UP Synthetic’s moisture management characteristics and it’s ability to insulate when wetted through.
We’ve heard some chatter lately that there just isn’t any benefit of Synthetic Insulation over down and as much as we love our down quilts that’s just not true. We decided to do a series of comparison videos to highlight UP Synthetic’s advantages over down and over other current synthetics on the market.

First up is comparison of UP, Untreated 850FP Down, and Treated DownTek 850FP Down and their reactions to water and Loft after a 30 second water shake test.



From Dutchware:
UP is a performance-oriented technical insulation that is lightweight, compressible and completely water resistant. UP has maximum warmth and can be used in large baffles in places where consistent dampness and compression can potentially be damaging to down.
UP insulation feature a unique synthetic cluster built around the finest water resistant fibers of varying deniers and composition to mimic the natural down cluster better than any existing blowable synthetic on the market. By using deniers ranging in size – some smaller than one denier – the UP cluster is able to bind to each other better to provide more warmth and greater durability. Much like down, UP works by trapping air providing maximum insulation for a given weight.

~BigCRO