BERING DOWN
Kanso is a Japanese term referring to essentialism in craft…and life.
Winter/25 Bering Down collection aligns with Beringia's core brand ethos of experiencing nature/outdoors in an unmediated and direct fashion. Stripped of extraneous design elements, the Bering Down insulation collection embodies pure functionality. The highest quality materials were chosen for lightweight thermal efficiency with minimal adornments.
The Bering Down Hoody and Vest are fine-tuned to be an ultra-lightweight cocoon for high-mountain insulation; with 850-fill ethically sourced Allied Down & Feather for warmth-to-weight efficiency and 15-denier OEKOTEX certified and PFAS free mini-rip stop shell.
- 850 fill - Allied Feather and Down - ethically sourced premium down.
- 15D – 100% recycled nylon, PFAS free, OEKO TEX, mini rip-stop shell.
- COHAESIVE cord locks on hood and hem (Hoody)
- Highly compressible and packable.
Essential to performance are two zippered hand packets placed high enough to avoid sagging and minimal enough to disappear when layered.
Bering Down Hoody sets the highest bar for technical cold weather performance.
DOWN & FILL POWER
The extreme warmth-to-weight ratio that can be achieved by down is due to the size of insulating air pockets created. This is referred to as loft, and measured as “Fill Power”.
Fill Power is simply a measurement of the volume created by a given amount of down — in most cases, measured in 30 grams per cubic inch.
The higher the fill power, the greater warmth to weight that material has. Down has an extremely linear warmth curve and can be used in many ways.
In theory, one could use half as much 1000 fill power down as one would need of 500 fill power to create a product of the same warmth but extreme compressibility. But there are also times where fabrics or designs might require a smaller down cluster to provide loft.
Different fill powers are achieved due to the size and strength of the individual cluster. Older and larger birds will produce larger and stronger down clusters and thus will attain a higher fill power.
