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.
HYPERDRY
The compound in the HyperDRY treatment works the same way as traditional DWR chemicals by building carbon-hydrogen chains on the down cluster to decrease the surface tension, which ultimately causes water to bead and roll off.
The difference is that the HyperDRY compound is completely PFC Free, meaning it is not flourinated. The flourination of previously used treatments is what gave those chemicals an extremely long half-life, making them almost impossible to break down and allowing them to wreak havoc on the waterways and ecosystem we rely on.
ALLIED worked closely with their chemical partners and were able to develop a hydrophobic treatment that could not only provide performance without fluorocarbons, but also allow us to process material more sustainably.
