For many hikers, walkers, climbers and mountaineers, Polartec is a byword for warm, reliable insulation - particularly fleece. But as this video demonstrates, the truth is that Polartec do much, much more than that.
Join Trail magazine's gear editor Ben as he goes rummaging in his gear cupboard to discover that there's more Polartec fabric in there than you might have thought. Then take a close-up look a tone of the latest brands and products to make use of Polartec's range of fabrics by combining several technologies in one awesome piece of gear.
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