Thermaltrex Pēke Moe nā Tony and Lisa Clark

Ko te hoahoa Thermaltrex Pēke Moe nā Tony and Lisa Clark he kaitoa whakahirahira o te 2025 A' Design Award Hiriwa i te Wāhanga Whakataetae Hoahoa Taputapu Puni me ngā Taputapu Waho.

HiriwaTaputapu Puni· 2025

Thermaltrex Pēke Moe

nā Tony and Lisa Clark

Kiritaki: Seasonfort

Kaitoa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa i te Wāhanga Taputapu Puni

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Ngā Tae

Te Hoahoa

Mō Thermaltrex Pēke Moe

He pēke moe ārai ahi a Thermaltrex i hangaia mō te noho puni me te whakamahi i waho. Kua hangaia te pēke moe mai i te kākahu huruhuru pōra 330gsm e ārai pūmau ana i te ahi, kāore he maimoatanga matū, he paninga rānei. Ka taea te horoi ā-mīhini te papanga, ka taea te hangarua, e mau tonu ana te tae, e ātete ana i te pūkohukohu, ā, ka whakamarumaru hoki i te rā. Ka taea te hono i ngā waeine e rua ki ngā tīraka huri-rua hei hanga i tētahi pēke moe takirua, ā, ka taea te whakatuwhera i te pito waewae kia mau ai te pēke i a koe e hīkoi ana. Ka rokiroki ki roto i tētahi pēke maroke e ono rita te rahi me ngā kakau e rua.

Te Whakamihi

Mō te A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Thermaltrex Pēke Moe te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Thermaltrex Pēke Moe he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Thermaltrex Pēke Moe he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

I Muri i te Hoahoa

Kete Pāpāho

Ngā whakamihi, ngā mema o te rōpū me ngā taipitopito hangarau i whakaratohia e te kaihoahoa.

Āhuatanga Motuhake: Our new Seasonfort Sleeping Bag is permanently Fire Retardant with no chemical treatments or coatings.

To do this we designed Thermaltrex, a warm 330gsm polar fleece machine washable recyclable fabric; which meets both the Faa 4 ply Airline Blanket and en71 2 Child Safety fire standards. Natural chemical safety allows it to pass the worlds toughest European chemical safety standard Reach, and is without formaldehyde or azoic dyes. It is colourfast, mildew resistant and offers upf50 sun protection.
Inenga & Pēketanga: 1kg rectangle sleeping bag is 190 x 79cm. Make a double size 190 x 159cm by zipping together 2 units. Silver reflective ropes to see in low light and pull Ykk reversible zips. Users can unzip the footend and walk around in warmth. Black nylon trim at head-end complements two woven labels, Seasonfort and ThermalTrex brands. Alongside is a green and blue ribbon denoting profits from sales assist Tony and Lisa Clark's homeless charity, Backpack Bed for Homeless. En13537 Sleeping Bag Celsius ratings, Extreme at 1C, Comfort at 15C. Stowed in multi-use 6L dry bag, one handle each end, digital logo print.
Tūtohu: sleeping bag, fire, safety, fire retardant, Seasonfort, camping, textiles
Hangarau Whakanao: Our not for profit social enterprise Seasonfort, founded by Tony & Lisa Clark, was created to help fund our life-saving Thermaltrex fire retardant polar fleece sleeping bags for homeless; 19,500 distributed to date.

To create our vision of safety - without any fire retardant chemicals - we made our new textile Thermaltrex to ensure every fibre was fire retardant, machine washable and recyclable.

Thermaltrex fabric is recyclable; shredded, de-polymerised, then repolymered again e.g. into PET plastic bottles or industrial plastic products.

In comparison to traditional polar fleece the cost difference is approximately 30 percent. A breakthrough for safety.
Wero Hoahoa: Tony Clark initially was searching for a low cost way to make fire retardant sleeping bags for homeless people sleeping on the street.

For safety the fabric should not use chemicals.
The fabric must self extinguish a 1 inch flame for 12 seconds.
It must not use price prohibitive yarns or fibres e.g. Kevlar.
The fabric must be affordable for mass market safety.
Rangahau: To reduce final production costs the material needed to be both synthetic and recyclable. This logically narrowed down the fibres and yarns that could be used. Next was to combine different materials and yarns at various ratios; which required a trial and error approach.

After each trial and error, materials would be tested in-house in various ways. Tests was grouped into 4 sets; fire, chemical, material and product. Upon success, all production would be tested at an independent lab test.
Whakaaweawe: Street sleeping homeless need a fire retardant sleeping bag that could be washed.

Fire kills and injures. All campsites and outdoor fires often spit fire.

Today, sleeping bags are made of a polyester, nylon shell; which can easily ignite, spread fast and melt on the skin.

Sleeping bags are rarely washed, any sleeping bag that claims to be washable is usually damaged while washing; filling is damaged, clumps, creating uneven warmth and cold spots.
Roanga o te Kaupapa: Product and fabric designer Tony Clark took 3 years to research, design and verify that Thermaltrex results could be repeated.

Thermaltrex polar fleece could not be made in Australia. Tony spent much time overseas. After much trial and error samples were made with various different textile mills; success finally happened.

Before independent test labs, major product testing occurred in Australia in-house lab.

With this knowledge, Tony could then apply theories into reality and final repeated success.
Rerenga Mahi: Users of the Seasonfort Fire Retardant Sleeping Bag enjoy multiple functions.

Two units can be joined together to make a double sleeping bag.

The Ykk reversible rail zips also allows users to open the foot end of the sleeping bag and walk around wherever they are; cozy and warm.

Instead of a typical drawstring stow bag, the Seasonfort Sleeping Bag is stored in a 6L dry bag with two handles. An additional functional dry bag is handy when camping. The sleeping bag does not need to be carefully rolled to be re-packed into the dry bag; instead it can be stuffed back in quickly without hassle.
Pātene: Seasonfort and Thermaltrex are registered word marks and trademarked in major jurisdictions globally.
Ngā Mema o te Rōpū: Textile designer of Thermaltrex: Tony Clark
Sleeping bag designers: Tony Clark and Lisa Clark
Dry bag designers: Tony Clark and Lisa Clark
Founders of not for profit social enterprise Seasonfort and Thermaltrex: Tony and Lisa Clark
Founder of homeless not for profit charity - Backpack Bed for Homeless: Tony Clark
Whakamana Whakaahua: Seasonfort video and photos in-house.