Bought to use for night fishing instead of the bulk of a sleeping bag .
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Absolutely brilliant. A lightweight gilet with all the usual fabulousness you can expect from Buffalo.
The Double P System.
The Birth of a Revolution.
Buffalo was founded by Hamish Hamilton, a climber who wanted to create better kit without bulk and layers.
Being discontented with the sleeping bags and clothing he had been using in winter in the Scottish highlands, he became intrigued by how the indigenous people of the Arctic Circle kept warm, utilising animal hide with the fur on the inside.
By reversing the hide so that the tips of the fur were in contact with the skin, they found that moisture-laden air was able to circulate and escape through the porous hide. Even in heavy rain, and after vigorous exercise, their skin remained dry and safe from freezing as the fur’s properties ensured water was removed quickly from the garment.
This interested Hamish, as unlike other outdoor designers he was concerned with comfort from the inside rather than waterproofness from the outside.
This thinking sparked a new concept in outdoor clothing.
Hamish had already been working with pile fabrics and was impressed with their performance and durability, now he needed a really superior shell fabric.
There are many stories of how Hamish went on to design Pertex, a favourite is the one involving the typewriter ribbon; Hamish became interested in how the finely woven ribbon moved the ink across its fibres.
With this in mind he visited many textile factories before eventually arriving at Perseverance Mills in Padiham, Lancashire where Pertex was eventually developed and produced.
Hamish went on to create Buffalo in a small workshop in Sheffield and began manufacturing a sleeping bag system.
By adding layers, this system could be used all year round, from casual camping to Scottish winter conditions. Buffalo Sleeping bags were the very first sleeping bags to be made from Pertex, and combined with fibre pile they proved unbeatable for performance in wet and extreme conditions, and for durability; some of our original bags are still in regular use today.
The team Hamish gathered at Buffalo all had serious outdoor interests, from cycling, climbing, caving and walking to paragliding and cross country skiing. This led to the original patented concept of Pertex and Pile sleeping bags being developed for serious outdoor people.
The result was Buffalo originated the first single-layer clothing system, which we called the DP System.
DP stands for Double P - as in Pertex and Pile. The iconic Buffalo Mountain shirt won the Outdoor Writers Guild Golden Boot award in 1986.
Over the years the Buffalo team worked with outdoor professionals around the world to ensure their requirements were met and the clothing and sleeping bags were put to the most rigorous tests.
Through word of mouth, Buffalo Systems rapidly gained a reputation as designers and manufacturers of exceptionally effective, durable garments and to this day, have a loyal customer base who come back to us time after time.
How the Double P System works:
Pertex® + Pile. Nothing else needed.
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Men's Special 6 Shirt
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