Experts Call For The Introduction Of Outdoor Sportswear Standards

In June 18th, the China Consumers' Association released the comparative test results of 10 mainstream brand mountaineering suits (assault clothing) in China, and the quality of the mainstream brand mountaineering clothes tested were all good.

"When the per capita GDP of a region reaches US $7000, people's demand for outdoor sports will be significantly enhanced," said Wang Yongfeng, vice chairman of the China Mountaineering Association and the head of China mountaineering team.

Nowadays, the per capita GDP of big cities such as Beijing has reached US $10 thousand, which is also the reason why the outdoor consumer market has been gradually increasing in recent years.

It is understood that China's outdoor products have maintained a 40% growth rate.

In view of the large amount of outdoor clothing and daily life dual-use mountaineering clothes purchased by the vast number of consumers, the staff of the China Consumers Association purchased 10 mainstream brand clothing samples in Beijing sporting goods stores and other stores as an ordinary consumer, and commissioned the national fiber quality supervision and inspection center to carry out a comparative test.

According to Kong Liping, director of the national fiber quality inspection center, the comparative test is divided into 3 parts: basic safety performance, regular wear performance and functionality. The experiment involves 5 categories and 6 basic safety performance inspection items, namely, disable decomposable aromatic amine dyes, formaldehyde content, dry and dry rubbing fastness, water fastness, alkali resistance / acid perspiration fastness.

Tests show that mainstream brands are of good quality.

For example, the formaldehyde content of this test product is less than 75mg/kg, which meets the requirements of direct contact with skin type (B) products, and the formaldehyde content of most products is below 20mg/kg.

Due to the mandatory implementation of the national basic safety technical standard for textile products (GB18401-2003) for many years, the degree of attention paid to formaldehyde in products is high, and the technology is continuously improved, which results in formaldehyde exceeding the standard.

"At the same time, zippers are an important part of mountaineering clothes, and their quality directly affects their wearability."

Kong Liping said that the products of the 10 brands include nylon and injection two zippers, and two kinds of zipper strength assessment indicators.

The test results show that the zipper strength of the 10 brands meet the requirements of the relevant standards.

Besides, the lighter the outdoor sports equipment is, the better the outdoor sports.

Kong Liping introduced that the overall weight of mountaineering clothing is the sum of fabric and many accessories and accessories, but fabric weight is one of the main factors.

The products are mostly coated or laminated fabrics. If the product is light and has many functions (moisture permeability, windproof, waterproof), of course, it is the direction of fabric design.

The weight of the square meter reflects the weight of the fabric.

In comparison with the 10 products, it is obvious that some products are not only lighter in weight, but also have better performance in moisture permeability, waterproof and windbreak.

At the same time, the use of banned decomposable aromatic amine dyes did not appear in the test, and the color fastness of the products did not appear to be a problem.

The test results show that the basic safety performance of the 10 brand products tested by this comparative test is in line with the requirements of the relevant national standards. The regular wear performance of the products is also in line with the requirements of the product standards indicated. Most of the products are worthy of the name in terms of functional quality, but there are still some unsatisfactory problems in individual products.

Lack of information in product identification is also a problem found in this test.

The head of the China Consumer Association pointed out that there is no national standard for outdoor sportswear in China. Most of the products are standard products of ordinary clothing. There is a big gap in professional content. They can only draw lessons from other industry or departmental standards roughly, which is not conducive to the standardized development and quality improvement of outdoor sports products.

For this reason, the Chinese Consumers Association also suggests that the departments concerned should formulate national standards as soon as possible in order to make outdoor sportswear develop orderly and healthily.

Tips

The Chinese Consumers Association reminds consumers that there are different brands of mountaineering clothes with different brands to meet different needs of activities. Even if the same brand, because of the different fabrics, the price will vary a lot, and it can be chosen according to their actual needs and economic conditions.

Attention should be paid to the following details when choosing.

Because the mountaineering clothing must be completely waterproof, the hot spot should be used to prevent the water leakage from the needle hole, and carefully check whether the pressure bar in the clothes is smooth and bubbling.

Whether the hat can cover the wind and rain well and whether the activities after the head are free or not?

If used for climbing, snow climbing, and other activities, we should also take into account the activities after wearing helmets.

The way to tighten the cuffs of the cuffs is appropriate. This involves the activities of heavy gloves in the rain and snow.

If there is a wind proof skirt on the hem of the garment or at the waist, if there is no wind skirt, is there a rope to tighten the clothes and prevent the snow from pouring into the body from the lower part in the harsh environment.

Do you have a gas zipper under your armpit?

This design is not available for all mountaineering suits, but it is very useful for heavy exercise in harsh environments.