"Engineered from multi-directionally wrapped aerospace grade S-Glass composite materials..."
Welcome to 21st century camping.
This kind of left-field nomenclature has been going on for years. Several years ago I went out on a backpacking trip and took a gear catalog out with me to read (and burn) and wrote this in my trail journal---
GEAR WORDS
Here's some gear products for you gearheads out there. Maybe you can tell me what it all means:
** OutDry laminate and Velboa Raschel lining--both from the Hydra Glove by Mt Hardwear.
** Micro-Chamois lined chin--Mt Hardwear Phantom jacket.
** HyVent Alpha 2 layer laminate--North Face Honco jacket.
** Bantum ripstop shell, micro poplin lining--Marmot Zen jacket.
** Pertex Endurance waterproof/breathable laminate--Outdoor Research Virtuoso jacket.
** ALL THIS CRAP FROM A MOUNTAIN GEAR CATALOG--I READ IT ONCE AND THEN BURNED IT.
** Duo Cinch closure, Ventia shell, Primaloft One, MoonLite pile fleece insulation, Pittards Armortan palm--all from OR Alti mitt.
** Good God, y'all.
** Z-Rip shell--Mt Hardwear Subzero parka.
** Windstopper shell--NF Himalayan pants.
** Conduit SL laminate--Mt Hardwear Subzero jacket.
** Primaloft ECO synthetic insulation--OR Fraction Hoody.
** Eco Sensor ripstop shell--Mt Hardwear Nitrous Hooded jacket.
** Coreloft insulation, Polartec Power Stretch with Hardface Technology, Luminaria Stretch shell--all Arcteryx Atom LT hoody.
** Thermic Micro insulation, Nutshell Taslan panels--Mt Hardwear Compressor pants. Nutshell? Sounds like a testicle holder.
** Brushed Tricot collar--OR Transcendent sweater.
** Monkey Phur, Power Stretch cuffs--Mt Hardwear Monkey Man jacket. Good God, are we killing monkeys now?
** Polartec 300 series fleece--NF Denali jacket.
** R1 Polartec Power Dry, stretch material--Patagonia R1 full zip jacket.
** Windwall fabric, polyester fleece with bonded polyester mesh--NF Windwall 2 jacket.
** Polartec Thermal Pro--NF women's Scythe jacket. It'll cut you!
** Polartec Thermal Pro Cobble--Arcteryx Strato jacket.
** GoreTex Pro Shell with MicroGrip lining--Arcteryx Alpha SV jacket. It's the one I got for Christmas! The tiniest thing is now gripped!! Micro gripped!!
** WaterTight zippers, Schoeller Dynamic GNS reinforcements--Arcteryx Alpha SV bib.
** ThermaTek insulation--Arcteryx Fission SL jacket.
** Ambush edge guards, FTX stretch--Arcteryx Argon Ice pant. Protect your flanks!!
** Pontetorto Technostretch--Mt H Dome Ruinart.
** FTX light Pro Shell--Mt H Beryllium jacket. 100% radioactive.
** Dri-Clime lined chin guard--Marmot Troll Wall jacket. Protect your chin!
** Keprotec(kevlar)reinforcements--NF Mountain pant. Does keprotec induce vomiting?
** Sentinel Pro Shell--Mt H Caraballo jacket. Used only by professionals.
** Gore Tex SoftShell high loft and low loft--Arcteryx Scarab jacket. This thing will bundle up and roll around your own fecal matter!!
** Hy Vent TNF Apex soft shell--NF Magnus jacket.
** Tufstretch--Mt H Off Width jacket.
** Quartz softshell--Marmot Scree pant.
PLEASE GOD LET IT END
** Polartec Power Shield--Arcteryx Gamma MX jacket. Sounds radioactive but you've got the Power Shield!
** Cordura soft shell--OR Alibi jacket. Albino jacket?
** Apex Climate Block--NF Apex Bionic jacket. Cyborg approved.
** Apex Universal--NF Apex Big Wall pant. Big Wall pant? Or are you just happy to see me?
** Tectonic Welded construction--marmot Genesis jacket. Arc welded at 5,000 degrees F.
** Alchemy stretch softshell, Schoeller Nonosphere panels--Mt H Alchemy jacket.
** Synchro SBT/AXF shell--Mt H Sunchro jacket.
** Polartec Power Shield 02 light weight, Polyface--Arcteryx Zeta jacket. Many faced? Two faced? Duplicitious?
** H2No laminate--Patagonia Backcountry Guide pant.
** zWeld technology, Torch softshell--Mt H Dragon jacket. Sounds too hot, even damaging to the skin.
** Gore Tex Paclite--Arcteryx Alpha SL jacket.
** Conduit SILK laminate, Ark Rip and Ark stretch panels--Mt H Epic jacket.
** Precip ripstop--Marmot Precip jacket.
** Dry Touch finish--Marmot precip pant. Dry touch pants? Sounds slightly erotic.
** Miloria Jersey--Mt H Super Power tight.
** ENOUGH !!!!