What is a Ventile jacket?

Ventile® is the world’s most effective, natural, all-weather cotton textile. It is a fabric made from extra-long staple cotton yarn that is only grown by 2% of the world’s cotton farmers. Ventile® was created to save the lives of Air Force personnel flying over the Atlantic in wartime England.

Is Ventile really waterproof?

As the story goes, Ventile works by the cotton fibres swelling up and making it waterproof. This means the fabric gets wet, and when wet no more water will pass through.

Is Ventile fabric waterproof?

Ventile L24 is a light weight, windproof, breathable waterproof cotton fabric ideal for outerwear garments. These twisted yarns are being woven in such a tight manner that the finished fabric withstands harsh weather conditions (rain showers and strong winds.

How good is Ventile?

Ventile’s chief attributes are its soft hand, windproof quality, and high breathability. It works great in cool-to-cold, dry conditions. It’s also fine when it’s cold and snowy out. Anyway, in the U.S., Gore-Tex pretty much killed off Ventile, even though Gore-Tex is more expensive, less durable, and less breathable.

Is Ventile breathable?

Ventile® is a completely natural fabric made from cotton. It is durable, highly breathable and quiet which makes it perfect for hunting, nature watching, bushcraft, nature photography and cold weather sports.

Does Ventile need Reproofing?

In time your Hilltrek® Ventile® garment may eventually require to be reproofed. There is a careful balance between keeping your Ventile® garment clean and over washing. Washing a Ventile® garment often will result in the garment discolouring faster and the water repellency will have to be restored.

What is cotton Ventile?

Ventile® is a completely natural fabric made from cotton. Ventile® fabrics are 100% cotton, utilising the finest, long staple fibres, only found in the top 2% of the world’s crop. After gentle spinning and doubling, the yarn is woven into a very dense weave, using up to 30% more yarn than conventional woven fabrics.

Is Ventile machine washable?

Ventile fabric is built to last but it’s important to wash and care for your fabric to ensure you achieve maximum durability whilst maintaining high performance and greatly improving its longevity. Machine wash one item at a time in warm water on a gentle cycle using pure liquid soap.

Can Ventile be dyed?

Due to the incredibly dense structure of the fabric, Ventile® is pre-treated and dyed using a specifically developed process to ensure the best possible dye penetration, whilst avoiding creases, stains, stripes and shading which would affect the end product.

Can you dye Ventile?

What is a Ventile fabric?

Is Double Ventile waterproof?

Fully waterproof. Athletic fit. Organic. A double-layered Ventile® jacket in Organic Ventile with multiple pockets and temperature control features – perfect for winter activities.