You looked deeper
So do we.
Inside this garment is a dimpora® membrane: a layer just microns thin that keeps rain out, lets heat escape, and changes how technical protection feels.
Not bad for something you’ll never see.
same dry. different nature.
Staying dry was always the job. What changed is how we get there.
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Under the microscope, it gets even more interesting.
01Performance levels
You’re probably here for the numbers. Fair.
- Waterproofness up to 20,000 mm (JIS L 1092).
- Breathability up to 5,500 g/m²/24h. (JIS 1099 A1)
Numbers help. They just don’t tell the whole story. Different standards measure differently and the same membrane can score very differently depending on the setup. Real performance starts where lab conditions end.
Want to understand what those numbers actually mean? We wrote about it.
02How we got here
For decades, the waterproof layer inside outdoor gear has been made with PFAS and solvents, toxic chemicals that don’t break down, that accumulate in water, in soil, in living things. Gear made for people who love nature, built with chemistry that harms it.
That contradiction bothered us enough to do something about it.
After years of research we built a completely different process. One that creates waterproof breathable membranes without PFAS, without solvents, and with possibilities that simply didn’t exist before. We call it CoreLayer™.
The high-performance membrane in your garment is the result.
03About this garment
The membrane inside this garment is dimpora® BIO
Over 60% bio-based
Made from castor oil. A renewable crop that doesn’t compete with food production or drive deforestation. The remaining synthetic part is there by design, it’s what makes it perform.
We’re working on pushing it further. But not at the cost of the performance you bought this garment for.
Still no forever chemicals. That was always the starting point.
We’ll tell you exactly where we are, including the parts we’re still working on, because we think you deserve that more than a clean story.
04Our technology is built to evolve, literally
CoreLayer™ platform technology wasn’t built to make just one type of membrane.
It was built to keep making better ones, different attributes, different materials, different possibilities.
dimpora® BIO is where it starts. It won’t be where it ends.
05The people behind this
We’re a team of engineers, scientists, and materials specialists based in Zurich. We wear the gear we help make. And we take membranes dead seriously, probably more than is entirely healthy.
Performance levels
You’re probably here for the numbers. Fair.
- Waterproofness up to 20,000 mm (JIS L 1092).
- Breathability up to 5,500 g/m²/24h. (JIS 1099 A1)
Numbers help. They just don’t tell the whole story. Different standards measure differently and the same membrane can score very differently depending on the setup. Real performance starts where lab conditions end.
Want to understand what those numbers actually mean? We wrote about it.
How we got here
For decades, the waterproof layer inside outdoor gear has been made with PFAS and solvents, toxic chemicals that don’t break down, that accumulate in water, in soil, in living things. Gear made for people who love nature, built with chemistry that harms it.
That contradiction bothered us enough to do something about it.
After years of research we built a completely different process. One that creates waterproof breathable membranes without PFAS, without solvents, and with possibilities that simply didn’t exist before. We call it CoreLayer™.
The high-performance membrane in your garment is the result.
About this garment
The membrane inside this garment is dimpora® BIO
Over 60% bio-based
Made from castor oil. A renewable crop that doesn’t compete with food production or drive deforestation. The remaining synthetic part is there by design, it’s what makes it perform.
We’re working on pushing it further. But not at the cost of the performance you bought this garment for.
Still no forever chemicals. That was always the starting point.
We’ll tell you exactly where we are, including the parts we’re still working on, because we think you deserve that more than a clean story.
Our technology is built to evolve, literally
CoreLayer™ platform technology wasn’t built to make just one type of membrane.
It was built to keep making better ones, different attributes, different materials, different possibilities.
dimpora® BIO is where it starts. It won’t be where it ends.
The people behind this
We’re a team of engineers, scientists, and materials specialists based in Zurich. We wear the gear we help make. And we take membranes dead seriously, probably more than is entirely healthy.
We didn’t reinvent rain. Just the layer that deals with it.