Solar Charged Jacket

Name: Solar Charged Jacket. Original edition
Brand: Vollebak GBP
SKU: JKT006GLOXSM
Price: 262.00 CAD
Availability: OutOfStock

Winner of TIME’s Best Inventions. Write on it. Draw on it. Run in it.

$875.00 $262.00 Out of stock

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Model is 6ft 2 / 188cm with a 38 inch / 96cm chest, and wears size Large. This original edition of the Solar Charged Jacket features a single back pocket and one-way front zipper.

Constructed with a phosphorescent membrane
Ultra-lightweight and packable weighing 230 grams
Stretchy and waterproof to 2,500mm

Named as one of TIME Magazine's Best Inventions and as Sports Gear of the Year by WIRED, the Solar Charged Jacket is made from a highly responsive material that can be instantly charged and made to glow in the dark by any light source you can find. Whether you’re writing on it with your iPhone torch, drawing on it with a flashlight, charging it up underneath a lightbulb, or wearing it out in the sunshine, as soon as you take it somewhere dark it glows like kryptonite.

And while this is the kind of tech that would normally only work in a lab, the Solar Charged Jacket performs amazingly out in the real world. With every detail laser cut and welded, it’s waterproof, stretchy and so soft and lightweight you can roll it up into your hand.

Technical Details

Constructed from a 3 layer stretch fabric

Weight 230g

Waterproof to 2,500mm

All seams are fully taped and waterproofed

Peaked hood with elasticated drawcord for adjustability

Adjustable drawcord at the waist

Articulated sleeve shape with extended underarm panelling

Welded eyelets under the arms for additional ventilation

Laser-cut bonded sleeve cuffs

Hand wash with cold water

Do not tumble dry or iron

Do not dry clean

Material made in Italy

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You can write on it with any light

To see just how responsive the jacket is to light, the simplest thing to do is go into a dark room and start writing on it using the torch on your phone against the surface of the fabric as if you were using a pen on paper. It will start glowing instantly and leave a trail of light. There is no time lag or warming up. The fabric reacts the moment light strikes it.

Or draw pictures on it

The fabric reacts so rapidly you can see the jacket’s tech at work anywhere, but the darker the room you’re in or the mountain you’re on, the brighter the glow will appear. Drawing on it with a flashlight or headtorch is one of the more fun things you can do. And we made it with lasers and welding so that every part of the jacket apart from the zip behaves like a light or a canvas.