Titan Puffer
Constructed with NASA technology and tested in liquid nitrogen.
- Tested in liquid nitrogen at -100C
- Lined with space parachute material
- Comes with a magnetic front zipper
Titan is Saturn’s largest moon. And one day it could be our next home. It comes with an atmosphere 4x thicker than Earth’s, and it’s only the second body in our Solar System known to have liquid on its surface – we live on the other one. So just like the Moon and Mars it has potential.
However, Titan is cryogenically cold. With average surface temperatures of -179°C, it’s twice as cold as anything recorded on Earth. It also has methane monsoons and cryovolcanoes spewing out jets of freezing hydrocarbon rain. So don’t book your flight just yet. As we continue to build clothing for planet Earth and beyond, embracing the challenges of Titan forces us to push the technological boundaries of extreme cold weather clothing.
It’s why the Titan Puffer comes with magnetic zips and emergency pull cords for blizzards. The inside of the jacket is made from the same extreme-strength parachute material used to land a probe on Titan and the Perseverance Rover on Mars. And we’ve tested it down to -100°C in a liquid nitrogen chamber.
Technical Details
We test the Titan Puffer the way you test components in missiles. At -100°C in a liquid nitrogen chamber.
‘Earth’s twin’ is cryogenically cold
If you were to land on Titan tomorrow it has a geography you’d recognise, with clouds, lakes, rivers and mountains. It also has an atmosphere 4x as thick as Earth’s and a bit more surface pressure too. It’s why it’s known as ‘Earth’s twin.’ But in 2005 a NASA probe confirmed one more thing – Titan is cold. Cryogenically cold. So when we went to build a puffer jacket for the most extreme cold imaginable, and with the most space age materials ever made, Titan was where we started. And it's why the Titan Puffer uses tech more used to landing probes on planets than building jackets.
It spent 15 years in R&D
With missions costing billions of dollars you don’t want the parachute to be the thing that fails. So an incredible amount of R&D goes into them. In this case, the high-tenacity, heat-proof nylon took 15 years to develop. Spun at high speed before being washed, coloured and processed with a special finish to ensure rapid deployment, they are the lightest, strongest and most heat resistant parachute fabrics ever produced. They are baked at 275°F to kill any microorganisms that might contaminate other worlds, before travelling through space at temperatures well below freezing. And today you’ll find it lining the inside of the Titan Puffer.
The puffer is built with the deep space parachutes that landed the last Rover on Mars and the first probe on Titan.
Giant pull cords on the zips
The Titan Puffer comes with 5 giant custom pull cords. You’ll find them on the front zipper, on the two massive side vents on either side of the jacket, and also on the hood. Built from heavy polyester tape they’re designed to be grabbed easily without even looking, so you can operate them even if you’re caught in a blizzard here on Earth and can’t see.
The Titan Puffer comes with giant magnetic zips and emergency pull cords for blizzards.
Future-proof packaging
Every Titan Puffer comes in a Tyvek bag embossed with a silicon-stamped logo. The bag is made from a lightweight PU-coated Tyvek, a material developed in the late 1950s and used in personal protective equipment for its tear-poof, highly durable and chemical resistant properties. Able to withstand gamma irradiation and biological substances, it’s the same fabric worn by laboratory and cleanroom workers. The bag closes with a heavy-duty zip.
Size + Fit
The Titan Puffer is designed with a loose fit, with plenty of room for other layers underneath. If you prefer a closer fit, we recommend you go for the size down.
Size | XS | S | M | L | XL | XXL |
Fits chest | 83 - 90 | 91 - 98 | 99 - 106 | 107 - 114 | 115 - 122 | 123 - 130 |
Fits waist | 71 - 76 | 76 - 81 | 81 - 86 | 86 - 91 | 91 - 96 | 96 - 101 |
Size | XS | S | M | L | XL | XXL |
Fits chest | 33 - 36 | 36 - 39 | 39 - 42 | 42 - 45 | 45 - 48 | 48 - 51 |
Fits waist | 28 - 30 | 30 - 32 | 32 - 34 | 34 - 36 | 36 - 38 | 38 - 40 |