Izinto ezisetshenziswa ukwenza izindwangu zehembe zingathinta ulwazi lomuntu ogqokile.

I-Flume Base Layer iyihembe lethu elihle kakhulu lokuhamba ngezinyawo ngoba isebenzisa imicu yemvelo ngaphandle kokuphazamisa ukuqina noma ukusebenza kahle. Inezici zokususa umswakama wemvelo, ukususa iphunga, ukulawula izinga lokushisa kanye nenduduzo enkulu.
Ihembe le-Patagonia Long Sleeve Capilene liyihembe elilula futhi eliqinile lokuhamba ngezinyawo ngentengo engabizi.
Sikhethe ihembe likaFjallraven Bergtagen Thinwool njengehembe elifanele kakhulu abesifazane lokuhamba ngezinyawo ngoba ukwakheka kwalo okuqinile nokuthambile kwenzelwe ukulingana nemizimba yabesifazane.
Amahembe amahle kakhulu okuhamba ngezinyawo ayakhululekile, alula, ayaphefumula futhi awamunci umswakama. Ufuna into engagqokwa izinsuku ezimbalwa ngesikhathi, okulula ukuyibeka, futhi eguquguqukayo ngokwanele ukuze ikusize udlule ezinkathini ezahlukene zokuhamba ngezinyawo.
Kunezinhlobonhlobo zezingubo zokuhamba ngezinyawo, eziningi zazo ezinezimfanelo ezikhethekile ezingazisiza zivelele.
Cishe noma yiliphi ihembe lingagqokwa uma uhamba ngezinyawo, njengoba nje ungagqoka noma yiliphi ihembe uma uya ejimini noma uma uya kogijima. Lokhu akusho ukuthi wonke azokwenza ukuhlinzwa okufanayo. Amahembe amahle kakhulu okuhamba ngezinyawo aklanyelwe imisebenzi enzima njengokuhamba ngesikhwama, ukukhwela izintaba neminye imisebenzi yangaphandle.
Nakuba sizogxila kwamanye amahembe amahle kakhulu okuhamba ngezinyawo ngo-2021, sizophinde sichaze izinyathelo zokuphepha zamahembe okuhamba ngezinyawo kanye nendlela yokukhetha ihembe elifanela wena nezidingo zakho.
Njenganoma yiliphi ihembe, kunezitayela eziningana ezahlukene zemidlalo yokukhuphuka izintaba. Izitayela zehembe lokuhamba izintaba ezivame kakhulu zifaka:
Ngayinye yalezi zitayela ingaba nezinye izici, njengokuvikelwa kwe-UV noma ukuphefumula okwengeziwe. Isimo sezulu, uhlobo lokuhamba ngezinyawo, kanye nezinto ozikhethayo kuzothinta isitayela osikhethayo.
Izinto ezisetshenziswa ukwenza izindwangu zehembe zingathinta ulwazi lomuntu ogqokile. Izinto ezivame kakhulu zehembe lokuhamba ngezinyawo zifaka:
Okwamanje azikho izinto zokwakha izintaba ezisekelwe ezitshalweni ongakhetha kuzo. Ezinye, njengeTencel, zingafinyelela izinga lokusebenza kwemicu yokwenziwa, kodwa azisetshenziswa kabanzi ezindwangu zangaphandle.
Ngenxa yokuqina kwayo nokumelana nomswakama, imicu yokwenziwa ivame ukuba yinto esetshenziswa kakhulu kumahembe okuhamba ngezinyawo. Uboya be-Merino buyi-fiber yemvelo esezingeni eliphezulu futhi enemiphumela yokulwa namagciwane.
Izinto zokuxuba zivame ukusekelwe ekuhlanganisweni, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi zingase zihlanganise ukotini noma i-hemp. Izinhlanganisela eziqukethe izinto ezifana ne-nylon noma i-spandex zizofanelana futhi ziguquguquke kakhulu kune-polyester. Khumbula ukuthi zonke izinto zokwenziwa zizobhekana nobunzima mayelana nokuphefumula ngezinga elithile, futhi ngeke zilawule iphunga elifana nezinto zemvelo ezilwa namagciwane.
Indlela ihembe elenziwe ngayo kanye nezinto ezisetshenziswayo kuzothinta ukuqina. Uma ufuna ihembe elihle kakhulu lokuhamba ngezinyawo, udinga ihembe eliqinile futhi elihlala isikhathi eside ngokwanele ukumelana nokusetshenziswa okusebenzayo kanye nezinto zangaphandle. Ukuzizwa kwendwangu kungakunikeza ukuqonda okuthile ngokuqina, kodwa lokhu akuyona njalo indlela ethile yokuchaza ukuqina komkhiqizo. Buka ukubuyekezwa kwamakhasimende okuqinisekisiwe, izinqubomgomo zokulungisa izinkampani, kanye nezinto ezisetshenziselwa ukwenza amahembe. Njengoba ugqoke leli hembe lokusetshenziswa kwangaphandle nokusebenzayo, kufanele futhi libe ihembe elihlala isikhathi eside elingagezwa njalo ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ubuqotho balo.
Uma usebenzisa ihembe ukugibela izikhwama noma ngisho nokuhamba usuku lonke, uzophatha isikhwama sokuhamba ngezinyawo. Ukuhamba ngezinyawo kuwumsebenzi wezemidlalo odinga amandla, futhi ufuna ukukhululeka ngangokunokwenzeka ngenkathi uhamba ngezinyawo.
Okokuqala, izinto ezisetshenziswayo zehembe ziyasiza ekuthuthukiseni induduzo. Ufuna indwangu engaxubile. Yingakho ukotini unganconywa ukuhamba ngezinyawo. Umunca umswakama futhi kuthatha isikhathi eside ukoma. Ukuguquguquka nokulingana kwehembe nakho kuyasiza ekuthuthukiseni induduzo. Indlela imithungo ethungwa ngayo kanye nendawo yemithungo nakho kubalulekile, ikakhulukazi ekuthwaleni isikhwama. Hlola indawo yesikhwama semali maqondana nomthungo wehembe ukuze ugweme ukuhlikihla ihembe noma ukungena ngokujulile esikhumbeni sakho. Amahembe anemithungo eyisicaba afaneleka ngoba awahlangani, ngakho akukho ukungalingani noma ukushintshashintsha kobubanzi bendwangu endaweni yomthungo. Lokhu kuvimbela ukukhuhla.
Ukulingana kwehembe ngokuyinhloko kuncike kulokho okuthandwa nguwe. Uma unehembe elifanela kahle, lingasebenza njengesendlalelo esiyisisekelo futhi lizohambisana nomzimba wakho. Khona-ke, amahembe akhululekile afaneleka kakhulu ekuphefumuleni.
Into yokugcina okufanele uyicabangele lapho ukhetha ihembe lokuhamba ngezinyawo elifanele wena yizinga lokuvikelwa olidingayo. Udinga ihembe elinokuvikelwa kwe-UV? Udinga ihembe elinemikhono emide elilula kodwa elikuvikela ezilokazaneni? Sinjani isimo sezulu? Ingabe ngidinga ukuletha izendlalelo eziningi? Izinga lokuvikelwa olidingayo lincike kakhulu ekutheni uhamba kuphi futhi nini.
I-Flume Base Layer iyisinqumo sethu sehembe lokuhamba elihamba phambili ngoba isebenzisa imicu yemvelo ngaphandle kokuphazamisa ukuqina noma ukusebenza kwayo. Inezici zokususa umswakama wemvelo, ukususa iphunga, ukulawula izinga lokushisa kanye nenduduzo enkulu.
Imikhiqizo ye-Burgeon Outdoor yenziwa ngaphakathi eLincoln, eNew Hampshire, kusetshenziswa indlela yokuzinza ephelele. Lokhu kusho ukuthi batshala imali emiphakathini yabo, emikhiqizweni kanye nasendaweni ezungezile.
Nakuba imikhiqizo yabo isendaweni ehamba phambili ngokwekhwalithi nokusebenza ezintabeni, i-Flume Base Layer yabo ivelele. Yenziwe nge-Tencel fiber ethambile nephefumulayo yemvelo. Nakuba iyihembe elinemikhono emide, iyingqimba yokuqala efanelekile yentwasahlobo, ihlobo, ikwindla kanye nobusika.
Izinto zemvelo ezisusa umswakama ziqinisekisa ukuthi ihembe lakho alinaphunga ngisho noma uhamba ibanga elide futhi lihlala lomile lapho uhamba ngezinyawo. Ngaphezu kwendwangu ngokwayo, umklamo ufanelekile kakhulu kwezemidlalo njengokuhamba ngezinyawo nokugijima emzileni. Ingemuva lehembe linwetshiwe kancane ukuvimbela ihembe ukuthi lingaveli phezulu, futhi iluphu yesithupha ingathuthukisa ukumbozwa kwesandla.
Umthungo oyisicaba awudingi ukukhathazeka ngokuklwebheka, futhi ukuguquguquka kwendwangu kuvumela inkululeko yokunyakaza kanye nokulingana okufanele. Kunemiklamo emibili, eyodwa iyintamo eyindilinga kanti enye iyi-¼ zip, etholakala ngobukhulu babesilisa nabesifazane.
I-Burgeon Outdoor Flume Base Layer iyihembe elihle kakhulu lokuhamba ngezinyawo kuzo zonke izinkathi zonyaka, futhi maduze lizoba yihembe lakho langaphandle olithandayo. I-Burgeon iphinde inikeze izinsizakalo zokunakekela impilo yonke.
Ihembe le-Patagonia Long Sleeve Capilene liyihembe elilula nelihlala isikhathi eside lokuhamba ngezinyawo ngentengo engabizi. Ngenkathi usebenzisa izinto ezisetshenziswe kabusha, ungathola izinzuzo zezindwangu ze-polyester zokwenziwa.
Idizayini yeCapilene ingenye yamahembe obuchwepheshe aguquguqukayo kakhulu ePatagonia. Nakuba ihembe labo linesilinganiso esihle kakhulu se-UPF, leli hembe labuyiselwa ngokuzithandela ngo-2021 ngenxa yephutha lelebula. Kodwa-ke, ukusebenza kwehembe ngokwalo kuseyi-UPF 50.
Luyinto eyomisa ngokushesha eyenziwe nge-polyester ephinde yasetshenziswa engu-64% ngesizini ka-2021. Kwezinye izinkathi, lwenziwa ngezinto eziphinde zasetshenziswa ezingu-50-100%. Ukuqina kanye nokwakheka komthungo kwehembe kukuvumela ukuthi ulisebenzise ngokunethezeka lapho uhamba ngezinyawo unesikhwama semali noma ungenaso.
Indwangu yehembe isebenzisa i-HeiQ® Pure odor control kanye nezindwangu ezilwa namagciwane ukuvimbela ihembe ukuthi lingagcini iphunga. Lo mklamo wehembe okhethekile wenzelwe amadoda futhi ukhululekile.
Ihembe le-Smartwool Merino wool liyindwangu eguquguqukayo, ikakhulukazi njengengqimba yokuqala yekhabethe lakho lokuhamba ngezinyawo. Likhululekile ukuligqoka ezinyangeni ezifudumele futhi i-fiber yemvelo ihlala isikhathi eside.
I-Smartwool yenza amanye amahembe okuhamba ngezinyawo kanye namahembe ayisisekelo amahle kakhulu ongawathola emakethe, kanti i-Merino 150 T-shirt ingenye yawo. Inhlanganisela yoboya be-merino ne-nylon inokuqina okuphezulu kunoboya bodwa, kodwa isalula futhi ikhululekile ukuyigqoka eduze komzimba.
Njengeningi lamalambu okukhuphuka izintaba ohlwini lwethu, i-Smartwool Merino 150 isebenzisa ukuthunga okuyisicaba ukuze ithuthukise induduzo yomgqoki, ikakhulukazi lapho ephethe isikhwama semali. Leli ihembe elilula ngokwanele futhi elomile ngokushesha ngokwanele ukuba libe yihembe lakho kuphela ezinsukwini ezishisayo noma njengesendlalelo esiyisisekelo ezinsukwini ezibandayo.
Baphinde bakhiqiza i-T-shirt ye-Merino 150 yabesifazane, kodwa sayikhetha njengehembe elihle kakhulu lokuhamba ngezinyawo labesilisa ngenxa yobukhulu bayo kanye nokulingana kwayo iyonke. Uma uthanda imikhiqizo ye-Merino kodwa ufuna ihembe eliqinile nelihlala isikhathi eside, khona-ke i-Smartwool 150 iyisinqumo esihle.
Sikhethe ihembe likaFjallraven Bergtagen Thinwool njengehembe elifanele kakhulu abesifazane lokuhamba ngezinyawo ngoba ukwakheka kwalo okuqinile nokuthambile kwenzelwe ukulingana nemizimba yabesifazane. Lifudumele uma kubanda, futhi lipholile uma kushisa. Lena inhlanganisela ephelele yamahembe okuhamba ngezinyawo.
Ihembe lokuhamba ngezinyawo i-Fjallraven Bergtagen Thinwool LS W lilungele abantu abathanda imidlalo eminingi yezintaba. Kusukela ekukhuphukeni izintaba, ukuhamba nge-backpack kuya ekushibilikeni, leli hembe lilungele umsebenzi. Liyinto elula efanelekile ukusetshenziswa ehlobo, ikakhulukazi ngoba linguboya obungu-100%, obungaphola ngokwemvelo futhi buqondise umswakama kude nesikhumba. Ngale ndlela, ukugqoka imikhono emide ngeke kushise kakhulu, kodwa imikhono izokwandisa ukuvikelwa kwelanga kanye nokumelana nezinambuzane.
Ilungele futhi ukugqokwa uma kubanda ngoba ingalawula kahle izinga lokushisa lomzimba futhi isengagqunywa uma imanzi. Ukuguquguquka kwaleli hembe kwenza kube ukukhetha kokuqala kwamabhantshi okuhamba ngezinyawo, ikakhulukazi lapho ukhetha ihembe elenziwe ngemicu yemvelo.
I-Bergtagen Thinwool yaklanywa ngezindwangu ezinhle kakhulu ze-merino ukuze yenze ihembe libe lula, liqine, likhululeke futhi liguquguquke. Umklamo omncane wenza kube lula ukugoqa nokugqokwa futhi uvimbela imikhono ukuthi ingahlangani ngaphansi kwejazi noma elinye ihembe elinemikhono emide.
Nakuba wonke amahembe okuhamba ngezinyawo ohlwini angasetshenziswa ekuthwaleni izikhwama, sikhethe iVaude Rosemoor njengehembe lethu elihle kakhulu lesikhwama ngenxa yokuguquguquka kwalo, ukuguquguquka kwalo, ukulawulwa kokushisa kwemvelo kanye nokukhiqizwa okunobungani nemvelo.
I-Vaude uhlobo lwezingubo zangaphandle oluzinikele ekukhiqizeni okusimeme. Ihembe le-Vaude Rosemoor Longsleeve alisebenzisi nje kuphela imicu yemvelo, kodwa futhi liyindwangu eqinile, esezingeni eliphezulu futhi esindisa izinsiza engeke ilahle amapulasitiki amancane ngesikhathi sokuwasha (ngoba akukho pulasitiki kuleli hembe).
I-fiber yokhuni yemvelo izwakala ithambile njengesilika esikhumbeni sakho, kuyilapho i-fiber ye-cellulose ehlukile inomphumela wemvelo wokulawula umswakama, ikugcina upholile futhi ukhululekile lapho uhamba ngezinyawo. Iyinto eguquguqukayo nekhululekile engahamba ngokukhululeka ngokuphelele futhi ikhululekile ngokwanele ukugcina umoya ukhululekile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngeke yome ubusuku bonke etendeni lakho lesikhwama.
I-Vaude ikhiqiza imikhiqizo esezingeni eliphezulu, futhi imikhono yabo emide ye-Rosemoor ingenye yamahembe e-backpack amahle kakhulu futhi aguquguqukayo kakhulu.
Ngemva kokuhamba izinkulungwane zamakhilomitha nokuchitha ubusuku obuningi ngaphandle, into eyodwa engiyifundile ukuthi udinga ihembe lokuhamba ngezinyawo elithembekile. Ihembe lokuhamba ngezinyawo olikhethayo kudingeka lihlale izinsuku eziningana endleleni. Ikakhulukazi uma ufana nami futhi uletha ungqimba olulodwa kuphela esikhwameni sakho.
Njengomuntu othanda izinto zokwenziwa, ngaqala ukuqonda ukuthi izinto eziningi zemvelo zifanelekile ngokulinganayo, zingcono kakhulu kunezindwangu ezifana ne-polyester ne-nylon. Yebo, izinto zokwenziwa zinezinzuzo eziningi ezimangalisayo, kodwa ngokuvamile akulula ukuzigcina zingenaphunga, futhi azinabo ubungane nemvelo.
Eminye yemikhiqizo evela ohlwini ingase ikumangaze, kodwa lokho kungenxa yokuthi ngikhethe imikhiqizo esezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu futhi ehlala isikhathi eside emakethe. Izinto eziyinhloko engizicabangelayo zifaka:
Ngicabangele nezinye izici, njengokuqinisekisa ukuthi le nto inamandla okulwa namagciwane, i-deodorant kanye nezinga lokuvikela (izingalo, i-UPF, njll.) lapho ngikhetha.
Imithombo eminingi izothi i-polyester noma ezinye izintambo zokwenziwa zingcono kakhulu zokuhamba ngezinyawo. Nakuba lezi zingasebenza kahle, uma nje indwangu oyigqokile ingaphefumula, ilungiseka ekushiseni, ilwa namagciwane, futhi ingakhipha umswakama esikhumbeni sakho, lokho kuyindlela engcono kakhulu yendwangu.
Ukotini ungagcina umswakama futhi awukwazi ukuvikela uma umanzi, ngakho-ke kuyingozi kwezinye izimo ngoba kuthatha isikhathi eside ukoma.
Ihembe le-Dri Fit lingasetshenziswa uma uhamba ngezinyawo, futhi lisebenza kahle kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ehlobo elishisayo. Linomsebenzi wokususa umswakama, okubaluleke kakhulu kumahembe ohamba ngezinyawo, futhi linesisindo esincane.
Ihembe elihle kakhulu lokuhamba ngezinyawo lincike kakhulu esimweni sezulu ohamba kuso, ukuthi uhlela ukulisebenzisa kangaki, kanye nezinga lenduduzo oyifunayo. Uma uthenga izingubo eziqondene nokuzilibazisa ngaphandle, ukuqina, induduzo kanye nokuvikelwa kufanele kube yinto eza kuqala. Ingxenye yokuqina kufanele futhi kube ukulungiswa kwehembe ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uthola inzuzo enkulu emkhiqizweni owuthengayo.
Wonke umdobi udinga ama-plier ngezinjongo ezahlukahlukene, kodwa ukunquma ukuthi yimaphi ama-plier okufanele awathenge akuyona inkinga efanela wonke umuntu.
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