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Jimmy Golding & Boost Racing Keep their Cool at GC600
After an amazing effort at Bathurst 2 weeks ago, V8 supercar driver Jimmy Golding is hoping to follow up with a win at the GC600 with Boost Mobile Racing Team.
With temperatures set for the high 20's.Jimmy will be keeping his cool over the weekend wearing his TechNiche ANZ Kewlfit Performance Enhancing Cooling Vest and Kewlneck - which will be a cool 14 degrees!!!
Best wishes for a great weekend of racing!!!
Aerochill Horse Cooling Rug and Boots - BETA 2018 Award Winners
New: The Aerochill Rug: Evaporative Cooling for horses to aid recovery time and maximise performance.
- Designed to aid in cooling the horse and helping muscle recovery.
- Helps in alleviating heat exhaustion.
- Excellent to use pre-competition to keep your horse cool to help gain maximum performance.
- Aerochill is a super absorbent polymer fibre fabric which works by latent evaporation pulling heat from the horse and evaporating off the outside of the rug and improving blood circulation.
- Great to use when travelling horses in hot conditions.
- Easy to use, simply pour water over the rug and put straight on the horse. For the rug to keep working it must be kept wet.
- Front buckle, belly strap and fillet string to secure.
- Comes in its own Aerochill cool bag.
- 2 sizes: S/M to fit rug size 5ft9-6ft3. Large to fit approx size 6ft6 - 6ft9.
Winner of BETA Innovation Award 2018
HORSECARE EQUIPMENT & CLOTHING
Winner: Treehouse | Product: AeroChill cooling rug
Before and After:The Thermographic image showing Aerochill rug working on the right after 25 mins indicating the yellow cool areas.
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The rug is designed to aid in cooling a horse, alleviating heat exhaustion and helping muscle recovery. It is made of a super-absorbent polymer fibre fabric that pulls heat from the horse and improves blood circulation.
Judges’ comments: “The science behind this product is admirable. It is very good quality, realistically priced, useful in all disciplines and comes in fantastic packaging.”
Highly Commended: Horseware Products | Product: Amigo Hero ACY Plus with air-conditioned yarn
This 900-denier fabric is air-blown, resulting in a tighter weave using less yarn and offering an incredibly durable, breathable and lightweight product.
Judges’ comments: “This is a great advancement in fabric technology, increasing horse comfort and satisfying consumer needs.”
Testimonial from Endurance Rider - Victoria Smith,
Victoria Smith, has competed in endurance for over 16 years and rides at Advanced level. She is also Chair of the Heart of England Group of Endurance GB.
Rug results: Tested on an 18 year old Haflinger mare at the Red Dragon ride over the Black Mountains in mid Wales. Competed on 3 consecutive days totalling 126km (42k Friday, 48k Saturday, 36k Sunday) October 2017.
Day1: The Control: The first day I didn’t use the rug, walked for the final mile - final heart rate (after 30 mins) 56 bpm (needs to be under 64 to pass but lower HR goes towards the criteria for obtaining a higher grade and therefore points for the ride).
Day2:, The mare walked/trotted final mile – final heart rate (after 30 mins) 48 bpm - HR was 70bpm 20 minutes after finishing – we walked with the rug on for the final 10 mins
Day3: (tired horse), trotted final mile - final heart rate (after 30 mins) 54 bpm - HR was 86bpm 20 minutes after finishing – we walked with the rug on for the final 10 mins
Over the 6 rides I have completed on Gizmo this year her final HR has never been below 55bpm.
Article from The British Grooms Association Magazine August 2018
The Aerochill rug and boots are designed to aid in cooling a horse, alleviating heat exhaustion and helping muscle recovery. They are made of a superabsorbent polymer fibre fabric that pulls heat from the horse and improves blood circulation. Because the rug and boots decrease recovery time this can help to maximise performance. AeroChill Cooling Boots provided 5/8˚C reduction in thermal skin temperature over 10 minutes, while the AeroChill Cooling Rug provided 12/14˚C reduction in thermal skin temperature over 10 minutes. The attached thermographic shows spot 1 after wearing the cooling boot for 10 minutes 21.5˚C. Spot 2 shows the area of the leg that did not have AeroChill cooling boots - this is reading at 30.3˚C. In summary the results have concluded that both cooling solutions left a cooling thermal skin temperature when removed.
Directions for use:
Activation: The rugs need 2 elements to work; water and airflow. For first time of use wet in a large bucket of water for 10-15 minutes, but after this for future uses put in a large bucket for 2 - 5 minutes. (Our customers tip is that they have been putting water into the cool bag it is supplied with and this works well]. Squeeze the water out so they are wet but not dripping and put on the horse by securing the straps and fillet string.
Apply: Straight after competition or exercise, put the rug on and then walk the horse off either in hand, or on a horse walker or grazing in hand. Leave on for approx 25-35 minutes and then return to your normal regime. Or reapply the rug by simply reactivating it by getting it wet again.
Recovery:The rug accelerate the recovery of the back muscles and vital organs such as lowering the heart rate by taking the heat out of the muscles.
Canberra Raiders NRL Testimonial
Great Testimonial from Canberra Raiders NRL Head of Physical Performance - Nigel Ashley-Jones!
Australian Cricketers Using Techniche Cooling Vests and Cool Towels to Reduce Heat Stress and Fatigue
— Australian Mens Cricket Team
TechNiche ANZ have been supplying the Australian Mens Cricket Team with Cooling Vests and Towels for quite some time now. They were certainly needed in the recent tour of Bangladesh. The extreme heat and humidity in Chittagong had a serious effect on a number of the players, including Peter Handscomb.
The TechNiche Cool Towel Pro's provided a great cooling effect around the head and neck and assisted Peter to reduce the effects of heat stress and continue to play for the remainder of the session.
Queensland Police POLAIR Helicopter Crews wearing TechNiche Elite Hybrid Cooling Vests
TechNiche ANZ are proud suppliers of the TechNiche Elite Hybrid Cooling Vests to the Queensland Police Helicopter Crews - POLAIR. The vests allow the team to keep cool, stay focused and reduce the effects of heat stress and fatigue whilst patrolling in their helicopters during the summer months with no air conditioning.
Australia's Curtis McGrath wins Gold at Rio Paralympics and wears Techniche ANZ Hybrid Cooling Vest to enhance performance and recovery.
— Curtis McGrath
TechNiche ANZ would like to congratulate Australia's Gold Medal Winning Paralympian Curtis McGrath on winning Gold at The 2016 Rio Paralympics. Fantastic achievement by a true champion!
Field Test showing the amazing cooling effect of our Hyperkewl Fabric inside a sports cap
— Techniche ANZ HyperKewl Hat featured.
We recently had a customer that tested the cooling effect of our HyperKewl fabric when placed inside a hat using an insert. The results, as demonstrated below, were quite remarkable. There was over a 35 degree difference between the temperature at the brim and the temperature inside the hat when the insert was saturated (soaked in water). Now keep in mind that this was a basic test not conducted in a research facility, but would be more akin to field testing under various controls. Nonetheless, the results, or rather impact on cooling the individual, were impressive enough that I thought that I would share some of the data.
OUTDOOR TEMP 25-27 DEGRESS CELCIUS 48%
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 9 Sep 2016 CLEAR SUNNY DAY
| Temperature before placing insert Degrees Celsius | Time | Hat peak | Top of hat | Temp inside crown of hat | % Cooler inside hat |
| Chilled insert | 3:00PM | 52 | 37.7 | 26.1 | 50% Cooler |
| Saturated Insert | 3:00PM | 48.8 | 33.3 | 28.8 | 41% Cooler |
| Dry Insert | 3:00PM | 50 | 50 | 44.4 | 11% Cooler |
TechNiche Evaporative cooling caps – saturated proved up to 30% better cooling inside the crown than a regular hat, and if placed in chilled water, provide up to 39% better cooling!
Australian Olympic K4 Rowing Team use our TechNiche ANZ cooling vests to enhance performance and reduce fatigue!
— Australian Olympic K4 Rowing Team
Australian Olympic K4 Rowing Team comprising of Jacob Clear, Riley Fitzsimons, Kenny Wallace & Jordan Wood have been wearing our TechNiche Elite Hybrid Sports Vests, Aerochill Vest & Kewlshirt Tank Tops to keep cool during training, enhance performance and reduce fatigue in the lead up to Rio Olympics! #rowing Autralia, #cycling Australia,#Athletics Australia, #Rowing QLD, #ParaRowing Australia, #AUSOlympicTeam
World Champin Cyclist Colin Lynch uses our Kewlfit Performance Cooliing Vest throughout the year to reduce fatigue and enhance performance.
— Colin Lynch, World Champion of the Paralympics Ireland team
World Champion and member of the Paralympics Ireland team, Colin Lynch, wears his KewlFit 58°F/14°C Performance Cooling Vest during his winter training sessions in preparation for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Colin is the Current UCI World Cycling Tour Cup Champion, World Champion in the Pursuit & Irish National Time Trial Champion.