Comfort Performance Testing

The complex interactions between fabric and garment design, climate, physiological, and psychological variables that define comfort performance make it one of the most important qualities influencing product acceptance by the end user. Comfort performance has obvious importance for daily fashion wear, specialized medical applications, varying types of athletic gear, and protective ensembles for military, industrial, and first responder personnel.

STEMart provides comprehensive comfort performance testing services to provide inspection reports that meet relevant regulations and international standards, thus proving the quality and safety of textile products.

Test Methods

• Sweating Manikin tests – for demonstrating breathability of clothing ensembles
  • ASTM F 1291 – Standard Test Method for Measuring the Thermal Insulation of Clothing Using a Heated Manikin
  • ASTM F 2370 – Standard Test Method for Measuring the Evaporative Resistance of Clothing Using a Sweating Manikin
  • ASTM F 2371 – Standard Test Method for Measuring the Heat Removal Rate of Personal Cooling Systems Using a Sweating Heated Manikin
  • ASTM F 1720 – Standard Test Method for Measuring Thermal Insulation of Sleeping Bags Using a Heated Manikin
  • ASTM F 2732 – Standard Practice for Determining the Temperature Ratings for Cold Weather Protective Clothing
• Physiological Wear Test – using a specific and limited subject pool, participants are instrumented to collect data on heart rate, skin temperature, and core temperature while following a prescribed protocol. This type of heat stress assessment also gathers data on garment weights and subjective response ratings of key comfort descriptors.
  • ASTM F 2300 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Performance of Personal Cooling Systems Using Physiological Testing.
  • ASTM F 2668 Standard Practice for Determining the Physiological Responses of the Wearer to Protective Clothing Ensembles

For more information about our comfort performance testing services, please contact us.