The TRUTH About Patagonia's New Material 

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I'm an electrician and I wear a Patagonia work jacket made out of hemp, on top of the environmental benefits it's also ridiculously durable. This jacket has outlasted at least 4 pairs of Carhartt pants and I'm crawling around all sorts of attics and crawlspaces so it gets worked.

I've had a Patagonia short sleeves shirt, in the 90s, that was 100% hemp... and a little harsh on the skin because textile was quite thick and not so supple; but it was so strong. Several years later, a new one in cotton-hemp blend was much pleasant to wear, but slightly less resistant.

Comparing production of hemp and cotton on a per-plant basis doesn’t make sense. It should be on a per acre basis. Otherwise, great video.

I'm in the custom packaging business, and we've experimented with hemp materials for reusable bags, to great results! It's nice to know that materials and where they are sourced is important with the biggest of businesses. Kudos to 100k, loving the content that's being pumped out!

Wrote a business plan for a hemp decordication facility for my MBA. A decordication facility is where you separate the fibers for bast and stalk of the plant for industrial uses is clothing, filters etc. I learned Soo much, hemp is a the true king of plants.

smokeable shirts does seems like a gd time

Hemp used to be in common use in pre-occupation Japan, but with the US occupation came very strict rules against it for political and financial reasons. But historically, there is a strong tradition of using it for fabric and other uses. I hope this knowledge can once again be put to use.

I mean EVERY plant does what Hemp does with CO2. That's what plants are made out of. If plants weren't made out of carbon from the air, the soil under them would disappear due to conservation of matter. Implying cotton doesn't sequester CO2 the same way by not mentioning it is misleading... Hemp's benefits don't need that kind of reporting. This overall is a decent video, but that one part stuck out to me.

I work in ag every day here in Central California, the highest producing agricultural area in the United States. There have been some guys that gambled on growing hemp, and lost their asses. They knew it was a gamble anyways going into it, as the market is so unstable it's a joke. There IS still cotton around here though, but most cotton since the 90's has come from China due to there cheap slave labor. BTW I've got nothing against hemp, I make money as a mechanic regardless of what the farmers grow. Anyways, cheers all !

Hemp is Cannabis (Latin name: Cannabis Sativa), but the strains that you grow for their fibres and the strains that you grow for consumption are different. 100-200 years ago the two would have been more similar, but since Cannabis became a large industry at first for their fibres, and later for it's use as a medicinal plant/drug, the varieties have diverted. The plant that you grow for fibres is pure Cannabis Sativa, but a strain that has been cultivated to maximize stem size and minimize THC content. The strains that are grown for consumption can vary between pure Cannabis Sativa, to any amount of mix between Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis Indica and Cannabis Ruderalis, to pure Cannabis Indica (even though it's not clear if all of these are different species or just varieties on Cannabis Sativa). These strains have been cultivated to maximize THC content and flower yield, as well as making them easier to grow. It's the same thing as the Hop that is grown for use in gardens and the Hop that is grown for use in beer. Same species, different strains. A fun fact is that Hop (Humulus) is the closest relative species to Cannabis. That's why they have a similar scent. They diverted 25 million years ago into Hop and Cannabis.

I am a docent with The Traveling Hemp Museum. This was music to my ears. We educate about the past, present and future of hemp. This is both present and future. A good bit of the past to have included was that Levi Jean's were born from recycled hemp sails in San Francisco. They made the most durable pants for the miners crawling through rocky tunnels. The brass rivets were to hold the pockets together when filled with gold. Hemp clothing also helps prevent skin fungus, which is one of many reasons it is the primary ingredient for many military uniforms. Socks in particular.

The Patagonia 55% hemp, 18% organic , and 27% recycled polyester clothes are wonderful. I have two of their Ferrier shirts and their unlined work chore coat , and they are bulletproof. They are also very soft and comfortable. A hemp fan for life.

We had a local farmer where I'm from switch to hemp for a season or two. They sat harvested wrapped in tarps for what seemed like over a year. Then he started planting cotton again.

Great step for Patagonia. I'd love to see more companies use it too as well as ramie and flax.

Hemp textile really shines in applications where it needs to resist wear, UV, fire, and microbial damage. Hemp upholstery, “linens”, bags, tarps, and cords are well suited to the purpose. Unlike in clothing, stiffness or scratchy-ness are no disadvantage for these. Apparently hemp bricks have been developed for building materials. I was shopping for curtain textiles recently and was very impressed with hemp’s crisp drape, colourfastness in sunlight, and flame resistance compared to other options. I would have bought it had I not discovered some adequate fabrics in my mother-in-law’s stash.

if we could get the technology for hemp based plastics really kicking off too that'd be great

Would love to see a video on Patagonia vs Arcteryx. I’ve spent a lot of time in a variety of outdoor activities and money on both brands. I tend to only buy Arcteryx these days based on material quality and fit.

As a textile artist I love hemp & it's my favorite cellulose fiber. Hemp paper is also one of my favorites but it's harder to get in North America but family in Asia will send me some of both on occasion so I can play around with it in my art.

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It’s an amazing trend. Besides the actual product, hemp was used in the last to clear the field from weeds. My father still remembers using it solely for that purpose. Hemp doesn’t have to replace cotton, at least not everywhere. It is great for rougher fabrics and I’m very happy to see it blended it. Good job Patagonia

I swear I've seen this video before

I love Patagonia. Easily one of my top 3 favorite brands. Unbelievable innovation in materials, weaves, and commitment to vision coming out of that company. They are one of the few brands that you can reliably buy at full price and feel good about it.

Hemp is a wonderful material..They recently changed their 100% organic cotton All-Wear shorts to a hemp/cotton blend. Not as sturdy and wears too quickly. No bueno.

If i remember correctly, an engineer at patagonia said they are using Chinese hemp but trying to transition to US hemp. I think because the help agriculture here isnt as developed as in china.

I'm in Patagonia homestate of California. My colleagues converted a cotton gin to process hemp and last year we grew the first fiber hemp trial in the state. Patagonia wouldn't even come out to our field day. I haven't seen anything to indicate Patagonia is actually doing anything to accelerate American hemp production I've been in hemp since 2015.

i hope that in the future big brands like patagonia will be brave enough to sell 100% hemp items. for me making hemp feel like cotton is a waste. hemp is such an amazing fiber and the fabric has an amazing feel. in the beginning it is similar to linen (which lots of people already prefer for summer) but after several washes it becomes much softer without losing its drape. blending it with cotton or synthetics makes it loose that transformation and reduces it to the boring fabric we're all used to. the lack of an appropriate supply chain is indeed a problem and i hope they will help improve that as hemp becomes a more popular fiber.

Comparing fiber per plant doesn't seem an accurate way to do it. Wouldn't it be better to do fiber per area assuming standard spacing (whatever that is for each)?

It's important to note that hemp (and linen) is not as good as cotton as clothing fabric. While it's much more durable, because of its durability, it's less comfortable around body. it's not just about the harshness of the fabric, but it's got less stretch. this lack of stretch (or more toughness) is what makes them really durable. The issue is that the fabric doesn't really change its shape along with the body movement, so people would feel more restricted. While development in processing may resolve issues lack of softness, it won't do much for lack of flexibility. I doubt that hemp will ever replace cotton in clothing in any capacity. it will probably remain as good alternative. I wish this episode was centered around hemp, rather than Patagonia. I wish it discussed more on why using hemp on house items, such as bed sheet or curtain is far more likely and beneficial.

I have the hemp shirt and pants from their work line and they are very nice. different percentages of hemp in them though which leads to the shirt feeling stiff and warm while the pants feel much lighter and almost flow with you when you move. I'd recommend both.

I live in the tropics which means its HOT all year round, think 30-35 degrees celsius. Cotton is really cooling so I hope there will be new hemp based clothing that is both cooling and durable, without having to mix with unsustainable plastic fibres.

why the reupload? :o

Great video! Thanks for putting this out there!

I'll never invest in activism economy. I believe the best product is the most high quality one that the poorest person can afford. The environment is first only after the price is at the bottom level which any poor person in third world countries can afford.

Can you talk about Patagonia still plastic wrapping their clothing?

Well at least they are recycled polyester, else I would write the hemp off completely. I have to thrift my clothes now, I have lost 70 pounds the past two years. I took on COVID by trying to be healthier, especially when I learned that overweight/obese/morbidly obese people had less survival rates. Now that I am nearing a more normal weight, the weight loss has slowed down. I love Pantagonia, North Face, however, since I am losing weight I would probably thrift it. Yeah I will be hitting Goodwill when I get back to the states. Why, because they offer jobs to people like me in the temporary jobs market. I am autistic, formerly diagnosed as Aspergers, I refuse to use words like high or low functioning. I refuse to support a man who believes he wants to cure me. Thus I also deactivated my twitter account yesterday.

One factor behind the blends is the color dye sites of a blend are vastly more color fast than just a single material weave. You can have more colors but less durability with hemp, where cotton has been a amazing fabric for color fastness for a very long time.

wait so how does it clean the soil, but yet you say it takes bad things from the air and deposits it in the roots and soil? how does that work

How is Patagonia using organic cotton a good thing? This means non GMO so requires more pesticides (just as toxic but orangic pesticides like Rotenone copper Sulfate etc), more fertilizers, bigger fields because of smaller yield. Not mentioning organic products make much more co2 according to research and twice as much water.

I also brought a pair of hemp pants from Patagonia back in 2018, still wearing it in summer, very light, comfy and breathable. LOVE it

How about the fact that Hemp paper can be recycled 10 times and wood paper only 4 times.plus it takes 10 years to grow wood to make paper and in 1 year you can grow and replant approximately3 times . so per acre hemp is more output with in a year than 1 acre of wood plus you don't have to worry about soil erosion after cutting hemp because you can immediately replant faster than to replant the trees . so better for the environment.

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I had a pair of adidas made with hemp that I used to skate a few years ago. Hands down the strongest shoe I've ever owned, only skate shoe I actually out grew and had to replace.

Iono man but I’ve been wearing pat since I came out the womb.

I bought 2 hemp blouses from a local Hawaiian manufacturer over 20 years ago. Wonder what happened to them? I'm probably too fat to wear them after COVID anyway... Too bad. They were cute and so very COMFY

Round 6: Hemp leaves can be smoked and baked. 9:21

I know it’s 100% hemp, but is it 100% tegrity ?

I was at hemp demonstrations over 25 years ago to legalize the plant. Even then, I was more concerned with hemp, but something else caught on, and faster.

Flax linen and hemp fibers have a very similar structure and material content, but flax linen fibers tend to be smaller diameter which feels softer to the human skin. (the finer/smaller the fiber, the more soft it feels and conversely the thicker the fiber, the more coarse it feels. This is why mulberry silk feels so soft to the touch, because it is a ridiculously thin diameter fiber). Both are pretty "eco" compared to most other materials, though hemp gets a slight edge in that for needing less water and growing faster. The nice thing about hemp and linen fibers is that they are hollow. This facilitates a couple of interesting properties. They feel fairly warm when they are dry (especially linen since they are smaller fibers. The smaller the fiber, the more air it can trap/still potentially), but when they are wet, they are very cooling while not feeling as soaked as say cotton. Having less material, they also dry a bit faster than cotton and other cellulose based solid fibers. But more importantly, they feel dryer faster because that moisture is wicked to the inside and then out through that hollow, absorbent "straw" type structure. Waxed linen and hemp garments make great cold weather clothing, and unwaxed linen and hemp make great hot weather clothing.

Environmentally speaking, yes, hemp does appear to be better than cotton (though pesticide use might increase with more hemp because that’s what happens with crops), however, one thing bugs me about the conversation. Hemp and cotton are not even in the same fiber category. Cotton is a short staple fiber(soft, 3/8-2 1/2 in long) that’s fairly soft from the get go. But hemp is a long hast fiber (multiple feet per fiber) that is fairly rough but durable. The softness you get from hemp comes from wear and stress placed on the fiber, lowering its durability. As someone else mentioned, hemp also does not have the same dyeing capacity that cotton has, though I doubt that this problem will persist with more funding. The baseline problem is you cannot use one to replace the other efficiently because their properties are different. On a macro environmental scale, you’ve made a decent argument, I just don’t think it touches the core of the issue.

Personally I cannot use any hemp based products whatsoever, not even CBD oil because of allergies.

There is a 10 years old hemp Shirt from volcom stone in my wardrobe. Good material for shirts. Also use the Patagonia hampi rockpants for sportclimbing. Hemp holds up very well.

How come you didn't add a round comparing the two fabrics? how they feel, temperature etc

simple concept basic logic if life is not free why the hell would death be any cheaper it's not. So the question one may wonder is the spiritual cost to one's own soul and spirit for having lived and died to the lowest standards of quality for so many years now global pollution has diminished the quality of life to the point where today's people are living, dying and yielding the worst spiritual kickback that has ever been manifested since the beginning of life only getting worse. The polar opposite extreme to that is today's people should be living and dying to the highest standards of quality which would make each and every moment physically, mentally, financially and spiritually beneficial. S.R.F.

The most advanced ancient Royal elite super superior ancient civilized nations. Made sure all their loyal subjects were able to live and die to the highest standards of quality that were available during that time. and they can do this without anyone overstepping their boundaries. Because the end result of such a lifestyle. Is constant consisting physical mental financial spiritual progress occurring within each and every moment of life. That Level of care to oneself and others results in a truly positive force that is self perpetuating continuously.

Sounds good but personally I am going to just keep wearing my same old clothes and buy from thrift stores. I don't see why I need to buy new clothes

Organic cotton is often grown on land sprayed with paraquat which lasts 7yrs and organic cert cutoff is less than that so not so organic. Hemp is great and useful but not even half as useful as people are sold.

This man is trying so hard to get a Patagonia sponsorship… and to be fair it’s pretty ingenious

In practice @ patagonia you are LYARS 12.9-oz 55% industrial hemp/27% recycled polyester/18% organic cotton Only 55% is HEMP ! Why do you do this, because you want me to rebuy and rebuy because you KNOW 100% HEMP clothes would last 100 YEARS ! NEXT !

Imagine if WR Hearst would have owned hemp fields rather than forests? We wouldn't have to look at clear cuts or all The Reefer Madness Propaganda. Of course there might be something to lessening pot legal problems to keep the natives from getting too restless and paying attention to The MIC, how the 2 party system isn't much different than good/bad cop, etc. That said I have a Patagonia Barn/Ranch Coat. It's comfortable/soft/durable beyond compare. Yes the original investment is quite a bit more than Carhart but there is no comparison. Next Bamboo?

Screw the planet, I wear whatever’s comfortable. During the summer that’s likely to be polyester because it wicks moisture. The rest of the year it’s likely to be cotton because it’s really comfortable when it’s not humid. And I wouldn’t pay more for so-called “organic” cotton (all cotton and all food is organic - they certainly aren’t INorganic). Maybe hemp is superior to cotton, but I won’t pay more for a shirt made of it.

NO NO NO my friend lets stick with comparing apples to apples.(Ya know m since this is about plants) If you are going to talk about CO2 then do it for both because we know that the cotton plant also sucks up CO2 as do all plants. SO seems like some subterfuge on your part.....I call number 4 tie for CO2

GREAT video 🙌🏼 . Unfortunately, the rising demand for hemp textiles has encouraged mills to produce these quickly & cheaply through harmful chemical processes instead of organic/mechanical methods.

This is progress. Early hemp items felt like putting on a porcupine! And I have avoided it ever since. Now it sounds worth a second try. But what about bamboo clothing. It seemed like a great solution 10 yrs ago but now almost nowhere to be found? (Not looking that hard butvya know what I mean….)

I have 100% hemp jackets and clothing from Czech Republic, and they last aeons. I don't like hemp mixed. It's just fine pure, but it is true that it is not soft. But only slightly less soft than Levi's.

Well-cared-for 100% hemp textiles can last a hundred years, and like linen, get softer over time. My name is on SO MANY petitions to legalize commercial hemp farming that have come around in the last two decades. 😂

Cotton is frankly abusive when it comes to water. And it’s often grown in arid lands (like the Great Plains) that then rely on heavy irrigation from wells, draining underground acquifers in an unsustainable way. I pretty much won’t buy cotton clothing anymore for that reason, despite the environmental issues that plague other fibers as well.

So, hey, you speaka the English, right? Why you talk in hectares and not acres? Are you not American, or just refuse to use American terms when speaking to an American audience? I liked your content, it is very interesting, just not the measurable terms you have chosen to use.

I would love a video about House of Marley 🙏🏼🙏🏼

I have hemp and cotton shirts and prefer the feel and drape of hemp tbh so this is great!

Hemp is great but to add recycled plastic to it is inane! Hemp is eco friendly BUT once you've added plastic in the mix every time you wash it you are washing plastic into our water surplus

Your assumption with what people would think when you say hemp isn’t funny, it’s extremely counterproductive and shows your ignorance.

I can understand blending hemp with other fibers, but why on earth with polyester? We forego the opportunity of having a sustainable and biodegradable fabric.

If hemp is more abrasion resistant, would that mean my thick thighs wouldn't rub through the insides of shorts so quickly? Hmmmmm

I love my Patagonia hemp shirts. They're tough and comfortable.I still wear one I inherited from Dad and I' ll wear it til it falls off me.

Recently bought two of their hemp-cotton blend shirts on sale. They are fantastic!

i kinda find it sad every hemp video has to have a disclaimer that its not drug related. it probably just promotes the stereotype more, when hemp should be just equally regarded as a supermaterial

They sell environmental virtue nowadays, clothing secondary

In Costa Rica, my home country, the government has been impulsing hemp production by legalizing it and giving permits to plant it

My new Hemp shorts survived a nosedive off my onewheel at 20mph

Their workwear line is incredible, wish more industries would adopt them the same way we’ve adopted carhartt in my own line of work.

Weed ftw. Destroying the hard drug legal market and now the fashion industry. Now we know why it's illegal lol

you should compare the yield per area not per plant. I dont know how much space a cotton or hemp plant takes on the field (3 min 42 sec)

snoop dog already made a hemp jacket it's very nice. but hemp can be used for alot more than cloth even plastic for car fenders

I get that you're trying to make a point, but you have to admit your "scoring" was a little shallow and biased.

Patagonia would be the only brand I know of, which I believe is expensive for a pretty good reason. When the retail price for a t-shirt for example, which is supposedly one of the least expensive items for a brand to make, is broken down 70% brand name/ 30% materials, I find it absolutely ridiculous having to pay 30 or 40 euros for an item that will most probably start to wear out after a single year. I only own one Patagonia t-shirt, but having countless of them from all kinds of board sports brands, I remember the moment I felt the material for the first time, I knew this was a top quality product and it was worth paying for it

If it is 100% hemp it is since hemp is anti-bacterial. If not it is not since plastic is where bacteria like to live.

I hope organic food would be affordable. Edited to add: Sad to see content creators self-censoring.

You forgot it takes more processing then cotton to turn it into useful fibers and that takes energy and money so is more intensive.

most people buy a brand because its the new cool thing, most of them don't care about what material its made of

How much more energy does hemp need than cotton? That detail was left out for cotton’s one point.

I have no interest in clothing with polyester in it.

Am I tripping or did you upload this same video months ago

hemp is a better material than cotton, but this video is a little biased, the pros of hemp are over blown

Fiber*

Alright, your simping worked. I’m convinced

A comment to help the algorithm !

I thought organic meant no use of pesticides or insecticides that are synthetic at least

Keep it up! Love your content and videos!

I don't think hemp is going to a hard sell to people that buy Patagonia.