Inspired by space blanket technology, Omni-Heat™ Infinity uses an expanded pattern. of metallic gold dots to reflect more body heat, delivering instant warmth. without compromising breathability.

Omni-Heat™ Thermal Reflective This technology is best for prolonged exposure to cold, and any activity requiring lightweight warmth. This feature lines our jackets with little silver dots that reflect body heat to improve heat retention.

Columbia Sportswear Winter Jackets Just Got Even Warmer Thanks To This Gold Space Suit Material. Ever since cavemen first donned wolverine furs, human beings have been inventing ways to make winter jackets warmer. And now, Columbia Sportswear has come up with yet another breakthrough. Meet Omni-Heat™ Infinity.

Featuring both high fill power down and Omni-Heat synthetic insulation, the Heatzone 1000 is one of the warmest winter jackets on the market. The Heatzone will keep you warm in temperatures as low as -4°F.

First introduced back in 2010, Omni-Heat was Columbia's innovative solution to a problem that the outdoor industry had been unable to solve: how to make your layers warmer without also making them thicker, bulkier, and sweatier. The answer came from within: use the wearer's own body heat to generate warmth.

Explanation: On heating, a body absorbs heat energy. So, the temperature of the body rises.

Columbia's Omni-Heat™ Infinity Thermal Reflective plays a key role in keeping their winter outerwear, breathable, and most importantly, warm. This technology is best for enhanced warmth in cold conditions.

Longer. So we're constantly trying to look at every layer to try to figure out how can we retain more warmth. There without adversely affecting things like breathability.

Heat escaped the Columbia jacket at an average time of 0.062 seconds per minute, while the Creatmo piece clocked in at 0.081, and Amazon at 0.103 over the course of two hours. This means that Columbia's Omni-Heat Infinity liner does, in fact, stay warmer than the typical unlined puffer.

Columbia's Omni Heat is a series of thermal reflective dots attached to the inside of clothing and outerwear to help reflect back the heat to you to keep you warmer. Columbia's Omni Tech is a waterproof coating that Columbia applies to it's higher end outerwear.

So, the verdict? We were able to prove scientifically that Omni-Heat Infinity lining will, in fact, retain heat better than non-reflectively lined coats.

Columbia Outdoors Omni Heat is one of the many technologies created by Columbia Outdoors to provide insulation to their outdoor clothing and boots.