VAUHTI TOQUES are designed and made in Finland by those who themselves are skiers, runners and orienteerers.   National level athletes, who know the importance of a good toque/hat, have tested them.

Vauhti toques and hats are made of the highest quality yarns such as acrylic and FinnWool/merino wool and modified polypropylene.  Synthetic materials are especially suited for hard workouts and racing. Wool is warm and comfortable even when wet. They work especially well in recreational and warm-up toques and in cold weather racing toques. The colours match with Roeckl gloves!

 GLOSSARY OF TOQUE MATERIALS

ACRYLIC

Acrylic is synthetic fiber, which has “wool-like” feeling. It is soft, warm, lightweight, machine washable, fast drying and long wearing. It resists shrinkage and stretching. It does not itch. It is the best material for light racing toques.

Coolmax

A DuPont trademark. This high performance, four channel polyester fiber is engineered to move moisture and speed up evaporation

WOOL

Wool is a natural fiber. It is warm and durable and it has excellent insulating properties. Finnsheep, Merino, Oxford down, Dorset and Texel wool are the finest quality. The best wool does not itch. It is shrink-treated to hold it’s shape and size.

When wet or sweaty even the treated pure wool may stretch a little.

POLYAMIDE

Polyamide, nylon is used because of its versatility and inherent properties: lightweight, smooth, strong and fairly quick drying.

POLYESTER

This synthetic fibre is resilient, machine washable and fast drying. It is strong and durable. It is used today’s technical outerwear (High Tech Micro fabrics, CoolMax, Sympatex).

POLYPROPYLENE

Polypropylene (Polycolon) is THE material for technical underwear. It is very light, durable, machine washable (can be washed in +60C-+80C). It is hydrophobic material and dries very fast. It has low thermal conductivity and it is capable of sustaining warmth without condensation. Therefore it very suitable for thermal and health underwear. It feels soft, “silky” and comfortable.