THE POWER OF DRY
Maintaining dry skin is crucial for peak performance during intense activities. When the body sweats during exercise, excess moisture can lead to discomfort, friction, and skin issues. Wet skin is prone to temperature fluctuations, causing clamminess and potential overheating. Additionally, it becomes a breeding ground for bacteria, risking infections. Keeping skin dry isn’t just about comfort—it directly influences peak performance by minimizing friction, regulating temperature, and reducing health risks associated with prolonged moisture exposure.
In the pursuit of success, a dry skin strategy is not just a luxury but a necessity. It’s the key to unlocking your full potential, allowing you to focus on conquering challenges without the unnecessary distractions of discomfort or health concerns. So, embrace the dry and let it fuel your journey to peak performance.
SEEING IS BELIEVING
This is the skin side of a piece of fabric material that is 88% Polyester, 12% Spandex and 150gsm. The top half of the fabric has TurboDry technology. The bottom half does not. A straight line is formed where TurboDry® technology is embedded and water is being wicked to the other side of the fabric. Water remains on the lower half that would spread out against a persons skin.
SEEING IS BELIEVING
This is the skin side of a piece of fabric material that is 88% Polyester, 12% Spandex and 150gsm. The top half of the fabric has TurboDry technology. The bottom half does not. A straight line is formed where TurboDry® technology is embedded and water is being wicked to the other side of the fabric. Water remains on the lower half that would spread out against a persons skin.
PERMANENT ONE-WAY MOISTURE TRANSPORT FABRIC
PERMANENT ONE-WAY MOISTURE TRANSPORT FABRIC
THE SCIENCE
TurboDry’s revolutionary fabric features a patent-pending technology that leverages the science of contact angles and capillary action to naturally transport moisture away from your skin.
Balancing this specific criteria creates engineered moisture pulling mechanisms keeping moisture away from the skin. This is the TurboDry® difference.
A performance fabric that relies on fabric construction instead of chemicals to achieve superior drying results. Moisture transportation inherently built into each and every stitch.
FREE YOUR BODY FROM SWEAT
Trapped sweat can reduce comfort and affect performance by depleting the body of its energy. TurboDry® fabrics rapidly pull sweat away from your body for easier evaporation.
TAKING A DIFFERENT (SURFACE CONTACT) ANGLE
Carefully engineered the fabric contact angles create surface tension with the moisture on your skin as a first step to get sweat quickly started on its journey to the outer side of the fabric.
THE CAPILLARY EFFECT
Once the moisture is in motion, capillaries knit into the fabric structure continue pulling sweat away from the body. This phenomenon, a type of biomimicry, is how plants transport water from their roots to their leaves. It’s natural, physics-based technology that doesn’t rely on added chemicals.
RAPID MOISTURE REMOVAL
As surface tension and the capillary effect work together to draw sweat away from the body, the perspiration moves to the fabric exterior where the droplets spread over a larger space to optimize surface area and quicken the drying process.
DRYNESS = COMFORT
Traditional wicking fabrics soak both sides of the fabric equally, however TurboDry® fabrics are specially knitted to speed up moisture movement from the inside to the outside of the garment. This creates dryness next your skin for enhanced comfort and quicker drying.
A REVOLUTION IN DRYING TECHNOLOGY
Nature’s technology allows trees to move moisture from their roots, one way to their leaves. TurboDry® moisture transport mimics this action moving moisture for faster evaporation.
A REVOLUTION IN DRYING TECHNOLOGY
Nature’s technology allows trees to move moisture from their roots, one way to their leaves. TurboDry® moisture transport mimics this action moving moisture for faster evaporation.
INDUSTRY BENCHMARK STUDY
TurboDry® fabrics outperforms other fabrics of similar fiber content, weight and construction. In this study, the moisture management performance of once of the leading athletic brands fabrics is compared to a similar TurboDry® construction. The fabrics used in this study are 88% Polyester, 12% Spandex and 150gsm.
ONE-WAY TRANSPORT
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One Way Transport Capability (OWTC) is a measurement that compares the dryness on one side of a fabric versus the other. Higher OWTC equates to drier next to skin (aka feeling dry).
WICKING
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Wicking measures the spread of moisture across a fabric. More wicking decreases the concentration of moisture build up and allows for quicker drying.
DRY TIME
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Drying rate measure how quickly moisture evaporates from the fabric. Increasing dry rate helps minimize wetting out and ensure sustained comfort.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Welcome to TurboDry’s FAQ section, your go-to resource for answers to the most common queries about our brand, products, and sustainability initiatives. Whether you are exploring brand partnership opportunities, seeking product information, or interested in our environmental practices, this section is designed to provide transparent and informative responses.
TurboDry® Elastics can have embossed, debossed, and embroidered logos. The Elastics can be digitally printed, have variable/undulating widths, and also include y-fold constructions.
TurboDry® Elastics range from 5-90mm in width.
TurboDry® Elastics are bluesign® and Okoe-Tex® Standard 100 Certified.
Custom development of a TurboDry® elastic takes around 3-5 weeks depending on the complexity of the design.
TurboDry® Elastics are yarn dyed which results in a 10,000 yard MOQ/MCQ. The MOQ and MCQ are the same. Surcharges can drop to MOQ/MCQ to 5,000 yards.
New Horizon Elastics is part of the Best Pacific Textiles Group and is one largest manufacturers of narrow elastics in the world.
Fabric: t-shirts, fleeces and more.
Elastics: headbands, bras, waistbands and more.
We work with over 50 brands, including large brands, such as The North Face, Orvis and Victoria Secret, as well as many smaller brands.
Fill out our contact form and we will send you samples of our product and set up a call.
Visit our Partners page to find our products.
TurboDry® is currently manufactured in China. As adoption expands, TurboDry® manufacturing will expand to Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and the United States. If you are interested in becoming a licensed manufacturer of TurboDry® please reach out.
TurboDry® is manufactured in bluesign® and Oke-TEK® Standard 100 certified mills. In addition, TurboDry® fabrics do not need wicking chemistry and do not have any performance washout. Thus TurboDry® products are long-lasting, durable, non-chemical alternatives to traditional wicking technologies.
Yes. TurboDry® can be incorporated into knitted and woven fabrics. Currently only knitted fabrics are available, but if your team is interested in incorporating technology into woven fabrics please let us know and we can discuss joint development opportunities.
TurboDry® costs about the same as a traditional fabric or elastic with an up-charge in price similar to a wicking chemistry.
Yes. In fact, recycled fibers do not affect the performance of TurboDry® materials.
There are over 100 different fabrics and another 20+ elastics constructions in the TurboDry® collection. These fabrics include double knit, warp knit, weft knit, jacquard, rascheltronic, seamless, spacer, and interlock constructions.
No. TurboDry® is not a yarn technology. It is a fabric construction technology (how the yarns are knitted and woven together). TurboDry® performance can be achieved with commodity yarns- natural, synthetic, and blended. If your team is interested in incorporating specific yarn technology (for example DriRelease®, 37.5®, etc.) our team can calculate the moisture movement performance before development begins.
TurboDry® works in a similar manner to how tree’s move moisture in their root systems. The yarns in the fabric create capillary channels that pull moisture through the fabric from the inside to the outside. This effect is achieved without additional chemistry.
TurboDry® is a patented fabric technology that relies on proprietary yarn selection and fabric construction techniques to create fabrics, elastics, and trims that move moisture in ways that maximize comfort, performance, and aesthetic.
