Hi,
Please let us know what is bad about the product. It is probably too good to be true, but it would be helpful to know exactly what is not good about it.
For those of us who over-insulate, it would be a dream to have such thin insulation if it worked. Imagine how many square meters would be freed up. We have a building area of 121 sqm, but the living area on the ground floor is only 106 sqm.
Deep window jambs are certainly nice, but it would be even better with more space.
Best regards,
David
Please let us know what is bad about the product. It is probably too good to be true, but it would be helpful to know exactly what is not good about it.
For those of us who over-insulate, it would be a dream to have such thin insulation if it worked. Imagine how many square meters would be freed up. We have a building area of 121 sqm, but the living area on the ground floor is only 106 sqm.
Deep window jambs are certainly nice, but it would be even better with more space.
Best regards,
David
Oh dear, I thought it was quite obvious...
But if one uses common sense then:
You take aluminum foil+sleeping mat+aluminum foil( ) and then talk about "insulance" instead of U-value which is said to be "misleading."
Call me old-fashioned and a stick-in-the-mud, but I think it's nonsense. Note THINK. I have never seen the product. And never heard of it until now. But I can never believe it has anything to do in Swedish roofs, walls, and floors that have to contend with up to or over minus 30 degrees for months at a time.
The only product I believe can outperform thick, traditional materials in the future is Aerogel - if they can reduce manufacturing costs.
http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/aerogel.html
But if one uses common sense then:
You take aluminum foil+sleeping mat+aluminum foil(
) and then talk about "insulance" instead of U-value which is said to be "misleading."Call me old-fashioned and a stick-in-the-mud, but I think it's nonsense. Note THINK. I have never seen the product. And never heard of it until now. But I can never believe it has anything to do in Swedish roofs, walls, and floors that have to contend with up to or over minus 30 degrees for months at a time.
The only product I believe can outperform thick, traditional materials in the future is Aerogel - if they can reduce manufacturing costs.
http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/aerogel.html
I am also skeptical, but I would like to hear concrete arguments as to why it doesn't work from people who know insulation better than I do.
Common sense I don't really see as a direct concrete argument, however, I buy your argument about "Isolans".
Best regards,
David
Common sense I don't really see as a direct concrete argument, however, I buy your argument about "Isolans".
Best regards,
David
Jo is also a bit skeptical. Has seen samples of the material. Apparently, someone is going to try to market it in Sweden.
Aluminum with plastic on the inside, with air on both sides, and some thin soft frigo/foam in the middle.
But how age-resistant is it? It might dry and crumble. What is the result when reviewed compared to "regular" insulation?
Aluminum with plastic on the inside, with air on both sides, and some thin soft frigo/foam in the middle.
But how age-resistant is it? It might dry and crumble. What is the result when reviewed compared to "regular" insulation?
Looking at the technical description, you can see that the thermal conductivity is 0.004, which is 10 times better than normal insulation materials such as mineral wool. This is likely some kind of special material that was once developed for special purposes, perhaps space/submarine/or similar confined spaces. I think it's hard to just make up a thermal conductivity, as it's easy to verify at a testing institute, so the information is probably accurate.
The material uses vacuum technology (no idea how) which means that if the material is damaged, the super insulation is lost. Then the thermal conductivity becomes 0.02, which is also very good, but not THAT fantastic.
It should be expensive...or...?
The material uses vacuum technology (no idea how
) which means that if the material is damaged, the super insulation is lost. Then the thermal conductivity becomes 0.02, which is also very good, but not THAT fantastic.It should be expensive...or...?