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Breathe hard without a wet, frozen mask
Polartec Power Grid face panel over your nose and mouth.
Breath goes out and air comes in through the grid channels, so it doesn't soak through or freeze to your face.
Power Stretch Breathe-Easy - Balaklava
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₴1,060.00 UAH
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₴1,060.00 UAH
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Balaklava made with Polartec® Power Stretch®, with a Polartec® Power Grid® panel across the nose and mouth, so you can breathe hard without the fabric soaking through or freezing to your face. The fitted hood is cut close to sit under a hood or helmet, and the long front bib tucks into a jacket collar to seal the neck. For winter running, ski touring, cold approaches and standing in the wind.
Where it's made
100% Made in Ukraine
Where people know what tough really means.
Supports Ukrainian workers and the Ukrainian economy.
Why not just a regular balaclava?
Regular balaclavas suck. Ours doesn't.
The Breathe-Easy has a Polartec Power Grid panel over your nose and mouth, so your breath gets out. Switch between the two.
Breathe-Easy: your breath gets out
Breath goes out and air comes in through the Power Grid panel, so it doesn't soak through or freeze to your face.
Tap Breathe-Easy or Regular. Illustration: 3D renders, not photos.
The Breathe-Easy goes further
- Breathe hard without a wet, frozen mask.Power Grid over your nose and mouth: breath goes out, air comes in.
- Pull it down, it springs back.Elastic tape along the top of the panel stops it sagging after you talk or drink.
- Your neck sealed into your jacket.The long front bib tucks into the collar; it's shorter at the back so it doesn't bunch.
- Made in Ukraine.We ship the Polartec fabric in, and the balaklava is cut and sewn in Ukraine.
Where we've taken it
We put it through some sh*t.
Five days off-trail in the Yukon backcountry, nights to −10 °C. Each print maps to a day you'll actually have.
Our team · Yukon, Canada
Snow on the peaks, wind down the river
So you can definitely use it for…
- Standing around in the wind
- Cold approaches
Our team · Yukon, Canada
Five days off-trail in the Yukon backcountry
So you can definitely use it for…
- Winter runs
- Ski touring
The Yukon trip was our own team.
The material we use
Power Stretch
The original fleece
Polartec created synthetic fleece in 1981 and supplied the fleece behind Patagonia's first Synchilla and The North Face's Denali. Power Stretch is its stretch fleece: a smooth nylon face outside, soft fleece inside, stretching four ways.
Why Power Stretch
Snug without squeezing. Wind kept off.
It hugs your head without pressure, so it sits under a hood or helmet. The smooth face blocks wind and the fleece side wicks moisture. Over your nose and mouth sits a panel of Polartec Power Grid, so your breath gets out.
Source: Polartec. Image is a 3D render.
Feature map
Four details. Every one earns its place.
Tap a number, swipe the cards, or let it walk you round.
Tap a number
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Pull it down, it springs back
Elastic tape along the top of the face panel.
Pull it down to talk or drink and it springs back up, so it doesn't sag.
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Fits under a hood or helmet
Fitted hood, cut close.
No bulk on top, so it sits under a hood, a helmet or a watch cap.
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Snug without squeezing, wind kept off
Polartec Power Stretch: a smooth nylon face outside, soft fleece inside.
Four-way stretch hugs your head without pressure. It blocks wind and wicks moisture.
Defender 2026 · The people who wore it
Tough gear for tough people
Three people whose days are harder than most wore the collection. Then our own team took it into the Yukon.
Swiss AlpsTimAlpinist and BASE jumper.Wore Quarter-Zip · Ninja Hoodie · High Loft Jacket · Crewneck
UkraineRimaFrontline combat medic in Ukraine. Teaches hands-on war medicine.Wore Crewneck · High Loft Jacket
UkraineDmytroUkrainian soldier on active duty and survivor of Russian captivity. Also an endurance athlete training for an Ironman.Wore Quarter-Zip · Ninja Hoodie
CanadaWorn on a Yukon riverbedThe YukonFive hiking days. 55 km off-trail. Nights to −10 °C.Wore Balaklava · Crewneck · Quarter-Zip · Ninja Hoodie · High Loft Jacket
We gave Tim, Rima and Dmytro the gear and paid for the shoots.
