Gadgetory

I can't believe it I have it in my hand this is the official Polo Ralph Lauren Opening Ceremony parka the limited edition it's sold out but it's high-tech and we get to check it out so I'm gonna put this baby on this is supposed to heat you with new technology inside and I got to say before I even put it on I was surprised the the background that you I know about this is that it's actually ink carbon ink silver ink that's conductive and sewn in and this is the part in the back that is supposed to heat you up but when I saw it in person for the first time I was so surprised how flexible it is this is not like wearing a big old funky you know panel on your back this feels like fabric it's almost like plastic so I get to try it on and let you know how it actually feels this is what the Olympians are going to be wearing when they're marching in the opening ceremony parade and all right it's light now where's the battery it's in this pocket here so snap this open alright here's the battery pack and this is also the control they have a big hunky button on here so that way if you're wearing big gloves it's easy to still control and there's a little this little polo icon on it as well so let me turn this on there's two settings there's low and there's high so let's see how fast I get I can feel it it's a it's kind of instant they say you kind of feel it a little bit well weights like it's really toasty so this cord is detachable if you don't want to have a big battery in your pocket that's kind of nice to have that option but it's actually going through the back into the panel you just saw with the American flag logo and you can't feel it but if you really squeeze I guess I can kind of feel it there and first question I have when I was putting this on is okay can I wash it like we're talking about technology in a jacket like like can you wash this if it gets dirty and yes it's machine washable a gentle you would have to just kind of probably take that wire out before and like you know deal with that because you don't obviously want to wash a wire that would be bad but other than that it's just like a normal jacket I can kind of feel that it's getting a little warmer it's very subtle it's not like oh my gosh I have a toasty back right now I kind of thought maybe you'd be like I don't know what to expect really but this is this is brand new technology for Ralph Lauren this is the first time heated clothing is being worn by the athletes at the Olympic ceremony and from what it was explained to me this is actually military-grade technology being able to have inks that are you know kind of into the fabric itself it's not having a bunch of wires put in this isn't like your grandma's electric blanket this is actually the ink itself is conductive and this is new this is actually a test for Ralph Lauren what's interesting is when they were kind of coming up with the design how do we warm the athletes it's very very cold but then you also don't know how to dress them you don't want try some too warm and heavy really bulky and ok cos I can already feel like an even more toasty as we talk you don't want to have them get too bulky you don't want to have it be maybe suddenly a little bit of a warmer day on the ceremony day and they're like feelings who like it's too much by having this technology they have more flexibility and also athletes they have to keep their muscles warm before they go this is going to help them if they're about to go compete and they want to you know be a little more looser because you know cold weather look at you all tied up so it's supposed to last a while I believe you can go 11 hours on the low setting and with a full charge the extra toasty high setting would be about 5 hours straight but going back to this being really a test this is a prototype for the company I mean they are looking to the athletes when they're marching on Friday and - the crowds they're gonna want feedback there ralph lauren's asking hey what did you like what did you not like so when they get back from the games they're gonna take all this information that they learn from the athletes and apply it to something that we could see next year you know the company wasn't sure when it comes to wearable technology what do people want do they want something that he - do they there's lots of different things right now with wearables and tech and you have to find that sweet spot of what's useful what people want to see what will they pay for because it's a little expensive these are limited edition jackets and they were about $2,500 or so and they only made a small amount to be sold in some stores and they sold out instantly and so that got Ralph Lauren excited and thinking hmm maybe we should make them for next season so they are looking at this and they want to learn from it you know they say that and when they take this technology then the next step they want to have it so you can control it on an app you don't have to maybe have a button maybe it's something that you can control it more with more different degrees on an app so they also want to make it more affordable by mass producing it so maybe won't be $2,500 when you have it in your technology if you want to buy something next year so I'll have to see where that goes but either way this is all a big learning lesson for the company so that's kind of neat right now athletes have it it's limited edition on the closing ceremony there will be another kind of jacket that also heats up it's actually right over here it's this white like it's a little bit of a bomber jacket ish but yeah this is also going to heat up what I found interesting is that if you go on eBay now they're already going for a lot more money I saw them for about $7,000 or so so yeah I feel I'm pretty lucky that I get to wear this now and check it out but it you know I'm feeling I'm just wearing it like short sleeves and already talking to you all this time kind of toasty you know like I don't think I need it on the hot settings anymore but it's going to do the job when they're walking for hours in their hours and outside this is definitely gonna do the job for them and they have that option to just you know keep it off or just turn it on when they want to and I'll last the whole time so that's pretty neat I think everything else about it though just your typical jacket now it it is extra cold outside today I could take it for a test spin let me turn that heat back on let me see let me see how well it fares it is a super lucky day outside right now in New York so I feel like this is the perfect day to test a toasty jacket you know as I sip this up you haven't seen a lot of tech and clothing I think a big challenge is how do you do it right how do you do it affordable how do you do it where it makes sense sure you can put technology and clothing but like what you know what where's the use of the factor so by getting it to be so like like you can't even feel it back here if someone touched me on the back you can't really even feel it's hot I just feel it on my backside all right Oh follow me into the cold Tundra I'm sorry my producer is not wearing a jacket I am sorry but yeah alright so you can see by my breath it is really cold I'm not faking it here and yeah this is definitely nice I can see this being useful for the team now one thing you you're always thinking about with you know like I might feel like I'm wearing a heating pad now this doesn't feel like you're wearing a heating pad this is pretty this is cool or cooly cooly hot I guess I was right anyways that's not that's that's the first look at a at the cool Opening Ceremony Polo Ralph Lauren a jacket you may be seeing this in the future