As today’s material life is getting better, people are paying more and more attention to safety and health issues. However, when we open shopping websites and search for reflective vests, the result is more than one hundred pages. So how do we find high quality reflective vests from the vast sea of clothing? How can one choose a genuine reflective vest of good quality?
What is the difference between the five-piece reflective vest and the 50-piece reflective vest? First of all, to introduce, reflective clothing usually refers to clothes that can play a reflective warning effect at night. The clothes are composed of reflective materials (reflective tapes or lattice strips) and base fabrics. When there is light shining at night, the reflective material will reflect back some of the light, to alert people to see the reflected light, does not emit light by itself.
According to national and industry standards, manufacturers of reflective clothing must strictly control all aspects of design, selection, sewing, and post processing of reflective clothing, instead of directly affixing one or more reflections to ordinary clothing. It’s so simple. In fact, from the reference points such as the reflective distance of reflective strips, the number of times of washing, and the width of reflective strips, the national standards are all clearly stipulated.
Some people may ask, cannot wear a reflective vest that does not meet the standard? Do I see some of the ten eight-piece reflective vests that people have in them not quite reflective? Yes, it does not mean that reflective clothing that does not meet the standards can’t be worn. Only the reflective clothing that is not designed and produced according to the standard will have more or less certain problems and security risks.
For example, the national standard GB20653 specifies a reflective distance of 330m. You wear a piece of clothing with reflective distance of only 100m. Of course, it is also possible. However, in case of an emergency, your reaction time to others will be much less. The danger has increased a lot. When it comes to life, one second is also critical! Finally, some reflectors can achieve a reflective distance of 330m. However, glass beads can easily come off due to insufficient processing. This led to some reflective vests not reflecting after washing several times.
Therefore, when we buy reflective vests, we must ask the shopkeeper what the reflective distance of the reflective clothing is, and how many washing time are supported. Of course, the larger the reflective distance, the better, and more washing time the better.