Do 3M™ Scotchlite™ Reflective Materials continue to perform even when wet?
A. The answer is simple: “absolutely”! So committed are we to measure conformance of our products to ensure they exceed all the performance requirements of EN471, the European Standard for High Visibility garments, that we invested in rainfall test equipment, one of only a few units that is commercially owned in Europe. Housed at our Technical Centre in Bracknell, an in-use test is simulated in the wet ‘shower’ test. A sample of the material to be tested is placed directly under a flow of water accurately calibrated to a level of 283mm of water per hour. This may not sound a lot until you consider that the Met Office estimates that statistically this level of rainfall occurs only for just two minutes every 1,000 years! We insist that all our materials far exceed the requirements of the Standard. You can therefore rest assured that they will continue to reflect in even the worst British weather.
