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The Cooling Calculator.

Every recommendation here is sized around the Palomino — a micro-sized thermal engine that delivers active cooling and heating from a single module, in the colorway you choose. Tell us your segment, work, environment, and protective equipment; get an indicative cooling demand and a tiered build out, from off-the-shelf to full custom.

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Your engine, your colorway

Palomino module — Charcoal
CharcoalThe Palomino V1 finish
Palomino module — White
WhiteClinical / clean-room
Palomino module — Orange
OrangeHigh-visibility field
Palomino module — Copper
CopperSignature accent
Palomino module — Blue
BlueTeam & brand match
Palomino module — Gray
GrayNeutral everyday

The calculator

Estimate the demand.

Encapsulation is often the single biggest driver of cooling need.

Indicative cooling demand

—watts to offset
Off-the-shelfPortable customFull custom
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Indicative only. Tiers are estimates from segment, activity, environment, and PPE; once live heat-removed data flows from the calorimeter, each scenario gets a measured watt target. Descriptive, not diagnostic.

How to read it

What the inputs mean.

The five occupational variables

The occupational view breaks the need into the work (metabolic load), the place (environment), the gear (PPE A–D), duration/mobility, and the form factor — cooling embedded in worn gear: vest, neck, limb brace/boot, or PPE liner.

PPE is an input, not a segment

Protective equipment runs from Level D (minimal) to Level A (full encapsulation) and cuts across Occupational, Tactical, and Medical. Encapsulation traps heat and blocks evaporative cooling, so it sharply raises the demand the device must offset.

The tiers

From off-the-shelf to a custom build.

Tier 1

Palomino V1

An off-the-shelf recommendation for lower, steadier demand — the wearable cooling vest, ready to deploy.

Off-the-shelf→
 Tier 2

Portable custom solution

A configured, portable build for moderate demand — form factor matched to the gear already worn.

Portable custom→
 Tier 3

Full custom build

For high or encapsulated demand: “tell us your heat problem,” and the team engineers a solution.

Full custom→
Regulatory note. Consumer cooling-vest framing is non-FDA; claims are kept appropriate to this context.
Sources

Demand tiers are indicative estimates from segment, activity, environment, and PPE — not measured values. Methodology and measurement claims (heat removed, cooling efficiency) come from the Heat Safety white paper, in preparation. Live calorimeter data turns each scenario into a measured watt target. Descriptive, not diagnostic.