Insuladd VS Competitors
It is typical in most industries for “Copy Cats” to pop up. Unfortunately for the copy cats in our industry, they simply cannot stand up to the Insuladd® standard of excellence. That is because we developed the product with the help of NASA ourselves and protected our product with a patent. There is simply no other product on the market that can stand up to the quality of Insuladd®. Don’t believe the snake oil salesman!
Here is information on Insuladd® compared to REAL information about the our “competitors” and the products they offer:
The ONLY real, tested, patented Insuladd® Insulating Paint Additive:
Insuladd®
https://www.insuladd.com
Products manufactured by Tech Traders (now owned by Insuladd Environmental Products) have received substantial media attention. (“Home & Garden TV”,” Fine Living”,” I Want That”, “Discovery Home”, “The Home Shopping Network” and “Extreme How To”. We are an “Energy Star” partner and we produce “Energy Star” qualified products.
Insuladd® products have over 15 years of professional independent test data available to consumers as well as verifiable participation with NASA. Insuladd has been featured twice in the NASA “Spin Off” publication.
Products: Insulating additives (residential and industrial), Paints, Primers
Summary: Insuladd® products have substantial credentials to substantiate the performance claims made for these products. No other “competitor” comes close to our technology or technical verification of performance!
Hy-Tech
http://www.hytechsales.com
Hy-Tech advertises itself as Insuladd®. Al Abruzzese was an Insuladd® paint rep up until 2003 when he started the Hy-Tech company. The bottom line is Hy-Tech does not possess our technology and are simply re-sellers of “off the shelf” microspheres. Hy-Tech had no participation in any NASA program and their sole credential is the 2003 “NASA Spin Off” magazine article that Al sent in to NASA while he was our employee.
Furthermore, Hy-Tech has no test data available on their website. The only “proof” is “testimonials.” Note: We have taken Hy-Tech to Federal court on 2 occasions for trademark infringement, deceptive and fraudulent trade practices. We won both cases and Hy-Tech was fined in excess of $50,000.
Products: Paints and additives
Summary: Hy-tech has about 15 websites, but their lack of test data as well as media attention tells the true story.
Koolcoat
www.koolcoat.com
Koolcoat claims to have a ceramic technology based on 3M microspheres. The claim is that the hollow microspheres are thermal reflectors which is not scientifically factual. No test data from any source is available on their website, only “testimonials.” We have evaluated all of 3M’s microspheres and none of them are, in fact, thermal reflectors. Hollow microspheres in paint do not create a thermal resistor. That is simply due to lack of mass that is required for thermal resistors effectiveness. Hollow microspheres do not possess any properties to reflect Infra Red (IR) Radiation.
Products: Paints and a microsphere additive
Summary: Not a scientifically proven, viable insulating product.
Nansulate
http://www.nansulate.com/
Nansulate claims “nano-technology” in their paint products, but unlike Insuladd®, no actual test data from any source is available on their website. The only “proof” that their products work is “testimonials.”
Products: Paints only (no additives) These products are very expensive @ $79.95 per gallon and $399.95 per 5 gallon pail.
Summary: Unverified technology based on the lack of laboratory test reports. Far more expensive than Insuladd®.
Eden Pure
http://www.edenpureenergypro.com/
This product was Insuladd® marketed under a different brand name. Tech Traders (the original owner of Insuladd®) contracted with (Resource Partners Enterprises) from 2009 to 2011 to market and promote Insuladd® products. That contract has been terminated and they are no longer affiliated in any way with Insuladd®.
Thermilate
http://www.thermilatetechnologies.com/thermilate-thermalmix-insulating-paint-additive.html
Thermilate was an Insuladd® distributor for 5 years and marketed our products internationally under the Thermilate brand name. We terminated our contract with Thermilate in 2008 due to their financial & corporate problems. Furthermore, Thermilate was making an attempt to associate our test data with their inexpensive, off-the-shelf microspheres instead of continuing to use the scientifically verified Insuladd® products. All test data on Thermilate websites is actually testing done with Insuladd® products.
Products: Paints and additives
Summary: Thermilate claims nano-technology as well as ceramic technology. They are in the same “competitor” class as Hy-Tech, Nansulate, and Koocoat beacuse their products are not actually verified or tested in any laboratories.
ThermaGuard
http://ucsacoop.org/products/therma-guard.htm
The therma-guard technology claim is that they use 4 different ceramic materials to make an insulating paint. 2 materials create a “reflective” quality, 1 creates a” dead air space,” and the 3rd blocks 99.5% of IR radiation. Their claim is not scientifically feasible because it is impossible to “load” a paint with 3 or 4 types of microspheres. So even if their microspheres possessed the qualities they claim, there would be no way to provide an adequate dispersion of each individual microsphere type into a paint mixture to provide thermal protection for each of the functions claimed.
The evidence is in the test data: there is none! There aren’t even testimonials on their site.
Products: A number of products are available on their website, including toys!
Summary: No viable insulating paint products, no test data, and no testimonials all point to dubious claims.
SuperTherm
http://www.supertherm.net/mc1_techsheet.htm
Supertherm claims “multi-ceramics” technology just like ThermaGuard.
There is no test data is available from any source on their website or any customer testimonials.
Products: numerous varied paints.
Summary: no viable insulating paint products.
