We covered Valinor Active earlier this year and flagged real concerns about order fulfillment and the brand’s connection to a predecessor company, Namarie, that closed owing customers money. Enough time has passed that it’s worth checking whether anything has actually changed, rather than just repeating the same warning. Short version: the fabric still gets good marks, and the trust concerns haven’t gone away, they’ve picked up additional supporting detail since our last look.
Valinor’s activewear is built from its proprietary Taurenna fabric, a regenerated hemp cellulose blend the brand says is roughly 91% plant fiber, with ongoing work toward a fully plant-based formula. The pitch is moisture management, odor resistance, no microplastic shedding, and no PFAS, BPA, or harsh dyes, positioning it as a genuine alternative to synthetic activewear fabrics. Buyers who actually received their orders consistently describe the leggings and bras as soft and comfortable, including reviews mentioning wear through pregnancy and postpartum. On the product itself, nothing in our research contradicts the original assessment: when it arrives, people seem to like it.
Current Trustpilot data shows a 3.6 out of 5 TrustScore from 21 reviews in the past 12 months, technically up from the thinner, more negative picture at the time of our first review, but still carrying a 29% one-star share. The complaints haven’t shifted in character: orders placed under the Namarie name that never arrived, unresponsive support, and at least one reviewer saying they’re pursuing a chargeback after never receiving a refund. A BBB Scam Tracker report filed January 1, 2026 describes a near-identical pattern under the Namarie name specifically, a $101.11 order placed in October that was repeatedly delayed with shifting excuses (a government shutdown, tariffs, a package allegedly stuck with DHL) before the buyer gave up and requested a refund.
What’s genuinely new since our last review is a more specific corporate-identity claim. According to a Trustpilot reviewer and a follow-up blog post, Florida business registration records reportedly show Colton Lamb, a Namarie co-founder, as the registered agent for Valinor Active, Inc., and Namarie’s former Chief Science Officer is said to hold the same role at Valinor. A separate post dated March 29, 2026 describes a customer who says they’re still waiting on a refund promised in writing back in July 2025, who received a promotional text offering 30% off shortly after raising the issue again. We want to be direct about sourcing here: these specific claims come from buyers and secondhand blog posts, not primary court or state filings we’ve verified ourselves, and Valinor maintains it’s a separate company with different ownership. But the pattern across multiple independent sources and several months is consistent rather than contradictory, which is itself informative.
Category | Products | Price |
Leggings | Essential (standard fit), Contour (contoured fit) | $98 |
Sports Bras | Foundation, Performance, Flow | $60 |
Shorts | Training, Studio | $60 |
Sizing runs Regular, Petite, and Tall across nine colorways. Returns are free within 30 days, and shipping is free on orders over $200, policies that are reasonably generous on paper, assuming an order actually ships and a return or refund is actually processed when requested.
Brand | Fulfillment Track Record | Price Point |
Valinor Active | Serious, ongoing complaints tied to Namarie name and refunds | $60–$98 |
Girlfriend Collective | Established, consistent fulfillment history | $68–$98 |
Patagonia | Decades of reliable fulfillment and the Ironclad Guarantee | $95–$195+ |
If you’re set on trying Valinor specifically, the responsible approach is a single-item test order paid by credit card rather than debit, which preserves your chargeback rights if something goes wrong. Anyone who isn’t comfortable with that level of risk, or who needs an order to arrive reliably for a specific date, is better served by a more established plant-based or sustainable activewear brand with a longer track record.
We can’t confirm that definitively, and Valinor disputes the characterization. What’s well-documented across multiple independent sources is a real, ongoing pattern of unfulfilled orders and slow or missing refunds tied to the Namarie name, which is enough reason for real caution even without a confirmed fraud finding.
Valinor states it’s a separate company with different ownership that happens to use the same fabric. Buyer-sourced reports describe shared leadership between the two, including Namarie’s former co-founder and Chief Science Officer. We haven’t independently verified the underlying corporate filings ourselves.
Trustpilot’s score has ticked up to a mixed 3.6/5 from a more negative starting point, but recent reports, including one from March 2026 describing a refund still unresolved nine months after being promised, suggest the underlying issues haven’t been fully resolved.
Pay by credit card rather than debit or bank transfer, order a single item rather than a full set, and keep records of all order confirmations and communications in case a dispute becomes necessary.
Valinor Active’s fabric genuinely seems to earn its praise when orders actually arrive, but that’s an increasingly large “when.” The trust concerns we flagged earlier this year haven’t resolved, they’ve picked up more specific, independently sourced detail, including a disputed but repeatedly cited corporate-identity link to Namarie. We’re not calling this a confirmed scam, but we’re also not comfortable recommending it without real caveats. If the fulfillment pattern and review volume both improve meaningfully over the next six months, it may be worth another look. Until then, our New Nordic Hair Volume review covers a brand with a much longer, more verifiable track record if trust and transparency matter to you as much as the product itself.