Abstract: Perspiring thermal manikin is proved to be an effective approach to evaluating heat and moisture transmission performance in the study of clothing thermal comfort.This paper reviewed the development of perspiring or sweating thermal manikins with clear classification,and their design principle of sweating systems and corresponding measurement method have been described in detail,as well as their possible differences in results.Through analysis,concludes that the passive water supply perspiring way and one step measurement method is an advanced and promising approach in measurement of clothing thermal insulation and vapor resistance simultaneously without any hypothesis and will be recognized more in later perspiring thermal manikin development.