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Re: Warm Coat
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:03 am
by Gavin
Swervin_Mervin wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 11:27 am
ZedLeg wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:02 am
Is constantly dressing like you're going on an arctic expedition from Nov to Feb just something that happens when you have kids?
You feel the cold a lot more once you get older. And kids accelerate ageing. Ergo, yes.
Must say that
the cold doesn't usually bother me, but I'm really feeling it this year. Just checked and mine's the Marmot Solaris, and it kept me nice and warm this morning with outside temps at -3
Ok Anna!
I got a red parka in the end, it was nice and toasty.
Re: Warm Coat
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:26 am
by mik
Gavin wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:03 am
I got a red parka in the end, it was nice and toasty.
Was nice and toasty...?
RIP red Parka.
What brand of red Parka did you go for, and I hope you spent the necessary 4-figure sum on it.
Re: Warm Coat
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:29 am
by V8Granite
Beard growth is very helpful in winter.
Layers here too, plus a body warmer/ Gilet is very nice alwhen you still need arms to work.
Dave!
Re: Warm Coat
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:34 am
by Mike1215
Finding my Pachyderm Explorer excellent in this weather - genuine elephant down insulation
Re: Warm Coat
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:11 am
by mik
How you gonna choose it if you really just want to prance?
By standing in the hall?
(Get your sack out of the hall) tell me
Are you gonna shivver when you really just wanna prance?
You hiding from the squall? Get your hood up - ahm no cauld!
'Cause I heard all the people sayin'
Get down in it, come on and
Get down in it, if you really want it
Get down in it, you gotta feel it
Get down in it, get down in it
get down in it, come on and
get down in it, baby, baby
Get down in it, get on it
Get (hefalump) down in it
Re: Warm Coat
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:52 am
by Gavin
I think it was somebody Anderson from dat der Copenhagen. Whether that is some fancy make, I could not say, it only needs to be warm.
I have many many fleece/shell layers and gilets or body-warmers as we called them in the early 80s. Then have the Berghaus gore-tex jacket to layer on top for mountains et.
Re: Warm Coat
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:02 am
by Mike1215
mik wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:11 am
How you gonna choose it if you really just want to prance?
By standing in the hall?
(Get your sack out of the hall) tell me
Are you gonna shivver when you really just wanna prance?
You hiding from the squall? Get your hood up - ahm no cauld!
'Cause I heard all the people sayin'
Get down in it, come on and
Get down in it, if you really want it
Get down in it, you gotta feel it
Get down in it, get down in it
get down in it, come on and
get down in it, baby, baby
Get down in it, get on it
Get (hefalump) down in it
System of a Down?
Re: Warm Coat
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:14 am
by mik
Mike1215 wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:02 am
mik wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 10:11 am
How you gonna choose it if you really just want to prance?
By standing in the hall?
(Get your sack out of the hall) tell me
Are you gonna shivver when you really just wanna prance?
You hiding from the squall? Get your hood up - ahm no cauld!
'Cause I heard all the people sayin'
Get down in it, come on and
Get down in it, if you really want it
Get down in it, you gotta feel it
Get down in it, get down in it
get down in it, come on and
get down in it, baby, baby
Get down in it, get on it
Get (hefalump) down in it
System of a Down?
The Boys Are Back In Down
Smalldown Boy
Life in a Northern Down
Golden Down (texture like bun)
Etc
Re: Warm Coat
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:18 am
by Jackleg
dinny_g wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 5:22 am
Jackleg wrote: Tue Dec 03, 2019 3:20 am-50°C
- where was that??
A wind chilled -40’s the lowest I’ve been to. Moscow in February.
Northern Canada. A place called Snow Lake funnily enough. That was a particularly vicious winter. It rarely seemed to get above -30
Re: Warm Coat
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:12 pm
by dinny_g
Awesome!!! Did you try that "Throw a cup of boiling water in the air" thing...
With Moscow it was -20 static air temp but a pretty strong wind (~40mph) from the east so it was Windchilled -40. I had about 8 or 10 layers on top but only had a pair of Jeans on my lower half. It was I first discovered that that "Shrinkage" thing is actually true...
It was like looking at my tackle through a set of binoculars the wrong way round...
Re: Warm Coat
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:35 pm
by JonMad
My lightweight, wind- and waterproof Peter Storm hooded jacket (£40 from Blacks, probably in a sale) is keeping me nice and warm, with a Peter Storm gilet underneath (£15 from Millets iirc, probably in a sale), or my ParkRun super thin jacket, or both.
Re: Warm Coat
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:52 pm
by Nathan
I know its not very cool, but I don't mind Regatta stuff when I'm not scaling mountains
/normcore
Re: Warm Coat
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:34 pm
by Gwaredd
Just layer up. We went to Andorra & were too hot as we had good layers on. We had also taken on a lot of drink. A lot.
Re: Warm Coat
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:54 pm
by mik
Nathan wrote: Wed Dec 04, 2019 4:52 pm
I know its not very cool, but I don't mind Regatta stuff when I'm not scaling mountains
/normcore
It isn’t very cool. But is it very warm?