WINTER APPAREAL

jaybee

Whats the best type of clothing to keep u warm doing the winter? I have heard that they have gloves that internally heated that keeps your hands? Is this true? If so, do they have clothing like this also? If yes, where could i find them? Old man winter is just around the coner!!!

hr

Layered approch

Is the best method I have found. It allows you to shed layers as you work intensity increases. Helps keep you from sweating so much which is real uncomfortable when you slow down.

Warm feet make a BIG difference. I use some bubble foil insoles made from scrap InsulTarp. These make a huge difference when working on cold concrete slabs all day.

I have used some electric clothing on my motorcycle over the years. It works! But kinda of bulky and not very "work friendly" as far as electric gloves go. Plus a power source would be a challange

Lots of high tech clothing available at sporting good stores. Ski and mountaineering clothes are great. You need to find the layers that fit your work style and $$ budget

Plenty of manufacture give aways this time of year. I've had a pair of those Weil McLain hiking boots for years. A nice medium duty boot for fall season.

I also like a fleece layer, but keep your torch away. Fleece with a Carhart outer layer is my all time best setup.

Duluth Trading Company has some very contractor friendly work clothes www.duluthtrading.com I like their long tailed tee shirts and some of their Fire Hose material pants and shorts are nice.

Patagonia make some great outdoor clothes, shop at the outlet stores for seconds Or take out a second mortgage on you home.

hot rod

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Alan R. Mercurio_3

Jaybee, I always suggest to my fellow technicians that keeping and extra uniform and a few pairs of extra socks it helps a lot to also wear a heavy sweat shirt under your uniform shirt.

The socks are real important though Seriously It's amazing how much better you think when your feet are dry and warm in the winter.

Any how here's a link I found for you regarding heated clothing

heated clothing

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Alan R. Mercurio

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Weezbo

Well....*~/:)

i like a good snow hat:) .thick socks with plastic grocery bags over them help quite a bit....a double layer of t shirts,a wash cloth folded and placed under the snow hat or a t shirt that drapes over the head and shoulders with a knot tied in it to keep it on your head and over your shoulders,...charharts, ,sorrels,Bunny Boots...long jhons or pj bottoms snow mucklucks..hands are tricky, moose hide wolf or wolverine mittens are best for "Distance" with space gloves and hand warmers...tie the mittens together so they cant get lost a heavy shirt and a pair ov levies under the insulated full body charharts and you are good for the go in 100 below.oh and a scarf is particulairly decent in high winds did i mention a parka over the top of this with wolverine ruff?

Rookie_3

Layers

Layers are the most comfortable and easiest to add or remove for me. Dry feet with layered socks also. When I was a kid my mother would make me laugh when she would tell me make sure I wore a hat because the heat from your body escapes through the top of your head. Years later I'm eating an Italian sub loaded with hot peppers and I start sweating on the top of my head. I think that was the first winter I started wearing a hat!!!!!!!!!

Mike T., Swampeast MO

An oversized, lightweight, wind "breaking" jacket is always my favorite for the outmost layer if working outdoors. You can always peel off inner layers as the blood starts pumping, but still have some wind protection.

You may think I'm crazy, but raw silk long johns are incredible--warm but they breathe and wick away moisture. I think LL Bean might still have them.

Dave Bush

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Dave Bush

Yup. Layer up, and dry, warm feet ARE very important! I get mushbrained when my extremities get wet and cold. I start to react slower, and have actually scared myself after realizing that I had almost done something that was potentially fatally stupid because I was having a conversation in my head, with myself, about how if I'd listened to my mommy and finished college I wouldn't feel like this...

Keep dry, warm and safe.

Joe_51

I layer with Carhart overalls being my last piece. I spent 10 years doing commerical refrigeration electrical work. I hateed coming up of a -15 degree walkin blast freezers in the middle of a HOTT muggy Maryland August. Nothing like a 100+ temp. difference in 2.0 seconds....! Layer with wool socks, fleece hats work for me too. Up here in Maine winter starts the second week of Sept. lol

J.C.A._3

Jaybee,

#1- I refuse to believe that winter is coming, and will continue to think "warm thoughts" until my windshield needs scraping.

The layers, without a doubt are the way to go. You could be thawing something outside on 1 call, then stuffed into a 100+° boiler room on the next call.

I've never been able to wear hats, until it gets REAL COLD outside, but they do help.(that's how the guys in the company KNOW it's cold out,I'm wearing a hat!)

Funny story....When I was in the Coast Guard, my mom thought that I would be needing some insulated pants for going on calls. She found some really nice Dickies, flannel lined ones that matched the uniforms we wore. Trouble was, I was an engineer, and worked in 110° engine rooms for the most part. I did use them while working on a few jobs , after starting in this field.(the survival suits kept us warm when underway and on-deck just fine)

Time is the best teacher. Give it some time, and you'll have a handle on what to wear. Be prepared for all situations. Keep a spare everything in the truck(room permitting), and you'll never be without. One thing brought up many times is feet. If your feet are cold, so isn't the rest of you. WATERPROOF!!!! , and keep a spare set of boots and socks in the truck. Getting hit with water in the feet doing a simple purge can ruin the rest of the day if your feet got wet.

NOW, stop thinking about winter. It's August dammit! Chris

BillW@honeywell

Try this...

I agree with the "layering" that the other guys suggested. Go to a good sporting goods store or try LL Bean or Land's End for LIFA polypropylene underwear. It's long pants & a long sleeved shirt, and it fits like a glove. The polypro does not aborb water, it wicks the sweat away from your skin, to be absorbed or evaporated. I've never been cold since I dicovered this stuff back in 1980...they had a booth at the Winter Olympics, and I bought my first set there. I cross-country ski, and this stuff is the best thing I've ever found to keep warm when you are outdoors working hard climbing , then zooming down a hill. I also highly endorse ragg wool sox, and those thinsulate LL Bean half rubber, half leather boots.

ScottMP

Just stop this talk RIGHT NOW !

we still have some summer left, I was swimming this weekend and sailing.

We still have fall to go and Indian Summer.

So NO MORE WINTER TALK, or you can go sit in the hall.

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bob_34

from hot to cold

from summer heat to winter cold. i wear 2 pocket short sleeve shirts with button flaps. cell phone in one - notebook and pen in the other. the flaps keep wood chips and rain off the phone but easily accessible. as it gets cooler i wear thin cotton 3 button long sleeve henley shirts. they ventilate and insulate and are light enough under the short sleeve shirts for service call manuveurs in tight places. next comes a long sleeve chamois or flannel shirt- again with 2 flap pockets. next comes a Wearguard taslan shell/fleece lined jacket with tall fleece collar, knit cuffs and waist keeps the heat in. still colder means thin polypropylene longjohns cut to mid calf length. still colder means full insulated one piece suit. as for hands try wearing latex disposable gloves under your regular gloves, you'll be surprised at the amount of extra warmth. lastly, anyone know why carpenter jeans always come with the hammer loop on the left where you can't reach it while holding a nail with your left hand and reaching for the hammer with your right?

toearly_2

I spend a lot of time outdoors in the winter (Upstate NY) fishing. The water temp in the dead of the winter is 33 and on a warm day the air temps will hit the 20’s.
Some tricks to keep warm.

Stay dry: Undergarments that are made to draw moisture away from your body. Wicking. This can be purchased in any good ski shop or sport shop

Dress in layers: This is a great practice and allows you to add or remove clothing as needed. Stay dry

Good Boots: You can not say enough about a good pair of boots that are warm and breath. Gortex is a great product. I have been using insulated cross trainers for work with good results. If I am spending a lot of time out doors I use a heavier set of boots. Stay Dry

Wear a hat. The body will lose heat very fast from the top of your head. Just like an attic with out insulation. See below

Drink Water: Your body will require more water in the winter the in the summer.

How the body works. When the body becomes cold, the brain will begin to shut down parts of the body in order to preserve itself. The fingers and toes will get shut down first. If the brain still is not happy it will begin shutting down vital organs. Then death.

With that being said. A great trick is to fool the brain to think that it is warm. The little hand held heat packs you shake up to activate placed under a hat will do the trick.
In extreme cold we will use the larger ones taped to our first layer of clothing placed on the lower back.

I steelhead fish as much as time permits in the winter. Standing in cold moving water (With waders) when the air temp is even lower requires one to learn fast on how to keep warm.

But then again nothing beats hooking on to a three foot trout that swims like a rocket.

Best of luck
David


> Whats the best type of clothing to keep u warm

> doing the winter? I have heard that they have

> gloves that internally heated that keeps your

> hands? Is this true? If so, do they have clothing

> like this also? If yes, where could i find them?

> Old man winter is just around the coner!!!

Unknown

jaybee what would you do with out

the Wall. Hang in there son we will be here to help you. Here is some help for winter clothing in fact work clothes in general. I have been using them for years.

The company is Duluth Trading Co. www.duluthtrading.com or 1-800-505-8888 great stuff get in touch with them and they will send you a catalog.

Glenn Harrison_2

Mr.Milne

I hate to say it, but with record breaking low temps last week and multiple no heat calls over the last several days, I think it is time to start thinking cold. As much as I can't believe I'm saying this, I'm hoping for cold weather, as there sure aren't any air conditioners breaking right now.