Excuse me.... I use nylon pogies for year and would recommend them over neoprene because they are so limp in the openings. Mine have a nylon spine up the centre that keeps it's shape and are far superior to the neoprene for taking off and on in a hurry. They were only $9.00 at the time. I tried using fleece in some homemade pogies for the winter but found that the fleece gets too wet and not any good after a while. Kirby -----Original Message----- From: Brian Windrope [SMTP:bwindrope_at_yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, December 24, 1998 10:51 AM To: paddle wise Subject: [Paddlewise] pogies On the subject of pogies... I have used neoprene pogies in the past and find their weight to be a problem. As a touring kayaker and not a free ride whitewater guy, my hands are lifted up and down thousands of times an hour. The nylon pogies I have used are a pain to get on because they have limp openings (always a problem). My solution has been to make my own pogies out of heat seal waterproof nylon and sewn in fleece. The opening is held open by the stiffness of the materials and they are as light as feathers. Hands are warm, rolling is easy, and they cost me all of a whopping 5 bucks to make. Cheap and a better fix! Brian _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free _at_yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Dec 24 1998 - 11:37:07 PST
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