RE: [Paddlewise] Alternatives to neopren shorts?

I am using a short and a balaclava (hood) by Reed (UK). It is called
chill-cheater (haven't got their URL handy, should be something like
www.chill-cheater.co.uk or .com).
It is a polyester, rubberized on the outside and similar to 2 or 2,5 mm
neopren.
Especially the hood is working perfect: I had been using it for rolling and
reentry practice in the Irish Sea (Anglesey, Wales) in early April and never
felt cold.
I prefer it very much to neopren since it stretches and if turned
inside-out, it is usually drying fast.

David wrote:
> I remember one
> morning when it had been raining all night and my neopren was wet and
> cold so I heated up some water and poured it over the shorts then put
> them on. For the first few minutes it was very nice and by the time it
> had cooled down it at least matched my body temperature.

I did that last November on a three-day-trip at the Baltic Sea. In the
morning, just before the put-in, my feet (in neopren socks and neopren
shoes) were so cold I poured tea over them. It worked for a while until we
got into the boats (where my feet usually warm up quite fast).


Marian

Marian Gunkel, Berlin, Germany
www.mariangunkel.de
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