> Out of curiosity, what is the neoprene thickness of the waders? "Only" 3mm. > neoprene wet suits faired poorly when tested in 40 degree water for > any length of swimming or hanging out in the water. I believe that >was in conjunction with drytops. But I never attended these and so can > be well off base. I believe that. Waders are warmer than equivalent-thickness wetsuits because they aren't wet inside--less heat is lost due to the fact that (on the inside anyway) dry neoprene conducts less heat than wet neoprene. I have 3mm farmer johns as well, and stop wearing those when the water gets much below 60*F. Oh, and I also had on a pair of medium-weight Capilene long underwear under my waders, which, of course, stayed dry as well. Shawn Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Apr 10 2001 - 13:24:48 PDT
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