On Friday 12 October 2007 02:31, dave wrote: > Tord Eriksson <tord_at_tord.nu> wrote: > >> For guys like these Chillcheater's Aquatherm stuff sounds perfect - > >> thin and much more flexible than neoprene, and yet warm enough! > > I use a Kokatat variant of this below my waist, and it is a lot better > than tights or bare legs, but very much less insulating than 3 mm of > neoprene. I seem to recall that Chillcheater compares their Aquatherm stuff with 2 mm neoprene, when used without a fleece layer under. We swam in our Aquatherm Cags and trousers, with Transpire fleece under (another Chillcheater brand - looks like some Polartec stuff), in 3 degrees C sea water, after a roll, a few years back. Kept us nice and warm during the swim, but when we eventually crawled up on a rock, the close to freezing wind nearly killed us. After an to us unknown number of minutes (20-30 minutes, is my guess) we were rescued by a fisherman in his unheated boat! Yikes! I didn't know you could freeze that much! I shook so much that vision was difficult! But we were saved, and we even got the kayak back, where we had our warm jackets! Indoors we didn't get for another three-four hours, but that's another story. Happily we have not had any similar experiences since! We had thick fleece caps on our heads (Musto brand - no longer available), and Bering motorbike winter gloves on our hands, the rest was Chillcheater stuff, including the socks, both inner and outer. Never have felt the Chillcheater stuff clammy, especially if you wear the fleece stuff under, except, as usual, where the seals are: around wrists, neck and ankles (the latter we simply cut off, as they were a bit too tight - probably will send the trousers off to the maker one day to get socks sewn on - sounds like a good option, now available)! Yours, Tord *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Oct 12 2007 - 02:13:11 PDT
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