I have been pondering the issue of "appropriate dress" under a dry suit. It seems to me that it should be possible to dress appropriately without spending a $fortune$ on designer label stuff. Because I am currently using a coin laundry, multiples are desirable. Since everything is hidden under a dry suit, I'm not worried about making a fashion statement. Sadly, most street clothing contains a high percentage of cotton. Cotton has a nasty habit of soaking up and holding moisture. This is not desirable under a dry suit. Here is what I've found so far: 3 Hockey Jerseys - $5 each (100% polyester) 3 Fleecy tops - $10 each So far, so good. What do I do about pants? I want to stay within a similar price range. I want to avoid cotton. Thoughts?? What about socks? Derek ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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On Feb 28, 2008, at 11:22 AM, Derek wrote: > So far, so good. What do I do about pants? I want to > stay within a similar price range. http://www.campmor.com --- search for fleece, then click on "hot deals" for example: Campmor Polartec 200 Fleece Pants $23 > What about socks? same place: Wyoming Wear Teewinot Solid Fleece Sock $8 I use both of these all the time under my dry suit. Brian *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Derek <glamourpets_at_yahoo.com> wrote: > > So far, so good. What do I do about pants? I want to > stay within a similar price range. I want to avoid > cotton. Thoughts?? > Goodwill. It's not just for Oscar night any more. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I like the Campmor stuff too. Wear it often but not to church or funerals or funerals at churches. Ebay has cheap Patagucci stuff all the time. >> So far, so good. What do I do about pants? I want to >> stay within a similar price range. I want to avoid >> cotton. Thoughts?? >> > > Jim et al *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Fisherperson's under-wader gear - good fleece product lines avaliable, always a sale to be found. DL >> > So far, so good. What do I do about pants? I want to > stay within a similar price range. I want to avoid > cotton. Thoughts?? > > What about socks? > > > Derek *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> I have been pondering the issue of "appropriate dress" > under a dry suit. > Here is what I've found so far: > 3 Hockey Jerseys - $5 each (100% polyester) > 3 Fleecy tops - $10 each > > So far, so good. What do I do about pants? I want to > stay within a similar price range. I want to avoid > cotton. Thoughts?? > > What about socks? No socks or pants at Value village - not for kayakers, anyway. Try second-hand sport-oriented places. Here in Vancouver it's called Sport Junkies - though they've been shifting lately from used good stuff (on consignment) to new no-name chinese eer... items; price tag without the depreciation schedule is the warning sign to look. Whenever I see such a tag, I drop it and go to neighboring www.mec.ca in the same block (poor canadian's analog of Campmor or REI). Fleece tops at Value Village are usually not kayaker-oriented too - with zippers, pockets, some buttons, etc. But I've bought some fleece tops for $2 and $3 there for home and shore wear. Wetsuits in Value Village are good too - few bucks for a suit. Mostly for divers, never in the right size, but good for scrap pieces when you need a patch etc. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Consignment stores (like Second Hand Sports) and stores like Goodwill, Salvation Army and Value Village don't often have what we need in poly clothing but if you have some time to do careful shopping you can turn this to your advantage. Employees and managers at these stores often don't realize what they've got. As an example, I used to buy cross-country skis because Sue and I invite non-skiers along to introduce them to the sport. After all, with a season-long parking/groomed trails permit it doesn't really add to the cost if we fill the SUV up. Most relatively modern x/c skis have extrusions or corrugations on a portion of their bottoms to help keep the skier from sliding backwards when they take a step. You can feel these when you run your hand over them. Older skis are made for waxing and don't have these corrugations and are smooth to the touch; these are in much less demand and are priced accordingly. However skate skis (designed to be used on groomed tracks in a skating style) is a fast-growing segment of the sport and the bottoms of these skis are smooth and are in great demand (and very expensive). I found a pair of carbon-fiber skate skis for $9.95 at the local Goodwill complete with bindings (bindings alone go for over $100). Better yet, I've used them regularly for the past 3 seasons!!! Also, in the northern areas where there is skiing the clothing worn by skiers is often the same clothing that is worn by kayakers. If your second-hand or consignment store has a ski section then by all means check it out. Finally (I know you thought I'd never get here), there are also consignment stores for boaters. Seattle has "Second Wave" in two locations (one right next to West Marine in Shilshole... I bet *that* ticks 'em off) plus an excellent web site (www.secondwave.com). There is a consignment store in Portland and one in So. Cal. called "Minnies" that has been around for at least 30 years (Long Beach, I think). I've saved, literally, thousands of dollars shopping at these places. These stores often have dry suits and wet suits and sometimes kayaks, too. And then, of course, there's www.craigslist.com; look for one that covers your area. If you've never used craigslist then you should start now. Oops... that's one more after "Finally"; so sue me. :) Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
> I found a pair of carbon-fiber skate skis for $9.95 at the local > Goodwill complete with bindings (bindings alone go for over $100). Better > yet, I've used them regularly for the past 3 seasons!!! It is interesting how everything is different south of the border. I have never seen scate skis in Vancouver second-hand sport stores for less than $60, - unless in a very battered shape. Those in a good shape go for $70-80, without bindings, and if it has a deprectiation schedule, it always sells when the price drops to $60 or so. Anything with modern bindings like NNN, SNS etc (even regular X-country skis), sells for at least $30, considering the bindings value. One problem with used scate skis (and same problem with low-end new scate skis) is unknown elasticity and camber. Good new scate skis have a proper camber, and after some years it flattens up irreversibly (but you can't detect this visually). Low-end scate skis might have inadequate elasticity or inadequate camber from the day one. With using skiing clothes for kayaking I didn't have much luck either. X-country (no matter what skis) requires less body twisting and less freedom of movement around armits, therefore skiing tops feel restricting when paddling, unless they are in much larger size (and then it is bunching up under the paddle jacket). Also, skiing tops are not made to cover low back, while for kayaking you need it to be longer. Skiing pants are even more a problem - for kayaking they need to be energy-conserving, while for X-country this is the area of heat dissipation - something quite different. OTH, I've been able to use low-end loose nylon gym pants for skiing - X-country crowd tends to be less snobby than downhill skiers, for some reason. On the forest X-country trail anything goes - bicycle jackets I can see all the time. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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