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Old 06-08-2024, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Leo.G View Post
We're just in our last month of winter but winter doesn't necessarily shut our asto down because it doesn't ice up like many other places. Where I live in the mountains we may drop to -10 overnight and occasional light snow but the skie are usually so crisp it's a joy to be out there (in the right gear with an electric hair dryer because I don't have a good dew strap system yet). Spring is often lovely too but we've had a few very wet years, hopefully this one will be dryer. Summer is good too except for the mosquitoes.
Leo,

Good news. You don't need a "good" dew strap system.

A really cheap mediocre one will do just fine. In 2016, I bought a $15 USB jacket off eBay. I thought I'd get a couple of years out of it, 8 years later, still going strong. They now cost the princely sum of $23 each.

https://tinyurl.com/4dj3xmbj

At a pinch, a chemical hand warmer pack held in place with a compression strap works fine as a makeshift dew heater.

Joe
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