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Old 13-06-2007, 09:52 AM
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I think the freezer suits are great, though very bulky. I bought the pants, not the one piece set, and even so I gotta sit legs well akimbo. For the upper body I need a lot of freedom and mobility so I use a long sleave silk shirt under cotton skivey with a furlined nylon bluey jacket over the top. There is so much good thermal gear available from different sources you should have a good look around. At the motorcycle shops for example they sell great neck warmers "RJ's brand", for around $12. There a sort of sleave that you pull over your head and it sits around your neck from just under your chin on down. Little things like this really count, especially if a mild wind picks up. Fingerless gloves are a must as well as some fingered ones you can pull over the others whin it gets really cold. A wool balaclava "IRA style" is handy too. Boots are a whole post in themselves but don't overlook thermal sox. A couple of good pairs of sox will go a long way to making an ordinary pair of boots "Thermal Boots" You can never be too warm I reckon
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Old 13-06-2007, 10:24 AM
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I was out last night in 2 jumpers and a coat with a beanie. (and intermittent use of the hair dryer that is allegedly to get rid of dew on the seconday but also good at warming hands )
I deceided enought was enough at 2300 with ice on the scopes cover. It was -1 at the time. We had a very hard frost this am. Our birdbath was frozen solid. Brrrrrrrrr
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Old 13-06-2007, 11:33 AM
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Welcome Moon Man..just a thought...with your bino's..would adding a cardboard tube over the lenses to act as a dewshield?...cause I did the same for my finderscope and it seems to work ok!!..and don't forget the hot cocoa!!
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