by Autoxfil » Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:16 pm
by OJ Loenneker » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:02 am
by Wastral » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:09 pm
OJ Loenneker wrote:Yeah, but they want $14 in shipping....
I decided to go pick one up locally from Oregon Mountain Community for $100...
Same price really, and I got my pick of colors...
Nice Jacket!! I am wearing it right now, as a matter of fact...
by dskoon » Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:59 am
Wastral wrote:no hood = useless.OJ Loenneker wrote:Yeah, but they want $14 in shipping....
I decided to go pick one up locally from Oregon Mountain Community for $100...
Same price really, and I got my pick of colors...
Nice Jacket!! I am wearing it right now, as a matter of fact...
by OJ Loenneker » Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:47 am
Wastral wrote:no hood = useless.
by Wastral » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:37 am
OJ Loenneker wrote:Wastral wrote:no hood = useless.
Depends on what you are using it for.
by OJ Loenneker » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:52 am
Wastral wrote:If you are buying something for warmth you lose 25% from your head. A hood vents your chest warmth up to your head keeping it warm. Thus, you are far warmer losing less heat. Also, a lighter layer will cover a wider range of tempertures due to this affect.
True, a hood doesn't look as "cool," so what, its weight that counts, not how cool you look. If how cool you look counts then don't buy "mountaineering gear" Just go with Cotton and a button down shirt with a tux top. Vanity, bah humbug.OJ Loenneker wrote:Wastral wrote:no hood = useless.
Depends on what you are using it for.
by bird » Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:11 pm
Wastral wrote: you lose 25% from your head.
by Alpinisto » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:07 pm
bird wrote:Wastral wrote: you lose 25% from your head.
That is a myth
http://wildernessmedicinenewsletter.wor ... pothermia/
by dskoon » Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:20 pm
bird wrote:Wastral wrote: you lose 25% from your head.
That is a myth
http://wildernessmedicinenewsletter.wor ... pothermia/
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