Warm clothes and warm beds against the cold wave!

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by Other » 25/10/09, 04:16

Hello

Its cold at your house ?? what are you going to do when it does -25

Clothing, snowmobile dress and snowmobile boot with a felt boot inside
good hat, to hide the ears the top freezes quickly
This is when you have to do mechanics outside (start a car, shovel snow ...

I know a guy who worked very cold -20 in the morning he took an aspirin so as not to freeze the fingers
another when his finger was cold (you can't always work with gloves) he regularly tapped his fingers

When you have a frozen hand and arm you should never thaw your fingers, you must start with the arms, then go to the extremities

Once you have frozen fingers, they are sensitive and freeze more easily.

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by Philippe Schutt » 25/10/09, 08:17

a horsehair mattress, it feels warm in winter without melting in summer. comfort question, all the spring or foam widgets, it is stew next. main defect, the smell of new is a bit special;)
Otherwise, put a blanket under the sheets, it's super effective too.
that's what my parents did, the rooms were not heated.

The feet: woolen socks, thin in contact with the foot to avoid marking, and thick over the top. To work stationary on concrete I bought shoes with the slipper that goes with it. equipped like that, the feet fear nothing, I do not feel any discomfort of the day. Finally, tested by -18 ° not worse.

Keep your head warm. 30% of the blood goes to the head, it's worth isolating it. a Breton saying goes "if your hands are cold put on a hat"

The hands: silk gloves and mittens have always counted me, except on a motorcycle or over-gloves help cut the wind.

The legs: long pants and tighten the pants at the bottom with an elastic band so that the air does not rush in.

torso: I have never been cold enough to put wool directly. a cotton jersey, a fine turtleneck, a heavy wool sweater and leather to cut the wind.

equipped like that (not the hooves) I participated in a party by -20 ° without feeling discomfort but in the evening it fell below -30 ° and I think I would have liked less.
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by Hélène G » 25/10/09, 08:29

Hello; thanks for your advices;
In Canada or Switzerland you must have more choices in stores to provide you with quality warm clothing; In France, we need to go to sports shops in the mountain and ski department.
And above all, you are used to dressing properly.
In France we do not know how to protect ourselves effectively, sometimes, for lack of habit of the great cold.

For the bed, the heater or hot water bottle is excellent.
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by Philippe Schutt » 25/10/09, 22:32

well, no. in sports stores we sell you things that don't keep you that hot. After all, you're supposed to keep you warm by effort.
In my corner it is an old Jewish woman who has a small store out of age, she chooses clothes for their quality, not for fashion. real alpaca wool and others that I didn’t pay too much attention to.
The alpaca I was offered a sweater, it is terrible this thing, hardly you move the little finger and you are too hot : Shock:

okay i'm exaggerating a little bit : Cheesy: but the idea is right
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by Lietseu » 26/10/09, 00:35

+1 Philip :D
Super subject: lejuste !!!

I too have made some funny observations in terms of clothing, I will give them to you here. (yes we can buy real goose down on the market, Alain, it's expensive, but there is no better than that for sleeping warm and ... dry!)

All the remarks read above are judicious, I do not live in the far north, but I know that everyone agrees that humidity is the No. 1 enemy in the cold, so synthetics are a must. proscribe because it does not breathe, except in the case of certain synthetic fiber knits such as acrylic ... which are nevertheless to be avoided during winter or hiking sites, (especially in their most compact form, such as the "thrillers" -which bear their names very badly !!!) they take charge of condensation water from perspiration and when switching to a slower working regime or when passing in the shade in high mountains, turns into a formidable machine to make you die on the spot (case lived in the Himalayas) where in the middle of the day, we go from an area heated by the sun to an area in the shade and we chatter our teeth if we have the misfortune to do a little pose : Cheesy:

The ideal, I agree with most of you, is WOOL because it breathes and keeps humidity lower than materials like cotton or synthetic fibers ... the thinner the basic thread of wool like mohair, alpaca, cashmere, merino, the warmer and softer the wool is ... the girls know it better than the guys in general ...:D

For my part, I discovered two, three interesting things, these are non-woven wool mattress protectors (German manufacturing) which are put on the mattress and are both excellent regulator for his gentlemen who have so quickly too warm in bed and it was like winters! and socks made of pure wool at least 85% knitted house, which are as pleasant in summer as in winters also, wool does not let your feet take a repulsive smell in a day ... cotton yes! :? and the bells on the feet are due to overheating and the concentration of humidity.A sleeping bag always needs to be embellished with a canvas bag that serves as a bed sheet, in winters, it warms more and in summer, well ... you sweat less and it's more econological to wash the sheet than the sleeping bag (especially if it's a down => dry cleaning in most cases) : Cheesy:

So to put it simply, many layers, natural materials, for bikers, silk is also a remarkable insulator, gloves and hoods, it's the best ...
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Another useful observation, if you sleep in a cold house (construction site) do not sleep dressed! every time I had the chance to check it out, I realized that it was better to "sleep naked like a worm", than with a sweater and 36 layers of wool and other stupid artifice, why? because when you lie down in a bed or in a sleeping bag in an unheated place, the bag or bed warms up faster without a sock, sweater and Co. ... in other words, I found myself in winters in a military tent all alone, in a place rotten with humidity, I went to bed dressed and chilled to the ground and well ... 2 hours later, I was still cold !!! and it was only after I undressed and piled my clothes on the sleeping bag that I started - in 20 minutes - to warm up and sleep the right sleep (of course it takes some guts to undress, but the effect is guaranteed and moreover in the morning you come in fresh clothes, and ... dry!) :P
I confirm the thing of the cap on the head, 30% of the heat is lost by there (it is in all the manual of survival, civil and military), some of you will undoubtedly have precisions, or others ideas : Idea:

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Finally last tip, if you have a house to renovate or everything has to be redone, a great thing is the tent mounted in the house! We can heat a tent in qq minutes with a blower of 1000W / h and even by putting on low thermostat to be hot all night in a house where there is no heating, and waterproof windows ... by -15 ° outside CQFD : Mrgreen:
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by Pear Belle Helene » 26/10/09, 08:47

Hence the usefulness of the nightcap : Mrgreen: : Mrgreen: : Mrgreen: : Mrgreen: not glamorous but hot

For the birth of my youngest, I buy a lambskin so that she sleeps on it. It is reassuring, warm in winter and cool in summer. I tested it for a week to leave my smell on it and it was really pleasant this feeling of softness, softness, warmth (February). The only maintenance is to brush it every day.
The baby sleeps directly on top of it in a sheet, it must be in contact with the skin. My daughter slept on it for two years, then she abandoned him but she remains in her bed next to her.
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by the middle » 26/10/09, 11:52

+1, I remember sleeping a few years on a sheepskin when I was a kid.
It was not mom who had put it, I had thought of it alone, however, there was a heater in my room ...
I must admit that I came back from Africa, where I was born ... :? ...
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by Lietseu » 26/10/09, 11:53

+1 Belle Hélène pear

It's true that the knack of the nightcap ... now they are latex, right?

(would you be Greek? : Mrgreen: )


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by Pear Belle Helene » 26/10/09, 17:06

In latex and all scents ..... oops I go out : Mrgreen: : Mrgreen: : Mrgreen:
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by Christophe » 21/11/10, 20:18

A "cold snap" is expected for the next few days (forecast: -10 ° C in Strasbourg without thawing during the day).

A new EDF consumption record in sight?

Above, some tips to save you a few kWh ...
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