Thinsulate bodyglove and reasonable priced cold weather gear

[SoulFireMage]

I went to the boatshow with the intention of buying a thinsulate bodyglove for lightweight winter wear. However, no-one seemed to stock ones made from thinsulate. Whilst they are available on Ebay at less than £35 including shipping, I wanted to try one

on first. Anybody know of any stockists in the southwest at all? I know if I spend a few hundreds of pounds I can get complete boating coldweather gear, however I was looking for something in the more modest budget range .

Thinsulate btw, if you've not come across it is dead cheap and quite effective. A £2 pair of gloves from a market kept my hands warm in the worst windy freezing mornings last year.

 

[Talbot]

I have a thinsulate body suit as a part of my dive gear (i.e. to fit inside my dry suit). splendid piece of gear. Try a dive shop!

 

[Channel Ribs]

We are looking into a range of budget (prob millitary spec as we do alot of expedition gear) winter clothing, first look came up with thermal underwear-longs and cotton 'Norwegian' polo necks. Plus the usual array of foul weather gloves etc.

I would be interested to note people's price-point for such gear, bearing in mind that we are aiming for the budget end.

 

[SoulFireMage]

Well I'm looking at £25-£35 for the thinsulate bodyglove either 100 or 200gram. If I was doing more serious cold weather stuff I'd have been tempted to acquire a Xenotherm undersuit as well but as I ain't diving or intending to go in the water that last is overkill, as really I'm intending to be able to go out walking for several hours in windy cold conditions. Thinsulate gloves and socks at a fiver would be good (or less). Decent jacket and overtrousers together would be nice to see at under £100 but with these things you probably get what you pay for.

 

[Lakesailor]

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I'm intending to be able to go out walking for several hours in windy cold conditions.

[/ QUOTE ] I can't even begin to understand why. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[Lakesailor]

Do you sell the excellent Sealskinz range of gear. I get very cold fingers and these have made sailing in winter a pleasure.

 

[SoulFireMage]

Because when I stopped walking this year I got fat and lazy. I'd walked from October to February because of my job being 3 miles down the road. Then I walked round Portishead when we moved, and for some reason I stopped-probably because it was bitter windy here and I got very cold for sometime afterwards. This year I want to be able to walk daily without the chills . Plus it saves me getting the car out for every silly little journey

 

[GIBSON]

Have you tried motorcycle clothing shops? I've no link to this site http://www.edz.biz/edz-sports-base-layers.html but they do one piece base layer for about 40.00gbp