This lot are just up the road from me. They asked our site manager if their models could use one of the pumping stations for a photo shoot, he said no.....
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But are you using them for workwear?
RE Damart, I looked at their website a couple of days ago, and they seem to be largely out of stock for all their thermal stuff. Maybe they run it down at this time of year or maybe there's a Covid issue.
Re bamboo, bamboo fibre has been used for socks for many year, not at all new, but first time I've seen it in a vest.
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and it doesn't need to be expensive. I got a Mountain Warehouse merino under-strides for less than £20
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Marks and Spencer do a good range. Short and long sleeved tops as well as long johns. Daily wear from November to April, alternating from workshop to house they save putting the heating on most days. Also help with arthritic knees etc. especially on the bike .
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Engelbert Strauss do an excellent range of Merino wool stuff, though as someone pointed out it might be seasonal so out of stock.
Reminds me of a story; about twenty years ago someone asked me if I could do a "quick job" in Middlesbrough docks (quiet at the back) and I had most of my kit but all my clothes including my thermal gear was in a trunk half way across the Atlantic on it's way to me. So I asked my mum if she had any wooly tights (to wear under my drysuit) and off she went and came back some time later with a couple of packs with "Robinsons" on them. That was the name of the shop before it became Debenhams in Stockton so they were at least 30 years old then. I remember they were super quality and kept me nice and warm.
They don't make em like they used to!
Reminds me of a story; about twenty years ago someone asked me if I could do a "quick job" in Middlesbrough docks (quiet at the back) and I had most of my kit but all my clothes including my thermal gear was in a trunk half way across the Atlantic on it's way to me. So I asked my mum if she had any wooly tights (to wear under my drysuit) and off she went and came back some time later with a couple of packs with "Robinsons" on them. That was the name of the shop before it became Debenhams in Stockton so they were at least 30 years old then. I remember they were super quality and kept me nice and warm.
They don't make em like they used to!
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Yeah, I'm thin as a rake - you'd think I'd just arrived from a far-flung, famine-struck continent - so I wear them all the time.
They say they also stop you from stinking, too - but I still change them from time to time!
All the Best,
CJ
A few years back I started to suffer badly with cold whilst diving in winter.
I did a lot of research about base layers and undersuits and ended up buying a "Brynje Arctic" all-in-one undersuit from a company called Nordic Life. (Coincidentally I delivered some windows to the owner's house some time before this and he remembered me and gave me a generous discount on the suit
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It's supposed to be the warmest undersuit available and is apparently issued to Norwegian Special Forces, which I can well believe! It looks very flimsy and lightweight and hardly worth bothering with but nothing could be further from the truth. With just a t-shirt on top of it, a pair of skidders underneath, liner socks and woollen walking socks on my feet and my compressed neoprene drysuit on top it's kept me warm during 90 minute dives in 4 degree water when other folks were bailing out because it was
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It was one of the best purchases I've ever made where winter diving is concerned, and if it's good enough for Vikings it's more than good enough for me
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I did a lot of research about base layers and undersuits and ended up buying a "Brynje Arctic" all-in-one undersuit from a company called Nordic Life. (Coincidentally I delivered some windows to the owner's house some time before this and he remembered me and gave me a generous discount on the suit
).It's supposed to be the warmest undersuit available and is apparently issued to Norwegian Special Forces, which I can well believe! It looks very flimsy and lightweight and hardly worth bothering with but nothing could be further from the truth. With just a t-shirt on top of it, a pair of skidders underneath, liner socks and woollen walking socks on my feet and my compressed neoprene drysuit on top it's kept me warm during 90 minute dives in 4 degree water when other folks were bailing out because it was
.It was one of the best purchases I've ever made where winter diving is concerned, and if it's good enough for Vikings it's more than good enough for me
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A few years back I started to suffer badly with cold whilst diving in winter.
I did a lot of research about base layers and undersuits and ended up buying a "Brynje Arctic" all-in-one undersuit from a company called Nordic Life. (Coincidentally I delivered some windows to the owner's house some time before this and he remembered me and gave me a generous discount on the suit
It's supposed to be the warmest undersuit available and is apparently issued to Norwegian Special Forces, which I can well believe! It looks very flimsy and lightweight and hardly worth bothering with but nothing could be further from the truth. With just a t-shirt on top of it, a pair of skidders underneath, liner socks and woollen walking socks on my feet and my compressed neoprene drysuit on top it's kept me warm during 90 minute dives in 4 degree water when other folks were bailing out because it was
It was one of the best purchases I've ever made where winter diving is concerned, and if it's good enough for Vikings it's more than good enough for me
Yeah, most of the stuff I have is the same - it seems worthlessly thin, as if it'd have no effect at all.
But I've tried most things, and Icebreaker gear seemed to win all-round - except price!
**Can't you just tell I'm gonna look 'em up!
All the Best,
CJ
** I did - and they do folding ally canoes, too - thanks for the pointer! (The outfits, not the canoes!)
Had a look at their website as well and it seems that the suit is made primarily of merino wool.
Whatever it is it's never failed me and I 've lost count of the number of fellow divers who smirk at my undersuit while extolling the virtues of their top of the range undersuits that inevitably don't cut it, and I still chuckle at the ones who have electrically heated vests that either suffer flat batteries or dodgy connections while my flimsy looking suit just keeps on keeping on. It seemed expensive when I bought it, about £250 iirc, but as it's kept me safe and warm on over 500 cold-water dives I reckon that's about 50p a dive, which is a real bargain
.If I manage to get my Nissan van converted to a camper I'm hoping to have a big trip to Scandinavia this year so my undersuit should be well at home in the fjords of its homeland.
Have a look at Project Farm on Youtube, he did a test on all the biggest brands of heated jackets.
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I'v only just got off there - I'm now saving up for the winter!Had a look at their website as well and it seems that the suit is made primarily of merino wool.
Whatever it is it's never failed me and I 've lost count of the number of fellow divers who smirk at my undersuit while extolling the virtues of their top of the range undersuits that inevitably don't cut it, and I still chuckle at the ones who have electrically heated vests that either suffer flat batteries or dodgy connections while my flimsy looking suit just keeps on keeping on. It seemed expensive when I bought it, about £250 iirc, but as it's kept me safe and warm on over 500 cold-water dives I reckon that's about 50p a dive, which is a real bargain
If I manage to get my Nissan van converted to a camper I'm hoping to have a big trip to Scandinavia this year so my undersuit should be well at home in the fjords of its homeland.
All the Best,
CJ
