what is the warmest winter clothing (cut, legs, product, fashion)

[nickerman]

Any ideas on staying warm when it reaches 20 degrees below zero or thereabouts?

[wit-nit]

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by nickerman

Any ideas on staying warm when it reaches 20 degrees below zero or thereabouts?

Wear Polartec, Gore-Tex and other brands, high-loft synthetic or down filled items, wool, silk. Layer. Cover your nose and mouth when you go outside. Hot food and drinks.

[Be Free]

My hands always freeze in my Gortex gloves if I'm moving around at all because they get sweaty. The only thing I've found that keeps them warm and dry is a pair of military surplus wool gloves underneath a pair of wool trigger finger mittens. Not very fashionable, but it beats painful fingers.

The warmest pants combo I have are UnderArmour Expedition weight boot cut pants with Smartwool long johns under them.

[oberon_1]

Its not about temps only. The OP should explain what conditions are these clothes supposed to resist:

1) Many hours exposed to the elements?
2) Wind, snow or wet conditions?
3) Walking long distances?
4) Comfort for outdoor work and strong fabric resistance?

Addressing these questions will help choose better apparel.

[Chava61]

Wear Uniqlo heattech products (such as their heattech socks & long underwear).

[mainebrokerman]

dress in layers,

wear long johns/long underwear this helps tremendously

and dress in layers


20 below in the wind , can be dangerous, then you have to think about skin exposure because of frostbite


I was snowmobiling once in rural maine, it was 20-25 below with a good wind
I didn't dress warm enough, and my machine broke down I had to walk a few miles back to town

at first I was so cold I thought id literally freeze to death, but then I walked harder and faster - got my blood going and did this all the way to town

I did many dumb things I knew better- travelling alone at night- being under-dressed but I was young and dumb

[Mandalorian]

Fur is the warmest.

This is coming from someone who lived in WY and Polar Vortex WI.

There's a reason eskimos wear fur.

[belovenow]

I spent significant time growing up in a very cold part of the US, once I reached my late teens and took up skiing/night skiing, I learned the following works very well:

Silk long underwear rocks: silk t-shirt & silk pants
Followed by a synthetic long underwear layer
Followed by either snow pants or jeans or whatever else you have for your legs
A couple thin layers on top will work - for extreme cold a mock or full turtle neck long sleeved t-shirt

Then for the top most layer on top - a nice winter coat that goes lower than your waist which has a nice insulated hood.

A good hat and a set of gloves too.

For my feet - ski-socks and what I discovered just last Winter... a good pair of side-zip winter season waterproof combat boots.

[Adi from the Brunswicks]

If its so brutal that temps go down to -20 F, I'd either work from home or look for options to move south.

I'm from south India and cant really acclimatize to that level of extreme cold. 0 F is the most I'm willing to put up with.