Chore gear for harsh weather

I wear a couple cotton t shirts, and 3 cotton blend long sleeved shirts. If it is wiindy I wear a carhart for a wnd breaker.

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I dress pretty much like shown in the photo below. I believe in layers, wool long underwear, wool shirt-jac, insultated carhart bibs, and snow pacs. I also believe in not "over-dressing" for the weather. Wearing too much clothes while working out-of-doors will cause most people to sweat. Sweat can be your enemy when trying to stay warm. That's why I like wool. Wool maintains body warmth when wet.

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Carhartt bibs definitely. I also like flannel or fleece lined jeans. When worn with longjohns also cuts the wind. Ski socks help with wicking moisture away from feet in boots.

Another vote for Carhartt, though I have insulated coveralls. I'm a big fan of Boggs boots--they don't breathe and your feet and legs tend to get wet from perspiration if you're working hard and it's warmer, but the boot itself acts like a dry suit, and they keep you very warm. When it's cold, they're perfect.

I dress much like Cabin Fever does in his picture there. If it's real cold I'll thow on a wool sweater over the top or if it's real windy a heavy jacket. But layers is the way to go, if you get to warm you need to take stuff off, if you sweat that's a bad thing.

I don't wear Carhartts anymore though. The last pair of insulated bibs that I purchased came from Polar King, they were American Made, but I hear they outsourced now too. Might have to go to a nice pair of wool pants from Bemidji Woolen Mills

I am a cold-weather ninny. I wear the carhart suits. Tucked firmly into turnout boots (from the fire department). And I still cry like a little bitty baby.

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Carhartt gets my vote! Heavy insulated work boots, A polor fleece earflap hat, polar fleece neck warmer I can pull up over my mouth and nose, and besides heavy work gloves, arm warmers that keep my wrists from getting cold or snow on them. It was 3 below this A.M. and I actually was sweating.

I see lots of carhartt around here too.

I LOVE my woolrich wool shirt jacket, with a zipper and that duck pocket on the back. I fulled it(felted it just a tad on purpose--It is large for me so I have extra room). THat made it a little more windproof and waterproof. It's perfect for tramping in the woods. I got it jsut a little large(a mens XL I think) so the sleeves would be long and cover my hands and the hem woudl be long and cover my butt, AND room for an extra sweater. But usually I'm good with a duofold long john top underneath, and the shirt jacket. you can wear the collar up and tie it shut with a scarf or bandana too.

I love that coat, money well spent(and I got it 50% off!)

Also, don't underestimate a bandana--you can tie it around your neck to make a turtleneck(fold it so it's like 4" wide), or tie it on your head and put your hat on top, it will cut the wind. Or make a headband around your ears, or tie it over your face like a bandit to cut the wind. It will fold up real small so keep one in your pocket.

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I've been thinking about this post since yesterday.

I don't think I've ever heard an idea that makes my cold bum feel sooooo good!!! I've been tossing around the idea of tacking flannel pj bottoms into my jeans, but your idea sounds sooo much better, I might do that!

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I all depends , but like cabin feaver said layers , and it is impotant to start shedding them when you get warm befor you start sweating , you stocking cap is your fist line when you get warm and are about to sweat , off comes the cap then if still to warm off comes the carhart coat , if still to warm unzip the legs of the bibs and zip down th front


now if it comes to splitting wood i am not far from the house anyway and i will start with my hat and a fleece pull over on after 15 minutes or so i am down to just the fleece and soaked in sweat.that at about 20-30 degree F

today i was out had a walls jacket on hat an insulated work gloves it was fine keeping warm tossing wood and doing a little splitting i love the way wood splits when it is cold but i couldn't have stayd out 20 minutes if i had stopped moving

so it is realy about layering and keeping control of your temp before your freezing or before your sweating and this will be differnent for everyone

you are hearing a lot of good fabrics to use in your layering , i preffer to not put on to much bulk around the arms and shoulders , makes it hard to move

The basics have pretty well been covered, but I didn't see mention too many times of insulated waterproof gloves. The waterproof is key to me, because my chores involve breaking ice out of water dishes and sometimes getting wood that has snow blown onto it.

Marmot makes good ones.

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