Cold weather tech gear, something I always think about. The onset of the cold air makes those of us without fur coats cold. The dogs both have jackets for when it is really cold (anything below 12 degrees they wear their jackets). But the humans don’t always have the same ability to just, well add a jacket to a natural fur coat. Even, though the Laboroadors often look quizzically at the humans for not have a fur coat. So come the harsh days of winter, it is important that humans find other ways to stay warm. That brings me to the cold weather tech portion of the post. Sorry, I took the long way through explaining why the post was focused on cold weather tech. To my friends in the tropics, well this stuff doesn’t apply.
The first to consider is a jacket. Now, the reality of a jacket is that you have two options. The first is to wear two, or three jackets combined. We, the walkers of our hours other than the four-legged walkers, have sweatshirts with hoods we can put under jackets. The outer shell you wear has to be waterproof in case it snows while we are out and about. The jacket needs to be flexible enough that you can move while you are walking. We often have to stop and adjust dog harnesses and things like that while walking. Over the past four years, I’ve tried some jackets. I settled on the Ravaen heated jacket this year, and it was amazing on Monday (high Monday was 15 degrees. But the windchill was 10 degrees below zero when we were walking). Ravaen is a down jacket that is lightweight so it can be worn with or without the battery. The battery also can charge your phone and other devices that have USB cables.
The jacket also has a heated hood.
We got Balaclava’s last year; the twins hate theirs I like mine. It fits and covers your face from the wind nicely.
Finally, there is the reality of globes and eye cover. I have a pair of ski goggles I use that is perfect for covering my face and shielding my eyes from the sun. The Googles keep my face covered as well. The gloves I have are also heated and also come from Ravaen. The gloves are nice, cover my hands and keep everything nice and toasty warm!
Cold weather tech is really important if you have cold weather of course!
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Question of
Have you ever tried heated gloves?
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Yes
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No
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For those of you from the tropics does thinking about heated jackets make you smile?
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Yes
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No
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Now, the heated gloves is something that I would want! I was never big on cold weather and heated gloves would help me a lot!
I hate it when my hands are cold!
Wooow … what luxury, I envy you. In our country, we can not buy such a jacket because no store sells them
No store sells them here either, I found them as part of a crowdfunding campaign
I hate to wear gloves because it just get in the way when I need my fingerprint to open the phone. But I do appreciate proper and nice layering. I have high tolerance for cold (tried walking in shorts, lol) but the wind could get me. ??
we hit gusts up to 40 mph yesterday. it was cold!!!
The merciless cold I ever experienced was in Melbourne and it was springtime! The wind could kill, I swear ?. I don’t like to remain stationary when I am out in that kind of weather.
I don’t blame you, a stationary pixie becomes a flying pixie if the wind is strong enough 🙂
When it gets cold in Lake Charles, a warm jacket does wonders to keep me warm.
That part of the world gets very cold – I don’t blame you. The heated jacket is amazing!
Better to be safe than sorry with the weather.
It is, my dad got me started on weather tech. I am a firm believer in not only knowing what the weather is from the NWS but also what it is right at my house!
Thank you for sharing that information with me.
I hate the cold, I have to bundle up a lot, or I get sick, and stay sick.
Ravean may be your go to! Warm jacket no matter where you are!!!
i had no idea what minus degrees was. my first time in the cold country, i brought a wind breaker haha and i had a peculiar way of wearing my hat we call it bonnet
I have had the fortune of living in Thailand (where snow is something you see on mountains) and I’ve been a lot of time in Canada (where snow becomes the ground in winter). I am prepared for both!!
snow here in Thailand? ahh yeah next time i will buy something like this.
Up in the hill country past ChangMai it can get close (well in the higher elevation areas).
ohh i lived there .. but never experienced snow. i lived in Nan such a beautiful place.
I did it again, forgot to include the link to their site.
https://ravean.com/