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| Thread ID: 116655 | 2011-03-14 10:20:00 | Place to buy cold weather clothing? | Question (15792) | PC World Chat |
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| 1186081 | 2011-03-20 23:29:00 | Oringi is better for rainwear. They are now the only firm in NZ that manufactures what used to be called a "parka", remember the black oil skins that came below the knee ? No wet shorts or bum with an Oringi :clap Essential wear for every tramper :banana Nowadays it's all shaped fashion 'street' wear that they call "jackets", even Oringi calls its long parka a jacket. www.oringi.co.nz The hood is large, fully adjustable, and doesn't drag back on you when carrying a pack as did the old style black parkas. The only drawback to the Oringi product is that the Flexothane is prone to getting small holes spiked in it from gorse or thorns. The best repair method is a smear of silicone rubber on the inside rather than their expensive repair kit. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1186082 | 2011-03-23 04:03:00 | Hmm looks like i will have to miss kathmandu's special this time round. Just cant make it today. Anyone know how often kathmandu/ice breaker has specials? For warmth, it looks like i should be getting a duvet jacket and merino gloves right? |
Question (15792) | ||
| 1186083 | 2011-03-23 04:05:00 | Hmm looks like i will have to miss kathmandu's special this time round. Just cant make it today. Anyone know how often kathmandu/ice breaker has specials? For warmth, it looks like i should be getting a duvet jacket and merino gloves right? Goes on for least a week I think .... Kathmandu does sales each 3 months I think. Ice Breaker not sure, cos they are just dealers which sell them, or there might be Ice Breaker speciality stores some of them only do 2 sales a year. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1186084 | 2011-03-23 05:46:00 | Genuine Ice breaker rarely comes on sale, other no name brands of Merino which are almost identical do, but I don't rate Merino very highly I think its way over priced for what it is | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1186085 | 2011-03-23 08:44:00 | Bivouac often has genuine Icebreaker on sale. It is on sale at present - see www.bivouac.co.nz The sale ends on 27 March. Question - I agree with the merino gloves. The Kathmandu sale started today for Summit Club members but will go on for some time. I'm not sure about the duvet jacket for one reason only - it probably won't be waterproof and you appear to live in Auckland. If you lived in ChCh I would say go with the duvet because it is so dry down here, but if you are living in Auckland which is wet, wet, wet, I would say this - if you buy the duvet jacket you will be toasty warm, but you risk getting soaked in a decent rain storm. You might want to think about getting a rain jacket to go over the top of the duvet. Down duvet jackets are definitely the best when they are dry, but feathers don't like rain! |
John H (8) | ||
| 1186086 | 2011-03-23 20:49:00 | What do ducks wear? ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1186087 | 2011-03-23 21:09:00 | Very droll. Ducks oil their feathers regularly from a gland under their bum. I suggest you try that with the feathers inside your duvet... | John H (8) | ||
| 1186088 | 2011-04-06 02:58:00 | Bought a pair of icebreaker merino wool(320 g/m, whatever that means) gloves for $40 recently. Pretty warm. | Question (15792) | ||
| 1186089 | 2011-04-09 09:15:00 | Would a coat be an alternative choice? | Question (15792) | ||
| 1186090 | 2011-04-10 14:15:00 | bump | Question (15792) | ||
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