What gear is your favorite? (Spider, Northface, Columbia etc)
2007-11-14 02:55:22 · 5 answers · asked by BIG TIM 3 in Sports ➔ Winter Sports ➔ Other - Winter Sports
I wear Polartec Windbloc fleece jackets from LL Bean. Cheaper than Mountain Hardwear and just as good...six Vermont winters have proved that. I used to work for Eastern Mountain Sports so I have a ton of their gear. All of it is good stuff. A bit less-expensive than TNF...but I really don't care about what logo is on my jacket either. My mountaineering coat is a Precision Mountaineering "Expedition" jacket. I've had that for a few years. I only break it out when it's like +10F or lower. Still can't complain about my Obermeyer insulated ski pants either...$50 on sale at the Jay Peak ski shop of all places! Mid-season too...and it was cold (like -15F) the day I bought them. I also have a pair of Campmor "Ascent" bibs I bought about 8 years ago. These have been delegated to my snowmaking wardrobe. However, they have taken a beating...especially last year. But they just refuse to die. I've had to send them for repairs a few times, but I beat the snot out of them. I keep them clean and treat them with the appropriate washing chemicals and they are almost as good as when I bought them. I also used a Red Ledge coat when snowmaking...same company as Campmor. That wouldn't die either. Last year it was +12F, I was running from snowmaking gun to gun, making adjustments,, getting SOAKED and all I was wearing was my Campmor bibs, the Red Ledge jacket, a pair of EMS fleece pants and a EMS Thermo-techwick shirt...I was roasting hot and very dry.
Also... the best winter gloves I own...and I have a LOT...were $25 winter leather work gloves from Wal-Mart with Thinsulate and some generic waterproof membrane...Tough Duck was the brand. I can put my hand in front of a snow cannon and it gets neither cold or wet.
2007-11-14 07:19:16 · answer #1 · answered by Willie D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Northface
2007-11-14 04:31:43 · answer #2 · answered by SleepingBeauty =) 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Northface and lowe alpine
2007-11-15 12:24:00 · answer #3 · answered by Scottie Too Hottie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) fxr bibs & jackets
2) arctiva or ringers gloves
3) baffin boots
4) fxr balaclava (spell check).
5) hjc helmets
6) smith goggles
2007-11-15 11:37:38 · answer #4 · answered by brek69amx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very confusing thing. look onto the search engines. that will might help!
2015-04-26 16:52:44 · answer #5 · answered by Audra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋