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How to tell how warm a jacket / ski trousers will be?
 Poster: A snowHead
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I have been looking at some of the deals I am seeing on line from likes of sport pursuit and others for jackets. However I tend to suffer from the cold especial if I am not on the move (ie on chair lifts etc). I was wondering if there is a way of finding out how warm a jacket will be from any specs? I would actually rather feel a bit warm while skiing than get too cold while on lifts. I could just not buy anything online (which is what I have done in the past) but just wondering if I have missed something obvious?
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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NickyJ, I will be the first of many to say the answer is layers! I wouldn't buy a jacket online, not so much because of wondering "how warm" but because I find I have to try on quite a few to find one really comfortable and a good fit. Same applies to trousers. That has generally meant TK Maxx, or a sale in Go Sport or Decathlon, or similar. Make sure you have room for several thin layers and a fleece gilet.

Have a go at T K Maxx in Waterlooville. Filarinskis in Bosham might also have some deals - someone wrote about that in the last week or so. If budget is very tight you might find they have some ex-hire. I got ex-hire Colombia salopettes for £10 which did 3 seasons.

Aldi in Havant had some cheap ones but they looked a bit rubbish, I thought, a bit "shiny". Not as good as my £50 Trespass from T K Maxx that lasted years!

There are some outlets worth looking at in Port Solent too - or at least, there were. I've not been there for a few years.
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NickyJ, same as pam really, the other give away is what the insulation in the jacket is, if its down 700g fill then it will be pretty warm, if its just a shell jacket then they usually have no insulation, I say usually as some shell jackets have Shocked
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I do layers as well but I particularly like having a really snug warm jacket Happy

Thanks both for replies I will stick with my normal method of purchase then thanks again.
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