Thermal underwear...!

Have a look in M&S last time I looked, a while back, they graded their thermal underwear for different enviroments/temperature. I've got a long sleeve "thermal" top and long johns. If I put them on I have to go outside in temps below 5C or I get too hot.

Damart thermolactyl has always worked well for me.

Colin Bignell

sounds like a laxative to me....

Army and Navy Stores are pretty good for that sort of thing. I got some long johns that said NATO on the label and they have been excellent.

Bill

I am wearing one - M&S or BHS (I forget and I'm not stripping off on a train full of bankers for you matey!) ;->

It is *very* warm but comfortable. I don't really need a coat with that under a work shirt.

Oh yes - if you are serious about it, has to be long sleeved top.

Add in some longjohns and you (OP) will be *extremely* warm. Longjohns might seem old fashioned, but all the blokes in northern China wear them, and I'm talking miners here.

I've always assumed it to be hot milk - or a hot flying cow (pterolactyl)

I have wondered whether the material is based upon milk proteins. Compared to today, there was a fairly limited range of plastic around when it was invented, in the 1950s.

Colin Bignell

Helly Hansen.

Probably - casein is the stuff isn't it?

Its a synthetic wool, more or less.

Seconded.

The compression ski underwear from Lidl and Aldi seems to work very well. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be on sale at the moment, but worth watching out for.

As long as it's fluffy and contains no more than 15% cotton (preferably none) it seems to keep me happy. Go for a long sleeve and close the cuffs on your outer wear, use elastic bands if you are wearing no more than a shirt. Wear a neck roll or scarf and then add a hat and gloves when appropriate.

Thin layers to trap the air are what is needed. No need to pay a fortune for branded thermals, certainly wouldn't pay for Helly Hansen.

MBQ

A lot of fishermen wear a pair of woman's tights as thermals.

Bill

Do they leave the women inside?

Well, that is their excuse and they are sticking to it. Although it doesn't explain the black lacy accessories ;-)

Common here too, and useful now that winter has finally arrived - the forecast temp for tonight is -32C (and -43C windchill). It's only -22C outside right now, so not so bad :-)

cheers

Jules

Sometimes I wonder WTF you are doing there at all Jules.