Comments on: cold-weather test http://heyhelen.com/2009/03/cold-weather-test/ Freelance Science Journalist Thu, 17 May 2012 22:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DavidS http://heyhelen.com/2009/03/cold-weather-test/comment-page-1/#comment-60 DavidS Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:59:11 +0000 http://heyhelen.com/?p=155#comment-60 I have a similar facemask, which can fog up my (sun)glasses. My workaround is to pooch out my lips a bit, exhale a tad more forcefully, making the breath go horizontally out through the vent-dots, instead of bouncing off the inside of the neoprene and up into my glasses. Also, that facemask makes you look like a total badass, kind of like SubZero from Mortal Kombat! I have a similar facemask, which can fog up my (sun)glasses. My workaround is to pooch out my lips a bit, exhale a tad more forcefully, making the breath go horizontally out through the vent-dots, instead of bouncing off the inside of the neoprene and up into my glasses.

Also, that facemask makes you look like a total badass, kind of like SubZero from Mortal Kombat!

]]> By: Helen http://heyhelen.com/2009/03/cold-weather-test/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Helen Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:36:32 +0000 http://heyhelen.com/?p=155#comment-56 Kazuyo!! It's so nice to hear from you!!! And you're wearing SmartWool socks, too. Yay. Kazuyo!! It’s so nice to hear from you!!! And you’re wearing SmartWool socks, too. Yay.

]]> By: Kazuyo Oki http://heyhelen.com/2009/03/cold-weather-test/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Kazuyo Oki Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:16:22 +0000 http://heyhelen.com/?p=155#comment-55 Hi, Helen!!! Is that you? This is Kazuyo from Kumamoto!! Do you remember me? I am wearing Smart Wool socks today, yea!!! It kept me warm all day , though it's warmer than Washigton here in Kumamoto. Hi, Helen!!!
Is that you? This is Kazuyo from Kumamoto!! Do you remember me? I am wearing Smart Wool socks today, yea!!! It kept me warm all day , though it’s warmer than Washigton here in Kumamoto.

]]> By: Helen http://heyhelen.com/2009/03/cold-weather-test/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Helen Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:02:56 +0000 http://heyhelen.com/?p=155#comment-43 Yeah, I had my glasses on with the mask on Monday. They did keep fogging, but eventually I figured I could move them a bit farther out on my nose and avoid it. That might not work so well if I'm, like, dragging equipment around on the ice, though. Yeah, I had my glasses on with the mask on Monday. They did keep fogging, but eventually I figured I could move them a bit farther out on my nose and avoid it. That might not work so well if I’m, like, dragging equipment around on the ice, though.

]]> By: Erin http://heyhelen.com/2009/03/cold-weather-test/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Erin Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:18:33 +0000 http://heyhelen.com/?p=155#comment-42 i'd never worn wool socks before, but my pair of SmartWool socks kept me (mostly) warm and dry for inauguration. the Reynauds kicked in when we moved about 200 ft in an hour, but the toes warmed right back up once we started booking it home. i’d never worn wool socks before, but my pair of SmartWool socks kept me (mostly) warm and dry for inauguration. the Reynauds kicked in when we moved about 200 ft in an hour, but the toes warmed right back up once we started booking it home.

]]> By: judy http://heyhelen.com/2009/03/cold-weather-test/comment-page-1/#comment-41 judy Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:20:24 +0000 http://heyhelen.com/?p=155#comment-41 My husband has that facemask! (Snowflakes on his nose & eyelashes: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3325/3192662703_50b5cb6cc7.jpg). A wimpy Southern boy, he claims it is A++ in cold weather, would buy again. Also very positive reviews on the SmartWool socks. My husband has that facemask! (Snowflakes on his nose & eyelashes: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3325/3192662703_50b5cb6cc7.jpg). A wimpy Southern boy, he claims it is A++ in cold weather, would buy again. Also very positive reviews on the SmartWool socks.

]]> By: Jason http://heyhelen.com/2009/03/cold-weather-test/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Jason Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:13:33 +0000 http://heyhelen.com/?p=155#comment-40 Those masks are excellent down to about 20-below-zero windchill (and they may be excellent below that, but it's my threshold for driving to work, so I don't know), BUT you may want to test it out in combination with your glasses. I had one that didn't vent very well out the front, and instead, directed all my hot air into my eyes. It fogged up my glasses, which I couldn't take off because, y'know, 20 below zero. Dangerous! Those masks are excellent down to about 20-below-zero windchill (and they may be excellent below that, but it’s my threshold for driving to work, so I don’t know), BUT you may want to test it out in combination with your glasses. I had one that didn’t vent very well out the front, and instead, directed all my hot air into my eyes. It fogged up my glasses, which I couldn’t take off because, y’know, 20 below zero. Dangerous!

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