Shoot! well maybe i need to rethink what i am doing. I just bought 12 yards of ripstop 70d to make a sock. Maybe i should just make an big under protector to block the wind from stealing my heat.
Shoot! well maybe i need to rethink what i am doing. I just bought 12 yards of ripstop 70d to make a sock. Maybe i should just make an big under protector to block the wind from stealing my heat.
Actually Redoleary, that was the design I intended on using (after seeing your video, Thanks for that) And as for "deep cold" WV, that is exactly what this will be for. Anything above say 0* F and I don't think a sock is worth the effort. HikingDad had a Warbonnet spindrift out at the Iowa hang we went to and he said it added about 10 to 15* F difference inside, that's kinda what I would like to get. But we are definitely getting somewhere now.
Cost aside, how about a sock made from Fleece inside, IX in the middle, and 1.1 outside, sewn as a sammich.
Heavy yes, but would the fleece wick to the IX and IX wick to the 1.1?
I remember an old pair of Sorels I could wear in anything, -19 included, the boot liners had a 3 layer system, wool being one of them, just for this idea, wick from your body fast, slower in the middle then let the outside layer let it dry as it can and will. I remember that no matter how sweaty my feet got they never got cold AND the inside was always dry.
I have the same experience as Fronky, inside snow. I use my poncho as an undercover/garlington taco and deal with top warmth with good insulation.
That's pretty much where I was thinking going on this Bigfanboy
Jo-Anns has all it's fleece on sale right now.Originally Posted by Hillbilly Deluxe
IX, and sil from http://diygearsupply.com
Not sure how much this would cost.
You could probably keep the IX and fleece to the top half.
IX is essentially a vapor barrier, it will not transport moisture from the inside to the outside. Yesterday Stevebo posted a thread on some reflective fabric from Joanne's. IMHO you'd be better off trying to reflect heat back into yourself than trying to insulate the whole sock....just a guess but that seems like a better way to go.
Glad to see these videos being put to good use. Like I said earlier I would probably forego the top cap thing and just go semi-open on top.
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Even though IX has "micro perforations", I can't blow air through it. To me, that means it acts too much like plastic and my mama taught me not to put my head in a plastic bag.
If I was going to the FBH I'd make an asym down Peapod and use my tarp to block what little wind comes up.
22 degrees 25-45mph winds the other night had me wishing I had a sock.
The heat being robbed from my underquilt was ridiculous and I'm not certain how much 1.1oz pure finish ripstop would have helped with that. Maybe enough, I don't know.
I'm going to try some 1.9 DWR (because that's what I have) for the bottom of the sock and some pure finish 1.7oz for the top.
The 1.9oz pure finish ripstop on the XLC hasn't created condensation concerns yet in 20-30 degree weather but we have had low humidity (35-45%) for the most part.
Just need a solution for 0-32 degrees with wind and snow for others in the clan or my winter camping will be solo.
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