for the ladies... anyone here ever wear skirt during autumn/winter? how thick will your tights be if u were wearing one? wanna try wearing sheer tights during winter... haha.

Hi,

I always always wear skirt during winter trips. I've tried medium and thick leggings before. Thick one for me is the one i got from MNG. The medium one is half the thickness of MNG ones. For me, the medium one - cannot really tahan much of the cold if it's 5c and below but at least it's doable. The thick ones - no prob at all.

Sheer tights, if your tights have those 'keep warm' material in it, then why not but don't say we never advise you to bring/wear proper clothing. Anything below 8c - you'd have to be able to keep yourself warm coz you're out the whole day and what not.

owh, thanks for the fast reply. saw some girls wearing sheer tights with short skirt during winter but dunno how does it feel, so tot of trying it.

Go ahead and try. u will never know till u try it. in europe it is quite common to see girls dress like dat.

In Tokyo..common scene too..but I suspect the panty hoses or legging probably using a kind of heat-tech like those by Uniglo..

i search regarding the winter wear realize it has no relevant thread therefore i start up this thread, if there is a similar thread started, mod pls help me merge or close it (pls provide me the relevant thread)

I going to beijing + harbin by this year end with my wive, prolly target the harbin ice & snow world.... climate will probably go down to -30c during midnight, even afternoon still -10

it is took her alot of courage to nod her head for going such place, even she said cameron is cold
to protect her, i wanna get heated gloves for her, since she already got winter jacket

and the meantime we also discuss about winter wear like the boots, long john, winter jacket etc



any good recommend heated gloves? and advise on winter wear?


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Heated-Gloves-Rech...=item1e708eb020

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nordic-Gear-Batter...=item27ba1a6c95


can i get from taobao? since the above items prolly are MIC

This post has been edited by jam_lennon: Aug 22 2012, 10:04 PM

go buy here

http://www.kokkong.com

http://www.llbean.com/
http://www.spyder.com
http://www.thenorthface.com/catalog/sc-gea...ry-gloves_mitts
http://www.patagonia.com/us/sports/snow

if possible spend a lil more, makes hell lotsa diff

This post has been edited by ketnave: Aug 22 2012, 10:18 PM

imo since u going to the extreme i guess? spend some money on those reliable winter clothing..dun get from taobao lah.later kenot keep u warm susah.. get a decent one u'll need it in future also..if take care properly can use up to years..

Beijing and Harbin during that time is seriously cold.

For the body you may need 3-4 good layers for example a (1) thermal underwear, (2) long sleeve fleece shirt, (3) another long sleeve jumper/sweater and (4) winter jacket. Even your winter jacket need a good one like a thick down jacket - this can be expensive since good down jackets are not cheap. If you don't want to buy this, ask your tour company if can rent in Harbin.

For legs you'll also need long johns and probably insulated pants.

Thick hats and beanies for the head and of course thick gloves for the hands.

The main advantage of synthetic fibres is only that it doesn't absorb as much moisture as down. In terms of heat retention, high quality down insulates better. You can check the clo values to see the difference.

As for wind resistance, all depends on the shell fabric. You can get down jackets with wind resistance.

Down does not necessarily drop to the bottom of the jacket. The jacket has got baffles and you just need to fluff the jacket once in a while.

When it comes to down, looking at the down % doesn't tell you the full picture because you don't know the quality of the down. It is better to know the down fill power (if you look at the well known brands from the west they quote fill power). Unfortunately, most of the China made or locally available down jackets do not give you the fill power info.

Another thing to know is the down fill weight, i.e. how much down in the jacket. That is another factor which influences how warm it will be. The Uniglo superlight down jacket does use high fill power down, but fill weight is low (hence it is a superlight jacket).

Anyone wear converse shoes during winter before? TT
I don't know what shoes I should wear.
I m goin to Seoul on January.. Isit very cold?

I wear my adidas sneakers (similar to converse sneakers). But the insides of my shoes have faux fur. It does feel abit cold but i think if it's normal one, it might be a little cold and maybe will get a little bit wet at your toes. Do bring a pair of extra socks when you're out. Dry them out on the heated floor overnight and you'll be good to go! But when you walk around, you'll create a warm flow already, so dun worry.

Seoul is EXTREMELY cold. It's so much colder than Tokyo if you compare these 2 places. However, it's not as dry as Tokyo winter. Altho you still need heavy creams to apply on your body to prevent skin from getting too dry or skin splitting (this is extremely painful).

Greetings,

I need advise from all the shifus in here.

I am heading to Seoul nx february, 18th.

I checked on the foreceasted wweather, stated 5 to -5 celcius.

May i know for a male, wht shld i take go there? i knw x much since this is the 1st time im flying alone for busienss trip.

None of my colleagues been there. I need advise on what clothes to wear from head to tail, and what to cary go there.

saya menyusun jari, mintak tolong~!

I went during mid Dec 2011. and forcast mentioned ~ 5 to -5C.. Well the thruth is, that's the avg temp bcos certain hours of teh days & even diff days, temperature can go kuku esp when the strong wind starts blowing... There was one day temperature dropped to minus 15C and damn... so cold even wth my full gear...Although end of Feb should be ~ ealrly Dec, but sometime..the temp might drop further..

Thanks Stimix.

Mind to gv me suggestion on the suits i should take there? APologize for my noobs. Budak kg la saya

January will be the coldest month of the year for any northern countries which has winter.

Sometimes the forecast is just forecast, you should really see last year january's weather. It shouldn't defer more than 5c IMO unless of course the weather has gone nuts.

I don't know for you but for me (i'm a gal who can tahan cold weather but my skin will be super super dry). Get a good down feather/synthetic bomber jacket. You can get one from Uniqlo - stylo and not too expensive, down feather and best of all super light and can lipat until very compact). You also need long sleeve shirts (t-shirt which is long sleeved) and also jumper if you want. Normal jeans/work pants will be ok. Usually only upper body can't tahan that cold of a weather.

I also suggest you to bring more socks coz, even tho it's cold and you're wearing leather/canvas shoes, your socks at the toe part will be a little wet - dunno why.... but you can let it dry overnight if you don't want to bring too many. Also to sleep, you should wear long pants + jumper with hoodie incase, your blanket is not warm enough. Altho i do warn that alot of the mattresses in seoul are electrical - can heat up, you might get heat bumps (like pimples but not really) if you sleep on that warm of surface. It happened to me and it only went away after 3 weeks. But hor, for me, i sweat when i sleep with winter blankets + heated mattress. Alot of the time i sleep without blankets even in winter if it's moderately heated.

Hope this helps!

wat about heated glove? anyone use before? or other glove experience at climate -30

There is this heated pack hand warmer thingy that you put in the pockets and hold onto it when your hands feel cold. I don't know where to get this in Malaysia though.
Found out about this when I was in Germany few years back, saw all the matsalehs not wearing gloves while my hands and ears were freezing so we asked them how can they go without glove. Then he showed us that hand warmer pack in his pocket which explains why their hands always in the pocket.

Holding onto it with bare hands may be too hot so wearing glove and holding onto it will be perfect. And gloves are actually really annoying sometimes. IMO, you can't do anything properly with gloves on.