Best piece of workwear when it,s cold

mike007 said:

Just realized have spent most of year working in a baseball cap,shorts, short sleeved polo shirt and using disposable latex gloves to protect my hands...and had to start the day yesterday wearing my fleece too!!!!. Thought what other piece of workwear is important when weather is getting colder....came up with the good old wooly hat to keep my head warm...and heat in. Any other  suggestions?

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Iron Giant said:

Firstly I binned off the usual disposable gloves and ordered these BIODEGRADABLE NITRILE DISPOSABLE GLOVES  I have tried various waterproof and warm work gloves and non of them for me are the Holy Grail, generally polo shirt, thin work top and this is the warmest lightweight jacket I have had  GOODYEAR GYJKT017 THERMAL HOODED SOFTSHELL JACKET it's a lot thicker than the usual softshell jackets, I got mine from a local workwear place last year and had my logo put on. 

I always wear a neck warmer, usually just the cheap cotton ones from Aldi work just fine and some heavy cotton work trousers I have found to be decent, my only annoyance with work trousers is they never do a narrow leg, although I did wear some skinny dark grey/black jeans last year on damp day's and decent wool hat amongst others and I am good to go in all weathers

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Iron Giant said:

Firstly I binned off the usual disposable gloves and ordered these BIODEGRADABLE NITRILE DISPOSABLE GLOVES  I have tried various waterproof and warm work gloves and non of them for me are the Holy Grail, generally polo shirt, thin work top and this is the warmest lightweight jacket I have had  GOODYEAR GYJKT017 THERMAL HOODED SOFTSHELL JACKET it's a lot thicker than the usual softshell jackets, I got mine from a local workwear place last year and had my logo put on. 

I always wear a neck warmer, usually just the cheap cotton ones from Aldi work just fine and some heavy cotton work trousers I have found to be decent, my only annoyance with work trousers is they never do a narrow leg, although I did wear some skinny dark grey/black jeans last year on damp day's and decent wool hat amongst others and I am good to go in all weathers

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Part Timer said:

A woolly hat and a pair of Showa 281 / 282 gloves

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Clearview Lee said:

Try these mate ?? I love em. Think you’ll like em too. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B071L88M2R?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Sorry mate, these ones!! 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07145GPSR?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title&th=1

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Iron Giant said:

Firstly I binned off the usual disposable gloves and ordered these BIODEGRADABLE NITRILE DISPOSABLE GLOVES  I have tried various waterproof and warm work gloves and non of them for me are the Holy Grail, generally polo shirt, thin work top and this is the warmest lightweight jacket I have had  GOODYEAR GYJKT017 THERMAL HOODED SOFTSHELL JACKET it's a lot thicker than the usual softshell jackets, I got mine from a local workwear place last year and had my logo put on. 

I always wear a neck warmer, usually just the cheap cotton ones from Aldi work just fine and some heavy cotton work trousers I have found to be decent, my only annoyance with work trousers is they never do a narrow leg, although I did wear some skinny dark grey/black jeans last year on damp day's and decent wool hat amongst others and I am good to go in all weathers

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Clearview Lee said:

Sorry mate, these ones!! 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07145GPSR?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title&th=1

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Pjj said:

9kw hot water system ??? keeps your hands hot and so the rest of your body warm , I rarely put  a jacket on apart from when it’s raining 

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Part Timer said:

You don't live near the North Sea. 

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Iron Giant said:

You want to try swimming in it, we went for a dip the other week and it was 11c took nearly an hour for my feet to thaw out. ?

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Part Timer said:

When I was young and daft I use to swim in it all year round. Now I'm old and daft I don't bother.

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Iron Giant said:

My wife and I both enjoy a cold water dip, 11c is the coldest we have swam in, just going to see how far we can go into the winter, one guy we know has swam in a lake which was 1.5c last winter. 

@Part Timer what about this next year https://www.sunderlandecho.com/whats-on/things-to-do/everything-you-need-know-about-years-north-east-skinny-dip-635915

 

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Part Timer said:

They have a Boxing Day Charity dip at Seaburn every year which I usually miss as I tend to put a few pounds on over Christmas so I don't look my usual trim self. 

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