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Winter Jacket for Polar Circle

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 12:14:42 No.592152 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>592320

Moved in february to almost polar circle in Norway (20km beneath), considering I moved here from Italy I don't own a good winter jacket for here.
What /out/ suggest? Consider that I don't want to spend a fortune for it, and that I won't be doing any extreme stuff in it, walking around the forest in full on winter is gonna be my limit this year.

Pic related, thats what I was planning to get.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 12:34:00 No.592156 Report

Quoted By: >>592158 >>592161

canada goose

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 12:42:43 No.592158 Report

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>>592156
how about something less wallet crippling

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 12:51:24 No.592161 Report

Quoted By: >>592211

>>592156
That shit looks bad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 13:16:27 No.592168 Report

Quoted By: >>592184

They should be really good, but they are bloody overpriced

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 14:13:42 No.592184 Report

Quoted By: >>592240 >>592258

>>592168
Worth every dollar, mines good to -50celcius

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 15:10:44 No.592211 Report

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>>592161
Looks are unimportant when trying to keep warm in 50 below.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 16:00:07 No.592240 Report

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>>592184
My down parka is too hot above -20c

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 16:54:10 No.592258 Report

Quoted By: >>592278

>>592184
OP here
I don't plan to stay on -50, I just need a jacket for the weather here, maybe without breaking the bank beacuse if I buy goddamn canada goose I will need it, I'll have to live under a bridge.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 17:04:52 No.592263 Report

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layers as opposed to one coat. cheaper and you can adjust based on what activities you're doing. under armor or similar, long underwear, sweater, jacket, coat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 17:27:32 No.592273 Report

Quoted By: >>592276

Assuming you are going somewhere like Mo i Rana, it doesn't really get all that cold. Last winter didn't get any colder than -26.5 degrees. http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Nordland/Rana/Mo_i_Rana/statistics.html

If you are planning on doing anything else with the Parca than walking to your car etc, get some proper outdoor clothes instead. A decent Parca will get too hot within 20-30 minutes of walking and be totally useless for skiing.

... And yeah, you won't be doing any walking at winter off roads due to snow. You will be cross country skiing, for which you want layered, wind proof clothes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 17:36:25 No.592276 Report

Quoted By: >>592280

>>592273
Bingo,
won't be bloody skiing or cross country, never done that in my life and kinda don't wanna learn. Not my thing really.
Probably just gonna spend the whole winter indoors lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 17:39:53 No.592278 Report

Quoted By: >>592281

>>592258
Get a Woolpower middle layer for insulation and a shell layer as wind stopper, Helly Hansen / Rukka will both work fine and don't break your account.
You could go for a fleece middle layer, they are even cheaper, but the Woolpower is definitely Scandinavian magic. Also get some wool base layers on sale, pretty much every shop in Norway will have them. A hint, Long Johns make a big difference, so do good socks and shoes with well insulated soles.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 17:42:00 No.592280 Report

Quoted By: >>592282

>>592276
Then a heavy Jacket like CG is indeed nice, you can put it on and are dressed for the cold weather if you leave the house, as soon as you hit the Pizzeria you can take it off and are dressed for a warm room. With layers this is always a bit difficult.
Also, Norway is not that cold, courtesy of the gulf stream.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 17:43:32 No.592281 Report

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>>592278
Oh I packed long johns when I came here, and I intend to buy more. For shoes I bought Sorels, that should be good I recon.
Thats some good advice there, thanks!
BTW, I plan to go and pick blureberries, any advice on that?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 17:46:01 No.592282 Report

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>>592280
Would agree, its more pleasant cold than fuckthis cold, but I still need to see true winter here. Back where I am from its pretty cold in the winter but I guess its kinda psychological thing with Norway, I expect extreme arctic cold and probably its going to be much less than that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 18:33:13 No.592320 Report

Quoted By: >>592425

>>592152
You can get away with a lower speck (cheaper) jacket by adding layers underneath it, get yourself a wool shirt and a fleece to go under the jacket, for me I used to wear a long sleeve thermal top (and bottoms) followed by a wool shirt, a fleece (or two, one time when it hit -30), a neck tube (better than a scarf), a very thick knitted and lined hat, plus padded outer trousers over my thermal bottoms and jeans.

Normally I stay away from cotton in winter as it retains to much moisture for my liking.

The downside to going cheap and having to wear lots of layers to make up for a less efficient coat is that you can't move as freely and you feel a little like the michelin man, also considering where you are going to be then padded trousers are a must, as is a space blanket or two, a knife (mora will be fine), a flash light and matches in case you get stranded over knight and have to make emergency shelter and a fire.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 14 Sep 2015 20:49:42 No.592425 Report

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>>592320
Thats some good advice there, thanks anon.
I have a victorinox and opinel 8 that I sharpened razor sharp with a wetstone I use for my kitchen knives so I am good with that, don't really wanna go into much knoife mod, because even the Simple st tool of a knife will do 99.99% of job one might need.
About cotton, I noticed that myself and I'll have to invest in some tech stuff when the spring comes because I plan to go i to camping much more. Being in Norway and not being /out/ is like being in candy shop and not eating candy, so I'll have to work more on that.

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