Ed the Ted
Ultralighter
Hello all,
I see with the favourite windshirts and softshell threads this is a bit of a crossover question, but I thought I'd post a new thread anyway!
Like many others I love the buffalo system, I have a special 6 and it is great in the right temp range, which is admittedly a small range AND really requires precipitation for it to be worth it. However it is far too warm for most of the year, if there is a biting wind it cuts through the zips, if it is cold but dry and stable it can be much too warm and not so nice to not be able to de-layer!
So Buffalo have the thinner teclite shirt, but it's £200. I know why, made in sheffield, small company, great, but I just can't afford that in my current situation.
So for a while I have been wondering if you can just DIY the same effect: get a decent windshirt (I am looking at Helly Hansen Vana windshirt as I can get it cheap online (£40 quid)), and underneath wearing just a fleece against my skin. The benefit of this is that you can wear different thicknesses of fleece depending on the temperatures, and fleeces are so easy to come by it could be a very versatile and affordable option. And you can wear a hat and put up a proper hood and have pile and pertex snug head!
Does anyone do this or have any thoughts or comments? It seems to me that the buffalo idea is simple and easy to recreate with a basic fleece and basic windshirt, and maybe a bit of a poker face in allowing yourself to get rained on in just a windshirt!
Any discussion warmly appreciated, many thanks!
Ed
I see with the favourite windshirts and softshell threads this is a bit of a crossover question, but I thought I'd post a new thread anyway!
Like many others I love the buffalo system, I have a special 6 and it is great in the right temp range, which is admittedly a small range AND really requires precipitation for it to be worth it. However it is far too warm for most of the year, if there is a biting wind it cuts through the zips, if it is cold but dry and stable it can be much too warm and not so nice to not be able to de-layer!
So Buffalo have the thinner teclite shirt, but it's £200. I know why, made in sheffield, small company, great, but I just can't afford that in my current situation.
So for a while I have been wondering if you can just DIY the same effect: get a decent windshirt (I am looking at Helly Hansen Vana windshirt as I can get it cheap online (£40 quid)), and underneath wearing just a fleece against my skin. The benefit of this is that you can wear different thicknesses of fleece depending on the temperatures, and fleeces are so easy to come by it could be a very versatile and affordable option. And you can wear a hat and put up a proper hood and have pile and pertex snug head!
Does anyone do this or have any thoughts or comments? It seems to me that the buffalo idea is simple and easy to recreate with a basic fleece and basic windshirt, and maybe a bit of a poker face in allowing yourself to get rained on in just a windshirt!
Any discussion warmly appreciated, many thanks!
Ed