julianthegypsy
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My mate in Canada uses those. They're for emergencies only in his case, like if the car breaks down and he has to crawl underneath it. If he has to work on a combine outside, he throws a parachute over it, weighs it down all round and has two huge hot air blowers that inflate and heat it and he works happily inside it.Pretty much what I’d heard.
I’ve a friend who has one. Says much the same. He’s an auto electrician so isn’t moving loads. Kind of wriggles into a space and stays there!
I had a pair of bike gloves which were the same. Really good bit of kit. Wore them loads through the winter commuting. They went bad and I got a burnt hand. The replacement pair were fine. Reason I’m saying that is it may depend how harsh you are on the jacket as to the life expectancy of it.
I rate carhartt padded overalls. The ones with the zips up the leg. Don’t need a heater with them on really. I use them when im out and people have big unheated barns
When it gets really cold he has to stop. Not because he can't keep warm, but because the steel is so brittle that things shatter....