Originally Posted by
frymaster
+1
for the core you can always just bulk up a bit more -- throw on another hoodie or, you know, stuff some newspapers in you shirt or whatnot. but the hands and feet? they get cold fast and need to have some degree of agility.
if you want to spend $100, buy two $10 sweaters and an $80 pair of gloves.
+2 ... spend money on gloves (I use downhill ski gloves made for -40c). For pants I bought good rain pants and I layer long john`s depending on how cold it is (one layer merino and one layer polar for when its really cold). I use my normal cheapo Exus clipless shoes with wool socks covered by booties all winter long.
I have about seven different pairs of gloves to vary through the seasons, same thing with tuques and face coverage tons of options especially since I need to wash them more often, I need backups ... I use the same raincoat all year long and layer underneath it ... same with the rain pants, one pair and use layers depending on the temp.