it is not the coats fault

By john webb Ranked #312 - Men's Down Jackets January 20, 2012

I have read many of the reviews here and there seems to be something everyone is missing, Further down the page you can read Jon Taulbee's review where he wore this parka in -40 to -45 with a windchill of -115f.
from what john says in his review you can bet he was wearing a layer system unlike a few of the reviews where people have said about wearing this parka with just a shirt on, not only that no two people feel the cold in the same way due to the fact of age, weight blood flow and activity body fat etc.
Not many people know this but the UK is the cold death capital of the world according to some scientists??? anyway picture this a man goes to work and is standing on the train platform waiting for his train as has done for years only on this day he starts to shiver and as he goes to work his blood starts to thicken up because of the cold and later that night he goes home and has a heart attack because his blood has thickend up, The reason for the UK being the cold death capital is because the UK is a small island where you can get all four seasons in one day.
But the reason you start to shiver is because your body is trying to generate heat and as your blood thickens from the cold your heart struggles to force this thickend blood around your system as it directs the blood to all your vital organs as it stops sending the blood to less vital areas,
what we must all do when buying these parkas is find a system that works for usand remember no two people are the same.
A while back i bought some sleeping bags that are rated to -20c to -40c and when i bought them the people who made the said they were tested to -50c so i asked them why was there such a big differance in the ratings and he told me that because people go out fishing/camping in the middle of winter and sleep in just their underwear the complain that they were cold or in the worst case die, so for the reasons of health and safety or the fear of being sued they rate these things at a more conservative figure because alot of people don't bother trying to find a system that works for them, so just bare this in mind when you buy these things these parkas are designed for living in hostile weather as jon Taulbee said in his review, Yes Canada Goose are works of art but one sharp piece of steel can rip a hole in it just as it can in one of these and in the UK Canada Goose parkas start at around $1000/$1100 so thats reason enough for me to buy the Mcmurdo parka because the retailers change the Dollar sign to a pound sign so even when it is in a sale over here i still pay more then you guy/gals pay in the USA. where as i can but 3 Mcmurdo parkas for the cost of the Canada Goose model which is the same rating. so people thanks for taking the time to read this and do you homework that way you will live long enough to enjoy your parkas.

blessins to all, John

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