experience in cold weather

[marco77]

We now arrive in spring , but for the next and maybe cold winter , I really think about to buy a warm flight jacket , certainly an ELC : Irvin, b-10, b-6, anj-4 ..... please share with us your experience with your flight jacket (heavy, not so warm ....)

Marco

 

[nogbat]

eastman b6 roughwear , nice fit and very warm, have had the jacket about 3 years and it really came into its own this winter

 

[John Lever]

The heavy sheepskins will keep you warm but can be very tiring on the shoulders after a few hours of wear. The best looking are Irvins and the US navy type shearlings. IMO
Pockets are useful, but forget answering your mobile in time before voice mail picks up.

 

[marco77]

ELC Irvin will certainlly one of my choice for the look !!!
You're right John , I 'm not sure to touch my hear with my phone :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Jason]

How cold is cold? For me, cold is anything below freezing.

Forgive my metric scale, but I tend to go:
15 to 10 degrees C (common day time temp in winter here) : A2.
10 to 0 degrees C : G-1. Trying to add to this with a B-10 or similar cloth.
5 degrees C and below (common morning and night temp in winter here) : I've a choice of B-15 by Alpha, WPG Irvin, or if I'm doing something that could damage those two, a cheap knock-about CWU45P does very well at keeping me warm too... and is very practical with pockets etc.
For those really frosty mornings where its -5 or lower, then the real Irvin sometimes gets used, or I'll layer underneath my B-15.

 

[Tim P]

lighter, go for an eastman b6.. heavier your best bet is an AN-J-4 because unlike the b3 and irvin which it compares to in insulation, it has pockets that you can use.

 

[Peter Graham]

I'd go for cloth or nylon every time. If it's WW2 jackets you're talking then it's hard to beat a B-10 if it's cold and a B-9 or 11 if it's colder. Postwar, any nylon B-15 and if it's really cold, an N-3B. All these jackets have practical, usable pockets. Sheepskin jackets just can't provide those.

 

[Tim P]

I agree with peter, I had assumed that you meant a sheepskin... Nylon jackets are lighter, more wearable and more practical yet offer excellent insulation.

 

[TankBuster]

I'd go for cloth or nylon every time. If it's WW2 jackets you're talking then it's hard to beat a B-10 if it's cold and a B-9 or 11 if it's colder. Postwar, any nylon B-15 and if it's really cold, an N-3B. All these jackets have practical, usable pockets. Sheepskin jackets just can't provide those.

I couldn't agree more. My B-10 and B-11 are my favorite late fall and winter wearers. We get some extremely cold weather here in MN, and they do the trick.

 

[nogbat]

my elc b6 is great , but i must agree the elc b10 is light and warm..

 

[marco77]

For the ANJ-4 , is the "AN" significate that the jacket was used both for Navy and Army ?

Marco

 

[deeb7]

For the ANJ-4 , is the "AN" significate that the jacket was used both for Navy and Army ?

Marco

Yes ... developed jointly by the Army Air Force & US Navy.

 

[marco77]

thanks Deeb !!!!!!!

Marco

 

[Swing]

We now arrive in spring , but for the next and maybe cold winter , I really think about to buy a warm flight jacket , certainly an ELC : Irvin, b-10, b-6, anj-4 ..... please share with us your experience with your flight jacket (heavy, not so warm ....)

Marco

After more than 10 years of this I'm too old, and too tired of being to cold, to try to be stylish anymore. I froze enough in my Buzz deck jacket this winter, and just have never been all that comfortable or warm in my ELC B-6, that I'm going to have a modern parka before next winter arrives.

~Swing

 

[Weasel_Loader]

It's very much A-2 weather here in SoCal desert now, but only in the morning.

 

[airfrogusmc]

We now arrive in spring , but for the next and maybe cold winter , I really think about to buy a warm flight jacket , certainly an ELC : Irvin, b-10, b-6, anj-4 ..... please share with us your experience with your flight jacket (heavy, not so warm ....)

Marco

Got this as a custom order a couple months back from US Authentic and I love it.

And I added this big brass Talon slider (thanks again Clark)

Paper clip zip came on it.

Heavy but VERY WARM!!!

 

[marco77]

And what about Usn deck jacket like BR N-1 ? Are they warm ?

Marco

 

[rikitiki]

I bought my A-2 slightly big so I could wear a sweater underneath. Layering is the best way to beat the cold. Undershirt, fleece shirt, sweater and A-2 on top.

 

[Peter Graham]

And what about Usn deck jacket like BR N-1 ? Are they warm ?

Marco

Well warm but not in extreme temperatures. I find the N-1 a sharp looking, practical but quite restrictive jacket.

 

[Atticus]

Its been a good jacket year, this. Since October, I've worn amost everything I own...from A-1 to N-2A. But now that spring has arrived, and as I look back at last winter, I think I wore an old '74 Deck jacket the most. Plain and pedestrian but warm and practical.

AF