How to live without heating - save £000s

HertsLad

Mstty said:

Mrs mstty wears those chemical.heat pads on a night out.

I wear waterproof seemless calf length socks when skiing, none of the soggy wet cold feet, you could put your chemical pads in those and be toasty all day. £15 when I bought two pairs 5 years ago.

My ski socks are quite thick and long and I think I double up. Are your socks much different? It's my toes which get cold so I place the pads at the far end of the boots. Would placing them in my socks be better? My feet never get wet.

Mstty

The ones Mrs mstty wear stick to the socks so you can get them right under the toes. I've never needed them. 

I will try and find a link to the equivalent socks I have.

Like these with a lovely thick lining inside

.https://edz.co.uk/product/edz-long-waterproof-socks-with-merino-lining/?attribute_pa_size=uk9-10&variant=4427&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google Shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtvSdBhD0ARIsAPf8oNld12bViGo7-ikVZ93O7-h4bwrzlpE21YIfnQ9TQxcihBf_cTNKFcEaAh_pEALw_wcB

gunner786

Dreading the upcoming bills....

HertsLad

Mstty said:

Like these with a lovely thick lining inside:

Thanks, but they now seem to be 4x more expensive. I found I have some waterproof neoprene socks bought from Lidl, also said to be very warm so, if they fit inside my ski boots, I may try them.

deano2099

BooJewels said:

Mstty said:

Disclaimer, if you have Raynaud's disease, or think you suffer from Raynaud's syndrome or just have bad circulation this post is probably not for you. 

Sorted😜

I think those us with Reynauds are already well aware of this (and yes, I've been following the thread from the start and think I've read all of it) and decided that for ourselves very early on - but there is a persistent view that all we need to do to fix that is wear an extra vest! 

To be fair there's a big span of people (me included) who neither have a medical condition nor are able to get their extremities warm purely by raising their core temperature.
(It does appear that heated mouse mats and keyboard pads are a thing now though)

HertsLad

deano2099 said:

BooJewels said:

Mstty said:

Disclaimer, if you have Raynaud's disease, or think you suffer from Raynaud's syndrome or just have bad circulation this post is probably not for you. 

Sorted😜

I think those us with Reynauds are already well aware of this (and yes, I've been following the thread from the start and think I've read all of it) and decided that for ourselves very early on - but there is a persistent view that all we need to do to fix that is wear an extra vest! 

To be fair there's a big span of people (me included) who neither have a medical condition nor are able to get their extremities warm purely by raising their core temperature.
(It does appear that heated mouse mats and keyboard pads are a thing now though)

I'm sorry to hear that. Are your extremities cold even in the summer, say with temperatures around 25C?.

deano2099

HertsLad said:

deano2099 said:

BooJewels said:

Mstty said:

Disclaimer, if you have Raynaud's disease, or think you suffer from Raynaud's syndrome or just have bad circulation this post is probably not for you. 

Sorted😜

I think those us with Reynauds are already well aware of this (and yes, I've been following the thread from the start and think I've read all of it) and decided that for ourselves very early on - but there is a persistent view that all we need to do to fix that is wear an extra vest! 

To be fair there's a big span of people (me included) who neither have a medical condition nor are able to get their extremities warm purely by raising their core temperature.
(It does appear that heated mouse mats and keyboard pads are a thing now though)

I'm sorry to hear that. Are your extremities cold even in the summer, say with temperatures around 25C?.

That's more difficult to answer than you'd think! I mean not uncomfortably so but they'll still be colder than the rest of me.

HertsLad

I think I mentioned before that I seldom get cold anywhere but, when I do, it's due to clothing adjustments to accommodate much higher temperatures in heated rooms. There have been two examples in the past few weeks.

On the morning before I flew to Tunisia in December I wandered around Crawley before having a pub lunch and going to Gatwick Airport. I wasn't wearing enough. My hands were so cold I bought some Thinsulate lined gloves and they helped a lot. 

Yesterday, I joined a local meeting in a heated room before travelling by bus to a Toby Carvery for a cut price meal. I was wearing more than enough for the indoor spaces but not enough for 90 mins hanging around outside, waiting for a return bus.I started to feel cold but it wasn't enough to make my hands feel cold. I NEVER feel that cold at home, even when it is only 1 or 2C..

RavingMad

I WFH and I won't put the heating on during the day as I'll quite happily wear 5 layers including a gilet but it's the inactivity ie sat in front of the computer that makes me feel the cold. If I were to get up and walk around, it affects me less so.  Got a cold spell next week, so that'll be interesting.

HertsLad

RavingMad said:

I WFH and I won't put the heating on during the day as I'll quite happily wear 5 layers including a gilet but it's the inactivity ie sat in front of the computer that makes me feel the cold. If I were to get up and walk around, it affects me less so.  Got a cold spell next week, so that'll be interesting.

What temperature is your home now and in a cold spell? I suggest you'd be warmer if you ditched the gilet and anything else which is short sleeved. How many layers on your legs?