Anyone using one of those cooling vests with the phase ice packs? Am entering the 90+ degree season in NC and want to ride more.
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Anyone using one of those cooling vests with the phase ice packs? Am entering the 90+ degree season in NC and want to ride more.
I'm a Central and South Texas boy so I'm a bit more "acclimatized" to hot weather. I've got one of the cheaper cooling vest that you soak in water. It works OK as long as you soak it in water every few hours.
I also have an evaporative cooling vest and I think it is a worthwhile thing to have in warm weather. As Sea Steve says its necessary to rewet it every couple hours. It also works best if you wear something over it to keep it from drying out to fast. I feel it has an advantage over the phase ice packs type of vest because you can stop and recharge multiple times a day. The disadvantage of the evaporative cooling vest is that you end up with a wet shirt, but I carry a spare shirt so it is not a problem.
Good luck
Az wingrider
Whatever happened to just dumping a water bottle all over yer shirt?
:8: My method of cooling since I started on 2 wheels many years ago :DQuote:
Originally Posted by willtill
Given that Tourer is in NC, I suspect he was asking about the frozen pack vests due to humidity...here in the South, there's a fair amount of the year where the humidity is 90+%, and evaporative cooling doesn't work all that well. Wetting one's shirt to cool off just means that you're hot...and wet. :) It'll work a little, but once you reach the wet bulb temp, you're as cool as you're gonna get.
Cheers and stay cool...however you best can.
I'm in WinstonSalem NC....and I can second the above. Evaporative cooling ceases working in late-May every year and doesn't resume until mid-October.Quote:
Originally Posted by rdbonds
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