016 - Understanding the Temperature Ratings of Your Thermal Gear

01/15/24 • 8 min

The truth is, thermal ratings are a performance guide, not gospel—the best direction is available through exhaustive testing and consideration of three major factors.
In this episode you'll get to know:

What three main factors go into temperature ratings for thermal gear
Why temperature ratings are not as straight forward as you'd like
How to choose the best thermal gear

Featured Guest:
Claudia Weber, Queen of Cold Stress Circumspection, Ergodyne

What three main factors go into temperature ratings for thermal gear
Why temperature ratings are not as straight forward as you'd like
How to choose the best thermal gear

Featured Guest:
Claudia Weber, Queen of Cold Stress Circumspection, Ergodyne

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Transcript

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We're here in a cold storage facility to unpack temperature ratings in thermal gear. Okay, so what goes into a temperature rating? Well, it's really an equation of three variables, right? You have your insulation, which is measured by something called CLO. You have your activity levels, which is measured by something called MET Activity Level. And then you have the time factor. That's how much time you are out in the cold, right? So you put insulation plus activity le