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i'm not sure i agree with you sir...the technology out there for both hot and cold is pretty amazing...though i'm sure each person's body reacts a little differently to different elements..

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Originally Posted by wadeintothem

The shirts are fine. You have to wear an undershirt pretty much, so why not? I wasnt talking about the shirts but probably wasnt clear. I dont know that they are much cooler, but I wear them too.

The pants are hell in real heat If you are working an entire day several games in abnormally high heat, for me - those compression pants were the worst. I was noticeably cooler when I stopped believing the BS that layering up in the heat makes you cooler and stopped wearing the compression pants.

Somewhere, some guy said "Hey, I'm going to invent skin tight compression pants and tell people that if they wear them under their normal clothes they will be cooler"

His buddy told him "No one is going to believe that, people have been wearing long johns in the winter a long time to keep you warm. Everyone knows more clothes = more hot"

"I'll put it on the label that it makes you cooler and draw an arrow showing them how it makes you cooler, they will buy it"

"It will never work"

But he was wrong, it did work.

You're drinking the Kool-Aid here. We don't insulate houses only in the winter then yank it out in the summer to make the house cooler. Proper layering will keep you cooler in the summer.

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Originally Posted by Eastshire

You're drinking the Kool-Aid here. We don't insulate houses only in the winter then yank it out in the summer to make the house cooler. Proper layering will keep you cooler in the summer.

Amen...thank you for the articulation.

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Originally Posted by Eastshire

You're drinking the Kool-Aid here. We don't insulate houses only in the winter then yank it out in the summer to make the house cooler. Proper layering will keep you cooler in the summer.

I don't disagree with the thought that these products can aid in cooling the human body (they do so by wicking the sweat away) but the analogy to insulation in a house is is a poor one. In the summer the house is cooled from the inside. The insulation keeps the cool air in the house.

that is if you choose to cool your house from the inside...my house stays plenty cool in the summer if I don't open the shades during peak sun...i also believe that insulation keeps cool air in...and warm air out...to a point of course...

and I do think at this point we're splitting hairs...it's personal preference...

For those who think layering or additional clothes make things hotter, consider why those who dwell in the desert wear layers of black and not white.

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Originally Posted by UMP25

For those who think layering or additional clothes make things hotter, consider why those who dwell in the desert wear layers of black and not white.

not totally sure...possibly religion? either way...if anybody knows how to stay "comfortable" in hot weather...that's the part of the globe you'd want to consult.

Nope, nothing to do with religion.

in 100% of all instances?? doubt it...but i'm not interested in a debate about what nomads wear in the Sahara desert versus what an umpire should wear to work a game to be comfortable.

Did I say "100% of all instances"? No. Don't assume.

And you should be interested, because the reason why black is worn in the desert is very similar to why umpires wear undergarments in the heat.

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Originally Posted by UMP25

And you should be interested, because the reason why black is worn in the desert is very similar to why umpires wear undergarments in the heat.

i've never disagreed with you on that point...

For those of you that don't know, UA makes v-neck shirts in their heat gear line. The only thing is you have to go to a police or military gear website to get them, as they are from their tactical line. Same price, though, with the added benefit that the logo is the same color as the shirt.

I am afraid, however, that they only come in black and white (unless changed recently). But, since the v-neck doesn't show, those of you wearing light or navy blue shirts should be OK.

Personally, I'd like them to have their loose fitting heat gear shirts in the mock turtleneck style, like McDavid does.