fleece pants?

[Lisabob]

Please forgive what I'm sure is a clue-less question. But I'm curious and who better to ask than you guys?

 

When you ask about putting fleece pants on under the new scout pants...what sort of fleece pants are these? I'm envisioning something thick-ish kind of like sweat pants and in that case you'd need really large scout pants over top and you'd look like the stay-puff marshmallow man (which doesn't sound very comfortable either). That can't be it. Help me out here.

[t158sm]

I would suggest something like fleece sleep pants. Fairly thin material but still warm.

[Cubmaster Randy]

How about a pair of long underwear? Something of the microfiber varity to wick moisture away. I bought a pair at REI a few years ago that would work great.

[orennoah]

All depends upon how cold it is.

 

Sometimes, I wear really thin fleece pants. Sometimes, I wear quite thick, expedition-weight fleece pants.

[GernBlansten]

The best are the thin ones from West Marine. You surely don't need the thick expedition weights you get at REI or hunting stores. On really cold days, I wear the thin ones under my snowboarding pants. I sleep in them when the temp dips below 30 on campouts. I can be found bumping around the house on weekends in them if there is a nip in the air.

They are thin enough not to require an upsize on the pants.

[BrentAllen]

Not fleece, but great long u/w. I was shocked at how the lightweight material could keep me so warm.

 

http://www.wickers.com/main/products/product.cfm?prodId=WA141&subcatId=2

 

They have heavier fabrics for really cold weather. I've worn these in the low 30's /upper 20's and been comfortable - and I am not a cold weather person!

[Gonzo1]

Lisa,

Depends on your part of the country, Way up north or way down south?

 

Go to an Army Navy surplus store and get regular type long johns for moderately cold weather or army "issue" polypropylene (commonly called polypro) for colder weather. A polypro neck gaitor workd well to keep neck and ear covered and warm as well.

 

I'm not sure about sleeping in the stuff, I usually sleep in the skivvies, no t-shirt (you'll probably want one just in case) and I use a sleeping bag rated to zero degrees and I and warm when I wake up.

 

I hope this helps.

 

Gonzo1

[Dizzy ona cliff]

I usually wear my fleece over my regular pants so that I can pull them off when the temperature starts warming up without also removing my regular pants.

[Lisabob]

Thanks folks. I was just envisioning the wrong stuff. I had in mind big thick sweat-shirt-y type of fleece, not those pajama-y sorts of pants. You can imagine the image in my mind was pretty silly.

 

Lisa'bob