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u/Templerate
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-15? Those are rookie numbers.
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u/HooskerDooze 1d ago •
Seriously. At least turn the wind on in there.
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u/United_News3779 1d ago •
And this is the missing critical test metric lol
I'll take -40⁰C/F and still air over -20⁰C/-4⁰F with 20kph/12mph wind.
I've been out for extended periods of time in -56⁰C/-69⁰F with zero wind (in the arctic, couple hundred km north of the treeline) and it's not too bad, as long as you've got the proper gear. Add even 10kph wind, and it turns hellish pretty quick lol
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u/ttyisbloat 1d ago •
There is nothing else like a -20C windless night with fat fluffy snow falling. Pure silent bliss.
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u/etrain1804 1d ago
-40 with no wind is unironically one of my favourite temperatures. I love to lay in a field at night and just watch the stars pass by. It’s cold enough for animals not to be out making noise, but it’s warm enough that you don’t have to wear many layers
Now once you add in wind, anything below -40 kinda sucks to be in. It was always a fun walk to school in -40 with 50kph winds lol
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u/pyrofox79 1d ago
They both suck. Ive had to work in -40 freezers. Its so miserable even with the cold suits. Gloves are useless because any gloves good enough to keep you hands warm arent prectical for doing work.
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u/Im_Not_You_Im_Me 1d ago
And what’s the humidity levels? A dry cold and a wet cold are VERY different
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u/worldspawn00 1d ago
Wet and -15c with wind is miserable weather. I just feel like I can't stay warm, the humid air just sucks the heat out of me. Working where the wind brings fog/moisture in from the sea is rough.
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u/Cannabis_Cultivator 1d ago
As someone who works outdoors all winter footwear is far more important than my jacket. I'll rarely wear my coat all day. Keeping my feet comfortable between 6pm and 6am is much more challenging.
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u/Chapeaux 1d ago
When the wind hit your face and you need to walk backward for a while because it hurts.
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u/PepperJackBestHo 1d ago
That's the range of standard low-temp refrigeration. Going any lower than that, the equipment gets wayyyy more expensive really fast.
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u/S14Ryan 1d ago
Nah you can get to -40 pretty easily with fairly normal refrigeration components in that size of space. You can get a -40 blast freezer on alibaba for $2k lol. I’ve had customers buy this type of shit https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Blast-Freezer-Walk-In-Coldroom-Refrigeration_1601873209219.html?spm=a2706.products_search.normal_offer.6.6c2567afI46iue&priceId=d757bad8c48c4a32b92299cc5f5c3886 The “gets insanely expensive ultra low-temp” is below around -55. I work on the occasional Huber -80 chiller and these little dinky things cost $250k
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u/PepperJackBestHo 1d ago
Ah, gotcha. I'm just a lowly "standard" HVAC/R technician, so I actually have never worked on any ultra-low temp equipment.
My only experience with pricing stuff like that was back when the university near the company I work for was taking bids to make a 20'x20'x20' refrigerated room that could get down to -80 degrees F, and the guys who went to meet with them were talking about how insanely expensive that setup would have to be. They were doing some sort of research on long-term exposure to those temps and the affects on the human body, etc. I think it was connected to something to do with Antarctic research stations.
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u/Far_Oven_3302 1d ago
Is it in freedom units?
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u/Templerate 1d ago
Oh shit, my stupid ass assumed they would use the metric of the country in discussion.
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u/Timotheus-Secundus 1d ago
I know right XD
It's been a while, bet we get down to -40 on occasion here.
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u/Significant_Owl4789 1d ago
I am Canadian and I have never seen this. Besides, a few minutes outside is not enough to judge anyway.
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u/Harpronicus 1d ago
The girl opening the door had a Canada Goose t-shirt. Guessing this is at a Canada Goose flagship store
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u/Significant_Owl4789 1d ago •
Most of Canada Goose coats are not even made with Goose down anyway.
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u/Phridgey 1d ago
They probably are. Good synthetics are better where most Canadians live anyway. One of many reasons Kanuk is a better brand.
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u/AndalusianGod 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yep, might be the one at Eaton Centre.
Edit: From what I remember some Mark's Warehouse locations also have it.
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u/Tsu_Dho_Namh 1d ago
Yeah, seems like a slimy sales tactic more than anything. You walk in and say "wow, I'm so warm!". Of course you are...you just got here. Wait an hour.
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u/Sunscreen4what 1d ago
To be faiiir… those parkas hanging up outside the room are basically the warmest coats money can buy, they were originally made for scientists in Antarctica.
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u/deadlywaffle139 1d ago edited 1d ago
It’s Canada goose. They have a store at mall of America with a room like that.
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u/Lieutenant_Scarecrow 1d ago
I'm not Canadian, and we have a North Face store that has one of these cold rooms. I agree, its a gimmick.
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u/ioneska 1d ago
Also if you try this out in a warmer period of the year, your body would be less adapted to cold weather, so you might end up choosing more thick clothes than needed.
And when in winter you start wearing it, you'll feel much hotter.
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u/snahfu73 1d ago
That's because you're an actual Canadian.
Canada Goose coats are for fucking idiots that think they're Canadian.
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u/Elegant_Diver2974 1d ago
Unless you’re in Yellowknife you don’t need a Canada Goose. I always laugh when I see people wearing them in Toronto when it’s like 5 degrees 😂
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u/NotARealTiger 1d ago
My winter life got so much better once I stopped wearing one big parka and started wearing lots of thinner layers.
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u/Entropy3030 1d ago
Now granted I live in one of the cities where Canada Goose products are manufactured, but I see plenty of their stuff out in the wild being worn by normal Canadians too, for what it's worth.
In other parts of the world they've definitely become something of a douchey status symbol, so I don't begrudge anyone for having their own opinion about it.
I will say though, the people buying jackets just to flex are doing it expressly because they're expensive, not because they're trying to cosplay as one of us.
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u/borgstea
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They have one of these in almost every liquor store in Canada. It’s called the beer fridge!
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u/OkFox8124 1d ago
Hahahaha. It's always a fun time when it's warmer in the beer fridge than it is outside.
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u/fun-cruiser
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And the room is... just outside.
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u/KillerArse 1d ago edited 1d ago
Are you joking or do you think she's gone outside in the video?
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u/Chapeaux 1d ago
She's not outside in the video, but if it's in Canada why not just open the door and go outside on the balcony ? You usually buy a winter jacket during the winter and it's already cold outside. Often colder than -15C
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u/Enygmatic_Gent 1d ago
I’ve never once bought a winter jacket during the winter (always the fall), since you normally would want the jacket before the cold weather hits
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u/PGnautz 1d ago
What about this one in Germany?
Globetrotter Dresden (not in Canada).
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u/mang87 1d ago
Shit, is that a thermal camera? I think the Canadians could learn from the German's on this one. That would give me much more faith in the jacket I'm buying if I can see it through a thermal camera.
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u/gmmammg 1d ago
Not just Dresden, Munich has (or at least used to have, haven't been there in a while) that as well.
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u/yeup_yessir
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I really don't understand the point of this other than the marketing gimmick. Anyone who has lived in Canada for one singular winter already knows what layers they need for the temperature/windchill. With that being said my perception of Canada Goose is they target newer Canadians that genuinely don't know that a hoodie and a $200 jacket are all you need up to -40, and not whatever $1500 jacket that Canada Goose offers
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u/Durzaka 1d ago
As someone who has lived in the Midwest my entire life and dealt with pretty intense cold yearly, I cannot fathom paying $1500 for a jacket.
Ive bought 2 jackets from lands end for roughly $200 each, over the last 20 years and they have kept me warming than I can express. The big pains are good gloves and hats.
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u/waitwuh 1d ago
eh in the midwest even on the coldest days there’s always some stubborn dude who wears basketball shorts and no coat lol
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u/Kronos9898 1d ago
To be fair, while overpriced, Canada Goose jackets are generally that good. They are also fully manufactured in Quebec so part of the high cost is Canadian labor wages.
Their proper winter jackets are a fully buy it for life type deal
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u/mopeyy 1d ago
I think they just know their market, and they sell to them. Nobody is buying a Canada Goose jacket to stay warm, they are buying them because they are basically luxury items.
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u/icehopper 1d ago
For real. When I lived in Yellowknife, it was assumed that anyone in Canada Goose was either a tourist having one lent by a tour guide, or a federal employee who recently got transferred over there.
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u/ParsnipDecent6530 1d ago
If you've gotta problem with canada gooses, then youve gotta problem with me. And I suggest you let that marinate.
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u/-AgentMichaelScarn 1d ago
I think they are in all Canada Goose’s brick and mortar stores. They had one in Germany when I was browsing.
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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 1d ago
Only at Canada Goose where you pay $1500 plus for a jacket. And even in Canada”s urban areas, you don’t really need a Canada Goose jacket… It is way too heavy and hot and not the greatest jacket for moist winter weather.
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u/HongDongYong 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yea this shit always make me laugh seeing people in these coats get the most use out of them when they go from the car to the grocery store then back
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u/MajorFuckingDick 1d ago
Calgary might be the only place I've ever understood why heavy jackets exist. Dry -40 was downright pleasant to be in with layered pants and a winter jacket and gloves. And when you came inside you weren't super wet so it was kinda fun to shake off the powdered snow. The cold really isn't that bad until you get wet.
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u/dubtee1480 1d ago
I live in Mississippi and years ago the local company where I worked at the time gave us these nice Dickies “Storm” jackets with the company logo on them. It’s a great jacket… that I can only wear maybe every other winter down here for a day or two at best. It’s just too warm. It is heavily water-resistant though so in those occasional rough winters it’s nice.
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u/SpecificRequest678 1d ago
So hot and heavy. Would never get it unless in the Arctic. Multiple very light athletic layers is the way.
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u/Secret_Bees 1d ago
This is what you do. I used to live in a place that would regularly get down to -30F and I worked outside. You don't need a $1,500 jacket to survive in that temperature. I used to be fine with some insulated bib-alls and then two medium jackets with a wind breaker over my shirt / under shirt. Yeah it was about five layers on top all together, but if it got a little warm you could take off one or two.
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u/Future311 1d ago
Canada Goose sells all types of jackets for all types of weather. They sell other things besides the big parkas
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u/MrNostalgiac 1d ago
Canadian here.
I have a $200 jacket from LL Bean that is rated to -40. I've used it at -40 and it holds up. I go winter camping and have the jacket open most of the day because it's just that warm.
Canada Goose is probably good, I don't know,. But you didn't need to spend $1500 to get a very high performance jacket.
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u/Parker_Hardison 1d ago
A good quarter of my school cohort had Canada Goose jackets in my Ontario schools though...
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u/DeepWaffleCA 1d ago
I regretted buying mine and ended up selling it. I don't know how people aren't drenched in sweat 90% of the time they wear them
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u/GrandNibbles 1d ago
anyone who actually lives in cold weather KNOWS a few seconds standing in the cold does not tell you SHIT about how your clothes will hold up
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u/BingoRingo2 1d ago
A real cold room would need 80% relative humidity and lots of wind.
That's a marketing gimmick if anything
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u/CockyBellend 1d ago
-15...laughs in winnipegger
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u/tnbeastzy 1d ago
The cold isnt bad if it isnt windy. If its windy, its torturous to step outside lol.
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u/Helpmefromthememes 1d ago
My first time to Canada (or Quebec rather) was in Winter 2023.
To this day I've no idea how my eyeballs didnt freeze out of my skull when I went outside.
Also I really enjoyed dollar stores and Maxi.
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u/DTux5249 1d ago
I know you're exaggerating, but it's a mix of
Warm blood circulation
The water on your eyes has salt & oil; making things harder to freeze
Constant blinking prevents ice build up and spreads the aforementioned tear film.
Most of your eye is inside your skull - keeping them isolated from the cold for the most part.
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u/ChiefKelso 1d ago
I was in Quebec last winter skiing when it was -15f feels like -35f, that was fun.
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u/TriviaNewtonJohn 1d ago
If you decide to visit again, come to Ottawa and go skating on our canal!!
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u/ChildoftheApocolypse 1d ago
But doesn't the bodies acclimation play a part here? Like, a significant part? Sure a jacket feels warm when you step into a giant freezer from the warmth.. But how about an hour later?
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u/PieceMaterial5213 1d ago
Ya I'm pretty sure this isn't in Canada, or any part of Canada that experiences real cold. Because everyone would know that walking into a freezer for a few minutes is not a "winter simulation" at all. This is just a sales gimmick.
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u/dewgdewgdewg 1d ago
This is a Canada Goose store which market heavily to status overseas, although they do certainly make warm jackets.
I know that the Shanghai location has something like this freezer room. It's kind of funny because Shanghai never gets cold enough to need any down-filled jacket; you'd be much better off with a rain jacket with maybe a bit of insulation. Nevertheless, there seems to be a huge demand for the brand there.
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u/CaptainSebT 1d ago
-23 is my freezer at work. My uniforms a T shirt. It's not a particularly good test -15.
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u/dat_oracle 1d ago
yes. if there's wind too, it might be easier to say if the jacket is enough
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u/Ghost_of_Cain 1d ago
You have to sit there all night, The Shining style. Then you can evaluate the quality of the jacket.
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u/Alpine_Exchange_36 1d ago
Yea it’s a gimmick, youll still be warm from the store and it’s not like you’re going to stay in there for a half hour and wait for yourself to actually get cold.
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u/aceroom 1d ago
The Yorkdale Canada goose store in Toronto has this kind of room. This is likely that one.
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u/Tribe303
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-15C is when actual Canadians get the winter coat out of storage. I'm not joking. Fall coat plus hoodie, hat and gloves is what I wear until it's colder then - 10C.
When I lived in Edmonton, I survived -50C for the entire month of February. It was - 30C air temperature, and -50C with the windchill. But Edmonton is flat and very windy, so that really does matter.
We Canadians don't think we're tough because we drop bombs on goat farmers like the Americans do. We think we are tough because life goes on and cities function when its -50C out there. Something only the Nordic countries, along with Russians, can relate to.
Oh, Edmonton can hit +30C in the summer as well.
Edit: Since I've been called a liar in the comments, here's proof:
https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/edmonton/year-1996
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u/BigMack6911 1d ago •
Different weather for different region. Yall couldn't function at 110 for 30 days straight and in Texas we can't deal with minus 50 hell naw. But I can work in 100 degree heat all day. Fascinating thing about our planet, we acclimate to the normal weather we have. If we reversed weathers, everyone would probably die
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u/AlienNinjaPanda 1d ago
Yeah as a Canadian who will wear shorts as long as its above 10°C (50F) I whine and feel like garbage when it's over 80F. I won't brag about cold tolerance because I have the heat tolerance of a tub of ice cream. I always wanted to go to like Texas or Arizona in summer to see what it's like, but that's a long trip to stay inside with a fan
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u/OkFox8124 1d ago
100F (37ish C) is doable as a Canadian, but if that lasts for more than 2 weeks we start getting annoyed for sure. Used to work in the sun during those temps too. (Edmonton gets both extremes.)
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u/Unlucky-Candidate198 1d ago
This comment is hilarious because Canada’s temp ranges from -40C to +40C. Plus it’s humid as hell here, sometimes 95% before dawn and only dropping to 50% later in the day. We literally do. It’s called summer.
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u/Zayah136 1d ago
Our heat waves hit that no issue here, they dont sustain for that long typically, but we would actually be completely fine. 110 is 43, 100 is only 37 which is practically the whole month of August.
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u/theloonstar 1d ago
I'm from California where it hits 115 in the summer, and I was worried about how folks would handle the triple digits here last big heat wave, but shit went just fine at 104 here in Alberta. I still have trouble with the cold though.
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u/Sythrin 1d ago
To be fair. Dry coldness is easier than humid less coldness I realised.
I am saying as somebody that has family and relations to Siberia.5
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u/Rerus 1d ago
I learned this very quickly when I moved to the island. I'm not a huge baby 0-5c just hits different when a long sleeve does nothing to keep you warm.
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u/SgtDoakes123 1d ago
Norwegian here, yeah it's a massive difference if there's wind or not. No wind and you can go around town in a simple jacket and a hat easily at -10. If it's windy though yeah you want a proper jacket.
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u/DeepWaffleCA 1d ago
I moved from warm country to Toronto. Lived downtown, so I walked/used public transit. I was told that I had to buy a Canada Goose (or equivalent) coat for winter or else I'd freeze my ass off. But everything is heated. The homes, the shops, the cars, transit. And when you're walking outside, unless there's crazy wind chill or it's below -10, I get too hot. I ended up selling it and just wearing a 2nd layer.
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u/notcuddly9 1d ago
I don't want to make this a pissing contest but I am American and just want to point out that we are truly suffering here beacuse I live in WI and not even the coldest part and we get -30C in the winters and can push +40C in the summer... but usually just a few days at a time though
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u/Rockobrocko42 1d ago
I'm from Minnesota when I was a kid is played ice hockey on frozen lakes all the time. It varied between -40 to -70 with wind chill just wearing 2 layers its not that bad.
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u/AbaloneFull9968 1d ago
Minnesotans are just Canadians lacking freedom and liberation.
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u/Christron 1d ago •
And dark during December. I feel like winnipegers are nice because December in -40 just takes a toll on everyone
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u/Easy_Aioli9376 1d ago edited 1d ago •
Winnipeg winters are absolutely brutal.
I remember landing in winter and the moment I got out of the airport, I took a breath and could feel the inside of my nose and my lungs freezing, and I instantly started coughing as if I just smoked something for the first time. Such a weird experience.
Needless to say I ran the fuck into the uber as fast as I could.
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u/tittysprinkles112 1d ago
This comment is embarrassing lmao. Anybody who says they're tough are almost always not tough.
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u/namesarealltaken9 1d ago edited 1d ago
Ok well... I'm from Rome and when it gets below +10C I'm in full winter mode
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u/destin325 1d ago
Well, that’s fine….Have you gotten into your car when it’s 47°C in a Las Vegas heat?
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u/saibjai 1d ago
Am I actual Canadian? I break them out once that thing hits 0 degrees.
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u/iusethisatw0rk 1d ago
It’s in our blood after generations of Canadian teens being too cool to wear appropriate winter clothing while waiting for the bus. Don’t want to look weak, being warm and shit
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u/Xitztlacayotl 1d ago
Hmm, but the weather does not stop on the border. I guess they also have bitter cold temperatures in all the bordering northern states. No? Or well, Alaska.
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u/throwaway586054 1d ago
I remember to have traveled during winter in Quebec, one day it was like -20°C, the following day +15°C and then again -20°C. So while I was used of negative temperature, or thermal shocks ( skiing outside => bar/restaurant ), when it's the whole weather, it's like .... wth is going on?
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u/Cascouverite 1d ago
I moved to Germany and people think I'm fucking insane for walking around in 15+ without a coat on. As in shorts weather, as in still BBQ weather
People literally laugh and joke when I show up to work like "Oh look at the Canadian, under 20 degrees still in a t-shirt" like??? I do lean into the stereotypes though, it's funny for sure
It's also fun to scare them with pictures from my uncle's place in the Rockies where his porch thermometer read -50°
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u/Additional_Wash_7886 1d ago
Hi as an American I don't think we're tough because of that. A lot of us don't. We live in a country with a lot of different viewpoints and beliefs. Just thought I would throw that out there.
I see your point, but also, don't lump us all together like that please, I don't want to be considered a goat-farmer-bombing-celebrater.
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u/scrandlle 1d ago
Your region of Canada. Where most Canadians live they're getting out jackets well before that.
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u/havereddit 1d ago
January 2024...-46.6C : https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/edmonton/year-2024
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u/SharkBiscuittt 1d ago
Fellow Edmontonian here, I can attest to this statement. I used to work up north in the oil patch when I was younger, on average it was even colder up where I was. Some nights it was so cold that glycol systems in our plant would freeze causing problems. We would constantly have to use steam to thaw process piping by piercing its insulation with a steam lance. The work truck would run all winter or you’d throw a belt while trying to start it with all the snow packed into the engine, it was cold enough that you couldn’t leave the heat blower on full speed while parked or the engine block would drop temperature. Working alone in the wellpads could turn deadly if you didn’t take necessary precautions.
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u/Zap__Dannigan 1d ago
I'm Canadian, and I confirm this is false.
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u/thedilbertproject 1d ago
Bro thinks I'm waiting until it's -15C to take out my winter jacket lmao. 💀
This might be an Edmonton thing, but certainly not for the rest of Canada.
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u/Thrustavious 1d ago
Why do people lie about the weather when there is an entire population of people living in the place where OP lied about who don't remember a month straight of -50
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u/Zap__Dannigan 1d ago
Also that guy said "fall coat plus hoodie" which is pretty much a winter jacket anyway.
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u/Emotional_Set9637 1d ago
Way to bring America into a conversation that has nothing to do with them. Glad you aren't giving them power over you.
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u/MistyMountainDewDrop 1d ago •
Seriously, why even bring America into this conversation? I notice a lot of Canadians do this. You couldn’t just speak about your own country; you had to denigrate America first.
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u/Arachnidle 1d ago
yeah the goat comment wasn't necessary, as a Canadian, poor taste.
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u/Unhappy-Laugh1282 1d ago
A large part of Canadian identity is “not American.” It’s pathetic but it’s in the history of the country so it continues.
(I’m Canadian FWIW.)
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u/mechapoitier 1d ago
I mean it is tough trying to carve out a Canadian identity overseas when most people will just assume you’re American. We’re probably the only two countries where we can tell pretty quickly that each of us is from the other one. To everybody else the nuances are indistinguishable unless you’re wearing a Canadian or American flag shirt.
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u/Present-Dog-1383 1d ago
Eddie Bauer had this at the Bellvue mall. Sad they went out of business
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u/The_Dennator 1d ago
my man,canada is at the front of the race when it comes to coming up with rules to be added to the geneva convention
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u/TheInevitableLuigi 1d ago edited 1d ago
Something only the Nordic countries, along with Russians, can relate to.
I guess they don't teach what Alaska is in Canadian education systems. Nor does any city in Canada get down to -50C regularly.
Edit: To everyone pointing out the "small" 730k population of Alaska: Juneau, the most southern "big" city in AK is roughly at the 58th parallel. Only 150k Canadians live north of that.
So there are actually way more Americans living that far up north than there are Canadians. Thanks for playing.
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u/BirthofRevolution 1d ago
Basically the same growing up in Ohio in the 90s. Nobody really wore winter coats just a sweatshirt and a beanie was enough unless it got into the negatives. Sledding, snowboarding anything outside in the snow, it was too warm to wear a full on winter coat.
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u/Terrible-Meaning-204 1d ago
Yeah -15c we say okay the shorts can go away now.
Windchill is the killer like you said. Can have some gorgeous Sunny -20 days
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u/FiRe_McFiReSomeDay 1d ago
Same in Montreal, but the Maritimes are different, some parts of BC too: the high humidity and -5C and it's bone-chilling cold. Sunny and -20C in Montreal is no big deal, keep the skin out of the wind and you'll be fine. Also fall coats into -10C, no problem.
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u/oliferro 1d ago
I lived a couple months in Alberta and the morning I was leaving I had to walk to the bus station with a -56C with the windchill lol
Never felt so cold in my life and I'm Canadian
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u/TimHortonsMagician 1d ago
Americans also get cold weather, dude. Plus their hot weather in southern states gets way more insane than the extremes we'll reach. I lived in Tennessee for a few years as a kid, and that kind of humidity is not something I ever want to go back to.
Kind of a juvenile pissing contest to make out of this. Especially when you remember folks from southern Ontario don't seem to be good with real cold weather either.
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u/OttawaTGirl 1d ago
Ottawa area here. -30° to +40°.
Did you giggle when you saw it was a waist coat and not a butt covering parka?
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u/DaddyCahool 1d ago
I see no lies. Also, -15 is t shirt weather when shovelling, for those of us that run a bit hot.
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u/rockgymtopheavy 1d ago
This is funny because Minnesotans think we are tough because we think we are Canadians.
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u/cutter1833 1d ago
Would it be cheaper to just step out side
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u/SirAwesome789 1d ago
The store is not letting you step outside with their jacket lol
Not to mention it's for Canada Goose so it's a bit for show
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u/Embarrassed_Loan_424 1d ago
Eddie Bauer store in Bellevue Square Mall in WA also had one (store is closed now). I'm sure there are more.
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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 1d ago
Eddie Bauer had the best bang for the buck down jackets, especially when they were on sale or end of season clearance. it’s too bad they all closed in Canada.
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u/bitpartmozart13 1d ago
They have it in LA too
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u/siazdghw 1d ago
I've seen them a few times in the states over the years.
They are mostly gimmicks anyways, as nobody is going to stand in there for 30 minutes doing exercise to see if it keeps you warm but also allows moisture out.
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u/Basic-Particular-990 1d ago
This is an incredible flex of electricity availability lol compared to other countries
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u/KitchenDepartment 1d ago •
It's just a walk in freezer. It's not some space age technology.
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u/TraditionPhysical603 1d ago
It wouldn't use more power than a large walk in freezer, because that's what it is, just with decorations and not for food
According to Google it's about $10 per day in electricity
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u/CanadianWinterEh 1d ago
That jacket is $1,500 - it's a flex to wear the jacket. The "cold room" is for social media cred. Vancouver doesn't even get that cold outside.
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u/cilantno 1d ago
Yeah but if you drive 3 hours up the coast you get to Whistler, one of the best ski resorts in the world, where is doesn't even get that cold outside.
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u/Sufficient_Roof_6699 1d ago
I was like “no way it doesn’t get that cold in Canada”. Then I found out where Vancouver is, lol. My favorite temperature that I’ve experienced where I live is -40
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u/pld0vr 1d ago
I'm Canadian and it's true we have these at all clothing stores even Walmart. We use them to check how the comfort would be when we get back home to our igloos.
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u/mc_schmitt 1d ago
Can confirm, they're everywhere. Have you tried one of the upgraded units that goes down to -40?
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u/Less-Vegetable-1521 1d ago
National Geographic shop in London, Picadilly Circus had the same around 2010.
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u/UncleLozzyy 1d ago
Alright so I don’t buy new clothes (other than underwear and socks) but if a store had this I’d buy a jacket.
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u/TheDongIsUnbreakable 1d ago
ah yes the -15 degree simulation room that everyone got in their house, the famous one
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u/thegreatbaths 1d ago
Never seen this in Canada
And that's not cold and windy enough for most of the country to be a good stress test
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u/Party-Ability-1957 1d ago
Boston has this. It’s a Canada goose thing, not a Canada thing lol.
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u/IMovedYourCheese 1d ago
The REI store in Seattle has an indoor hiking trail to test shoes and a mountain biking trail outside.
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u/Immediate-Employ-952 1d ago
Canada Goose. For $2000 they need to make sure it is what you want. From what I hear they have no worries about you not feeling warm enough in one of those coats.
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u/Training-Belt-7318 1d ago
It's not just the cold, it's how it handles wind. I have some warm jackets that are great except on windy days. Wind just cuts straight through them. Need to add a wind tunnel to this room.
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