SHOCKER: Cooling vest shootout yields hands-down winner

[ActiveMSers]

After nearly a month of testing and retesting, I've finished our first cooling vest shootout. And as you'll read, it wasn't that close....

http://www.activemsers.org/gear/testcoolingvests.html

Please note that as always I have no affiliation with any of the companies reviewed.

[foxZ]

Great information, thank you. I've only used the Polar Tec products so this gives me some options.

[ActiveMSers]

Thanks, foxZ. With this test I've effectively debunked the common misconceptions that ice is a constant 32 degrees or, for that matter, that phase change is a constant 58 degrees. Much of the marketing information on cooling vests concerning temperature is surprisingly incorrect.

[ActiveMSers]

I added more testing with additional clothing layers under the ice vests. Yes it helped. But not that much. Updates are in red.

http://www.activemsers.org/gear/testcoolingvests.html