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Originally Posted by chinese_driver
anyone have a good face mask to recommend? currently have an airhole and arcteryx mask but they both get too wet and cold with my breath...
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This may not be the answer you're looking for, but even in the craziest of coastal storms, frigid high alpine rocky mountain temperatures, or even central Asia expeditions in the continental Siberian cold.... I only use a merino wool neck tube/buff. Top of the tube goes around the top of my head, bottom of the tube at my chin. Tuque and/or helmet on top. Jacket zipped all the way up all the time unless I'm getting something from an inner pocket or I'm dying of heat.
This is the only way I can actually get adequate ventilation for my damp breath. Anytime I am heading uphill, my body is producing enough heat to keep the chill off. On the way down, simply hiding inside my jacket provides adequate protection. I haven't lost the end of my nose to frostbite yet
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If you find that the airhole balaclava, the one with a literal hole for you to breathe through, condenses too much moisture; maybe it's the execution of the equipment and not the equipment itself.