Summary
If you’ve ever made the mistake of going for a hike wearing just jeans and a t-shirt you’ll know it can be a pretty sweaty, uncomfortable experience. But it doesn’t have to be that way! There are myriad products promising to keep you dry, warm and protected from whatever the weather can throw at you.
Listener Julie is keen to know more about that after she went on an adventure holiday without the right kit, leaving her cold and miserable.
She’s heard about fabrics that promise to ‘wick away’ the sweat and others that keep you warm in cold weather and cool when it’s hot. And what about the jackets that claim to stop rain getting in yet still be breathable enough to let vapour and sweat out. How does that work?!
I’ll be finding out by speaking to an expert in textile technology and the Gear Editor from the UK’s best-selling walking magazine.
Once again this series we’re testing and investigating your suggested wonder-products, so if you’ve seen an ad, trend or fad, and wonder if there’s any evidence to back up a claim, drop us an email to sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk or you can send us a voice note to our WhatsApp number: 07543 306807
PRESENTER: Greg Foot PRODUCER: Simon Hoban
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, podcast fan. |
| 0:03.0 | Consider this your invite to the UK's biggest podcasting party. |
| 0:06.7 | We're heading to Sheffield from the 4th to the 6th of July |
| 0:09.0 | for the BBC Sounds Fringe at the Crossed Wires Festival. |
| 0:12.8 | We'll be joined by some of the biggest names in podcasting, |
| 0:15.3 | including Sarah Cox, Charlie Hedges, Russell Kane, |
| 0:18.4 | and some bloke called Greg James doing his Radio 4 show called Rewinder. |
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| 0:28.1 | To book your free tickets, go to crossedwires.org slash fringe. |
| 0:34.4 | BBC Sounds, music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:43.9 | Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to the show that cuts through the advertising hype to find out whether a whole heap of wonder products really deliver on their bold claims. |
| 0:49.0 | Are they the best thing since sliced bread or marketing BS? |
| 0:52.8 | Today's suggestion is from Julie Venables in Essex. |
| 0:57.7 | Hi Greg, I've just come back from an adventure holiday in Peru, |
| 1:01.7 | which was great, but we didn't really get the outdoor clothing right. |
| 1:05.9 | For our future adventures, I want to know if the clothes that promised to keep you warm in winter, yet cool in summer, |
| 1:12.4 | really work? And what about those which wicker away sweat? How do they work? Finally, are there |
| 1:19.3 | jackets or tops that are breathable yet waterproof at the same time? I'm very excited to hear the |
| 1:26.1 | outcome of your investigation. Thanks very much. |
| 1:28.5 | Great one from Julie this. And something close to my heart because I grew up in the |
| 1:32.7 | Lake District and I love being out in the hills. In fact, it was Lakes author Alfred Wainwright |
| 1:38.1 | who said, there's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing. Well, today, for listener Julie, and myself, I'm going to be |
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