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Cold weather respirator/humidifier
I've seen both World Cup and a few national level athletes use them.
They come in the form of a mask or something that looks like a scuba regulator. I'm not sure exactly what they are calledI've been told that they humidify cold, dry air to make cold weather skiing on the lungs. I've always thought that the athletes that use them were a little bit too careful but after training the past week in absolutely dry and cold weather and feeling my lungs burn I'm not very interested. Does anybody have any details about these devices and where they can be bought? |
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Cold weather respirator/humidifier
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:19:00 -0800 (PST),
wrote: I've seen both World Cup and a few national level athletes use them. They come in the form of a mask or something that looks like a scuba regulator. I'm not sure exactly what they are calledI've been told that they humidify cold, dry air to make cold weather skiing on the lungs. I've always thought that the athletes that use them were a little bit too careful but after training the past week in absolutely dry and cold weather and feeling my lungs burn I'm not very interested. Does anybody have any details about these devices and where they can be bought? Are you sure you aren't seeing a mask being used to protect the lungs from fumes while waxing? For example, http://www.skiwax.ca/tools/tools.php#tl_resp I think a buff or neck warmer pulled up over the mouth would help humidify the air you breath. |
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Cold weather respirator/humidifier
On Jan 31, 8:29*pm, John Forrest Tomlinson
wrote: On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:19:00 -0800 (PST), wrote: I've seen both World Cup and a few national level athletes use them. They come in the form of a mask or something that looks like a scuba regulator. I'm not sure exactly what they are calledI've been told that they humidify cold, dry air to make cold weather skiing on the lungs. I've always thought that the athletes that use them were a little bit too careful but after training the past week in absolutely dry and cold weather and feeling my lungs burn I'm not very interested. Does anybody have any details about these devices and where they can be bought? Are you sure you aren't seeing a mask being used to protect the lungs from fumes while waxing? For example,http://www.skiwax.ca/tools/tools.php#tl_resp I think a buff or neck warmer pulled up over the mouth would help humidify the air you breath. http://www.2007canadagames.ca/en/gal...album=Biathlon If you go to this webpage and select the photo on the bottom left you can see a biathlete skiing in very cold weather at the Canada Winter Games with one of these breathers. |
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Cold weather respirator/humidifier
On 1 helmi, 04:19, wrote:
(...) Does anybody have any details about these devices and where they can be bought? On this side of the pond one can easily find Jonasport thermal masks/ breath warmers made by http://www.jonas.fi - click on "Tuotteet" - I have one lying around somewhere (and I think I can vaguely remember using it with satisfaction back when there was still snow and real cold weather...) The only drawback is that one will bear a certain resemblance to Darth Vader. IIRC there's a similar U.S. product called Psolar. OTOH a quick ersatz solution would be to use one one of those disposable masks you can get in a hardware store to protect your lungs from fine dust particles: put a balaclava, ski mask or one of those popular scarf-things on top to hide it and you should be fairly OK. Anders |
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