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I spent a couple of months on a mountain at temps down to -20C and high winds with no heating without getting cold by wearing a down suit like this

http://www.rockrun.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9...

but I can't see it catching on. People like their comforts.

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They look like they start at around $1000+, which means you are looking at about 1 year before it pays itself off. Based on my estimated heating bill anyway.

Additionally the biggest problem I find when turning off the heating in winter is hands and feet. You can wear gloves but then you can't type.

I like fingerless gloves (or get cheap ones and cut the tips off), but I also know people who feel hindered by them.

I do too but endlessly explaining to colleagues\friends why I'm wearing "homeless" gloves is tiresome. I don't know why people fail to see their utility, and indeed forget the explanation after a week and ask me again :-/

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