In reply to olddirtydoggy: Ooof poor bugger that’s a grim few hours.
Thats the debatable issue, whilst I won’t be climbing steeper stuff in them, and hanging around on belays, I’ll still be using them primarily for winter stuff on less serious terrain and winter walking, however there’s always times of hanging about in those situations.
Maybe I’m being paranoid, but to use them for a day or two and realise they’re cold would be a waste of the hard earned.