Sugoi Firewall tights -- how low can you go??

[ny biker]

My amfib rule is below 40 without sun and below 35 with sun. Of course, YMMV. Haven't found too cold for them - I usually wimp out for some other reason.

I had my first AmFib test last night. I wore them to walk from the gym to my car, which was about a 10 minute walk (parking is expensive near this gym so I park over in the next neighborhood and walk from there). This was during the height of our "polar vortex" experience -- temps in the teens with arctic-cold blasts of wind.

Unfortunately I must report that the AmFib tights were not wholly up to the challenge. My legs were a bit cold.

On the other hand, my usually-warm-enough ski mittens were also not up to the task last night -- my fingers were painfully cold while I was driving home. So I cannot fault Pearl Izumi.

I look forward to trying out the tights in more normal conditions.