Long compression tights vs "real tights" for sub 35 degree weather?

I'm not sure what kind of tights you're talking about, but I'm cold weather, with minimal sweat, you don't have to change your tights every day, especially if you have wind briefs underneath.

Running tights should have a quality blend of 85 percent Polyester and 15 percent spandex. Anything less than that is going to be on the thin side, and they aren't going to provide the necessary thickness to shield very cold temperatures.

Tights are worth it, no doubt about it. It is all about keeping the soft tissue in your body warm, so that you do not experience any tightness, or pick up an injury. African runners wear tights and half tights when in training. They never, ever wear shorts. They only wear splits in races. It will be 70 degrees in africa, and someone like Kipchoge will have on tights or half tights, as well as wearing full warm-up suits.

I run in tights all year round, but I usually wear half tights in training in the summer and spring, and I wear tights in the winter and fall. But I wore full tights a lot during this past summer. It just feels right to me. I really believe it was adopted from sprinters, and a way to keep the muscles warm and relaxed, and it cuts down on muscle vibration.

I only wear splits in races, and I go to my races in form fitting warm up suits.

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I can only wear the real thick winter tights. Thin tights would not be a good idea for me. ?

I'll look for that combination of polyester and spandex. Does less polyester and more spandex = thinner / less warm (that's what I see on amazon for "baselayer tights" (thin, need to wear something underneath) vs thicker, real tights (ex what you would see on nike or asics website for running tights that cost $40).

sorry, more polyester and less spandex (ex: 92% polyester, 8% spandex)

i wear new balance impact tights everyday twice a day wash them twice a week they don't smell or anything and i wear underpants with them and if its really cold i'll wear half tights under my tights.

ohyesit'sgood wrote:

i wear new balance impact tights everyday twice a day wash them twice a week they don't smell or anything and i wear underpants with them and if its really cold i'll wear half tights under my tights.

Do they contain gas if you have chronic gas problem?

This sounds like a horrid place to live--I lived in Wisconsin where it would go long stretches of highs in the single positive digits and that was miserable...

Luv2Run wrote:

This sounds like a horrid place to live--I lived in Wisconsin where it would go long stretches of highs in the single positive digits and that was miserable...

Yeah...so much for the global warming theory. ???. When these global warming nuts start spewing their nonsense I tell them to come up and train with me in the harsh Minnesota winters. ?

original poster wrote:

I'll look for that combination of polyester and spandex. Does less polyester and more spandex = thinner / less warm (that's what I see on amazon for "baselayer tights" (thin, need to wear something underneath) vs thicker, real tights (ex what you would see on nike or asics website for running tights that cost $40).

Quit messing with Amazon when it comes to apparel. Some of there stuff comes from third party suppliers, and a lot of those items are fake, and of poor Quality. Amazon is good place to get running shoes, but not apparel

You could just get the heat sonic tights by Under Armour. They make the best compression gear in the world, because they specialize in it. They also have a lifetime return policy. If for any reason you no longer are please with the item, it can be returned for a similar item or for something else. I have some UA compression stuff that I have had for over 5 years , and it still has the same shape and color. No one returns their compression stuff. It's that good.

Eastbay makes great compression gear as well. However, it's on the scratchy side, and not as smooth as UA, but it performs well.

Also, believe it or not, Old Navy makes running apparel that's of of great quality. Their half and full tights are very well made, and inexpensive. ACTIVE is the name of the their inhouse brand.

Most people just go to Runningwarehouse to get tights. They have a huge selection. However, they don't go lower than 40.00, but that's not a bad price point for a quality pair of tights.

Running pants are awesome these days. They aren't like the old sweat pants. I barely notice proper running pants.

Tights have their place too, more useful in very cold rainy conditions. I've worn the run pants down to -15C. Any colder, you better add wind briefs.

Scorpion_runner wrote:

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Also, believe it or not, Old Navy makes running apparel that's of of great quality. Their half and full tights are very well made, and inexpensive. ACTIVE is the name of the their inhouse brand.

Old Navy has really invested in their activewear, especially their running gear. I used to work for ON. I'm not sure if the Active design team is still the same, but at one point it consisted of The North Face transplants and the Sr. Director was a designer for FIFA World Cup kits.

I still get most of my gear from Old Navy now, their running shorts and performance running tanks are incredible quality and fit.