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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Fursuits always look so hot and uncomfortable to me. Can any furries here confirm or deny?

[–] knightly@pawb.social 37 points 4 months ago

Can confirm.

In fact, furries went out and improved upon the design of military cooling vests to try and beat the heat:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a-cooling-vest-invented-by-a-furry-made-its-way-into-the-us-military

[–] Zeke@fedia.io 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

They are in fact hot, but there's ways to be comfortable in a fursuit, such as wearing underarmour/lycra/spandex. Sweat wicking stuff is a life saver in a fursuit.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Motorcycle cooling gear might be what they need. I road with full gear and the ice vests were lifesavers. They usually lasted me a few hours with full gear.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 months ago

They definitely are. Cons always have a lot of signage up about watching for symptoms of heat stroke, and decent cons will have a “headless lounge” set up as semi-private (fursuiters and assistants only) space to take off parts of your suit and cool down. Usually lots of fans going and freely available water.

[–] match@pawb.social 7 points 4 months ago

Absolutely! but furries tell each other to do self care and protect each other pretty well

[–] BlueDwaggin@pawb.social 7 points 4 months ago

Hot, yes. Usually quite comfortable though. Though both depend on the design. And there are cooling options out there; small airflow systems for the heads, and cooling vests that yhe other commentor posted a link to.