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#coolvest anyone say, cool vest? The Japanese Bertle is very popular for 2 summers. Like 80% of outdoor workers have them. Three years ago, it was like 10% had them, IMO

https://www.work-street.jp/c/uniform/burtle/burtle-kuuchou/burtle-kuucho-fan/kuchoset035

(battery, 2 fans, vest and wires)  25,000yen
(today $167 USD about 3,000 MXN  about 225 CAD  about 137 GBP) 

The Jpn yen is very high/low this summer, last summer the Bertle Fanvest kit was "cheaper"
if you're thinking not yen

I used this for current conversions
https://wise.com/us/currency-converter/currencies/jpy-japanese-yen

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