A short-sleeved shirt of chainmail typically weighs around 7 kg. A long-sleeved shirt reaching to the mid-tights or further is called a hauberk. Hauberks like that can weigh 10 kg. A hauberk with coif attached weighs 1.5 kg more whereas a separate coif brings about 2.5 kg to scale. An additional pair of mail mittens or gloves weighs 1 kg. The legs can be protected by a pair of chausses which adds another 4 kg. To cover the whole body this adds up to about 18 kg. Wearing mail does not feel as heavy as carrying a backpack, because the weight is well distributed around the body. This is especially true when a belt at hip-height is used and straps fix the mail around arms and legs. Then the weight of mail rather feels like having more bodyweight. Furthermore, chainmail weight can be heavily reduced by tailoring mail to the body, only allowing for thin layers of padding to be worn under it. This is in accordance with some medieval depictions that show people in mail-armour very thin. Furthermore, the type of rings and their dimensions affect the weight by up to 50%. Naturally, the material also matters. All the above were examples of chainmail made from iron or steel.