kokodoko 67 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I just looked at my thermal bottoms and they are cotton! doh! So i better get something decent. What is the best - polypropylene or wool ? Or something else? Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I use poly... and whatever that "UnderArmour" stuff is made of. For me, it's mostly a matter of what's available - I'd try wool if I happened to find some. Wool is probably better for the environment, goes longer between washings without becoming heinously stinky, and dries faster (assuming similar fabric weights). Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 Thanks ezo, they have wool ones down the camping shop, so i will go down there later. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I like wool, but it has to be really good quality to buy it. Cheap ones starts itching me a lot after a wile. Thats why most of my thermo staff are synthetic. Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 silk and merino for me. I'll never go back to synthetic after stocking up on silk and wool layers. unless I'm camping of course, snow camping with wool could suck as it doesn't dry nearly as quickly as poly fibers. silk-silk-merino-down-goretex is my blizzard set up. Link to post Share on other sites
OkemoLoon 0 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Gotta love the feel of silk undies Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Originally Posted By: OkemoLoon Gotta love the feel of silk undies The police warned you about stealing girls knickers from the washing line Okemo!!! I go with the Heat Tech numbers from Uni Qlo, cheap and warm, Stemik recomended them to me and they are the shit. Of course silk sounds nice but also a bit pricy!! Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted January 12, 2008 Author Share Posted January 12, 2008 thanking everybody for all the top quality advice. I will have a look for what everyone has suggested.. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Merino - only way to go! Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 merino (wool) feels so much better than ther synthetic smelly hansen stuff Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Wool easily wins over polyester - especially when you start to sweat a bit and the polyester starts to itch. Also little trick, if using wool, get some scotch guard and little spray over some wool. That way, if you do fall over and get snow on it. it shouldn't melt on it and just fall away. Link to post Share on other sites
Domokun_72dpi 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Koko, You can't go past Explorer socks either. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 thanks everyone. domo, what undies should i get? Link to post Share on other sites
Domokun_72dpi 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 lol. I thought you wre "freeballing" it? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Originally Posted By: kokodoko thanks everyone. domo, what undies should i get? ones that include warmers Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted January 14, 2008 Author Share Posted January 14, 2008 How about i wear a kilt with warmers and go commando? Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Wool or Poly?? I have no idea. Whatever UNIQLO sells I have! (heat tech stuff) Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I have silk boxers from thailand. really. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 C'mon. Uniqlo are full on cheapo. With some cotton mix with the more expensive stuff, such as baby stuff and lumber jack shirts and ... jeans. And I like uniqlo, I am in their jammies right now. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 who gives a rats ass how much they cost.. Bottom line is they work. Why fork out more when they get the job done? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I wear all artificial fibres. Cotton goes cold and wet, and out of shape. Wool is diing, especially Australian wool (merino long hair) stinks like shit, itches like hell and take weeks to dry. Australian merino is shite. The Ozzie sheep industry is dieing because the product doesn't sell. Merino nest to the skin? You are an Olympic Champion: Itching for Oz. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 there must be atrick to merino wool, cos I've had some and they dun itch at all. Soubs, you got the infected stuff from the wh(a)rehouse. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Originally Posted By: Indo who gives a rats ass how much they cost.. Bottom line is they work. Why fork out more when they get the job done? Indo, it does work, I like...... Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Originally Posted By: Indo who gives a rats ass how much they cost.. Bottom line is they work. Why fork out more when they get the job done? Had a laugh actually, cos Uniqlo were trying to take over a big retail clothing chain here in the same segment. Only the target was about 4 times their size and controlled the very same sources that UQ bought from. Funny that. Says a lot about their top level. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Try wearing "good ole Ozzie" bathers. Wet wool next to the skin. How about "Itching for the Southern Hemisphere".? Natural fibres are mostly crap. Merino is right there with all the others which are dying because no-one want to wear unconfortable fibres in their raw state. More specifically, old fibres are either cold when wet, take a generation to dry, or both. Wool against the skin itches like hell, stinks like shit and takes forever to dry. Call me old fashioned, but modern techno-fibres are streets ahead of the shite I was forced to wear as a child. Link to post Share on other sites
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