Homers,
Been looking at making the switch from synthetics to wool for some time now and I think I'm gonna take the plunge. Most of my activewear is at least 3-4 years old and some of it goes back a bit further so its time to start replacing things.
I'm looking at wool partly because of the stink factor - supposedly its much better than synthetics, but I've also read its great at cooling when the weather is hot and great at warming when the weather is cool - so it sounds more versatile and with Alaska weather combined with outside travels I need that.
I've listed Ibex and Smartwool because those two look pretty good from what I've seen in person. Icebreaker stuff seems nice too, but their tops are cut shorter than the other two and at 6'2" I need longer tops. I am open to other suggestions and opinions.
Everything will get a lot of field testing in the next month or so as we have a ton of snow here and I'm getting ready to spend 4 weeks touring Ecuador and Peru. I'll get the chance to put the stink factor to the test in a big way - I'm only taking a mid-sized backpack for all my stuff and will be taking *maybe* 3 shirts for the whole trip. :thumbsup:
Thanks in advance.
Been looking at making the switch from synthetics to wool for some time now and I think I'm gonna take the plunge. Most of my activewear is at least 3-4 years old and some of it goes back a bit further so its time to start replacing things.
I'm looking at wool partly because of the stink factor - supposedly its much better than synthetics, but I've also read its great at cooling when the weather is hot and great at warming when the weather is cool - so it sounds more versatile and with Alaska weather combined with outside travels I need that.
I've listed Ibex and Smartwool because those two look pretty good from what I've seen in person. Icebreaker stuff seems nice too, but their tops are cut shorter than the other two and at 6'2" I need longer tops. I am open to other suggestions and opinions.
Everything will get a lot of field testing in the next month or so as we have a ton of snow here and I'm getting ready to spend 4 weeks touring Ecuador and Peru. I'll get the chance to put the stink factor to the test in a big way - I'm only taking a mid-sized backpack for all my stuff and will be taking *maybe* 3 shirts for the whole trip. :thumbsup:
Thanks in advance.