Baselayer Clothing Suggestions

[Joshua Polland]

I sent you a PM with a good place to get non-camo merino wool. You can never go wrong with First Lite.

[Izzy]

Straight wool or a thermax blend which us wool/poly blend. Thermax can be bought for 20.00 or so.

[Hoyt]

I use Minus 33 merino wool in mid and expedition weight according to how cold...along with a lot of other mixes in layers. Still looking for the warmest, fewest, thinnest, lightest total weight of layers to keep me warm.

[BUCKY]

Minus 33 merino wool for me too. Great price for a great product.

[mumbles]

I used to wear under armour cold gear but all I did is freeze with it lol . I picked up some merino wool stuff at gander way better for a cheaper price. The under armour was ok aslong as you kept moving .The merino wool is also more comfortable to were imo .

[Whip]

Another Minus 33 or Smartwool lover here.  I often use a lightweight layer of an Underarmour loose fit shirt over the wool, followed by a camo shirt or jacket.  If it gets really warm during the day I can shed the wool layer underneath and remain comfortable.

[Easykeeper]

Merino wool for me.  Poly is ok if it's not too cold but I don't like the way it holds odor.  If you ever sweat in poly it seems like you never get the BO out no matter how much it gets washed or in what, even bleach doesn't seem to get rid of the smell.  Seems nice and clean when you put it on after washing but pretty soon the dreaded BO is back.  I never have that problem with merino wool.

I need to replace some Justin Charles (out of business) pieces I've had for years.  The Minus 33 looks pretty good.

[Burnsie]

Kuiu merino for me.  The Under Armour is good, but the tight compression fit didn't work for me. I'm fairly hairy and by the end of the day wearing the stuff it felt like all the hair on my arms and legs  was tangled in little knots - drove me crazy.

[jeremy1517]

The Minus 33 stuff looks good. The prices are very reasonable.

[reddogge]

Merino wool Minus 33. I'll never go back to poly pro.

[jeremy1517]

Did you all get the midweight or heavy weight minus 33 wool?  230gr vs. 400gr.

[agross1]

Originally posted by jeremy1517:
The Minus 33 stuff looks good. The prices are very reasonable.

I got mine off the big auction site and saved some money.  Great stuff.

[agross1]

Originally posted by jeremy1517:
Did you all get the midweight or heavy weight minus 33 wool?  230gr vs. 400gr.

I got the mid weight,  and I would recommend the quarter zip top.  Very nice being able to open and close the neck.

[Phrogdrvr]

X2 for the Woolpower.

[Mike VanBuren]

I used the medium weight Minus 33 last year. It doesn't even looked liked it was used. I will be buying all the different weights.

[Orion]

I use silk as the first layer, covered with medium or heavyweight Ufrotte merino wool, depending on the temps.  Over that, a wool shirt and KOM Bowman jacket.  That's for all day sits in below freezing temperatures.  If the wind picks up, I try to wedge in a light wool vest between the shirt and jacket.

Wintersilks (they have a website) has a good variety of silk weights and blends, reasonably priced.

[NBK]

Kuiu merino.  All I wear these days.  Light weight, warm and doesnt smell even after several days.

[Jorge]

In my opinion, after years using synthetics as first layer, Under Armour and similars, nothing is superior to the merino wool shirts from brands as Kuiu, Firstlite and others. Really, the important is the material, not the brand. Dry faster,weight, smell...all is better.

Sorry about my english

[Sam McMichael]

Silk. As it gets colder I use wool over the silk. IMO there is no better combo available.

[BUCKY]

Midweight