>>2451381all merino wool gear these days is coated with plastic to make it not itchy and wearable directly against skin.
you can't avoid it, just embrace it. nylon and polypropylene are god tier materials. wool is decent. polyester is okay.
>>2452528wool/nylon blend is under-rated and fixes a lot of the issues wool has notably its awful durability and physical resilience, while also fixing nylon's main downside: how easily it burns and how noisy SWISH SWISH it is.
>>2452588i have a set of baselayers similar composition to this from uniqlo. my experience was: anything with bamboo is unusable as an active baselayer, but it made a very comfy sleep base layer especially in colder seasons.
>>2449447pro tip
the new trendy $60-150 "sun hoodies" that are all the rage right now have been around for AGES and you can buy them much cheaper marketed as "fishing shirts" same exact design and materials and thicknesses.
>>2451238smartwool sucks ass IME
>>2452626alpaca owns. i got most of my alpaca gear second hand over the years ebay/thrift/poshmark. i did buy a bunch from one of the traditional american outfitters too but they don't sell alpaca anymore.
>>2452666>>2452777>woolsearch coarse wool and you'll have better luck online.
>oilclothold second hand filson gear, unless they still make their oilcloth shit (they call it a different name i forgot) in seattle. i dunno if that stuff got outsourced yet or not. if that shit's still made in usa come up to seattle the /out/ing's great here.
