Comments on: Smartwool NTS Base Layer — WildSnow Girl Review http://www.wildsnow.com/9207/smartwool-nts-review/ Backcountry Skiing Weblog Blog, FAQs, more, links and info about randonnee, telemark and backcountry ski mountaineering. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:13:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: XXX_er http://www.wildsnow.com/9207/smartwool-nts-review/#comment-50762 XXX_er Sat, 02 Feb 2013 05:26:41 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=9207#comment-50762 MEC, Icebreaker, Smart wool and some others, I got 5 brands of merino and they all get holes easyier than plastic ... IME one brand does not stand out over the others as better or worse When I actualy do wear base layers the best thing I found is to use a super light merino T-shit which is also the cheapest and then whatever layer you wear on top of that won't stink MEC, Icebreaker, Smart wool and some others, I got 5 brands of merino and they all get holes easyier than plastic … IME one brand does not stand out over the others as better or worse

When I actualy do wear base layers the best thing I found is to use a super light merino T-shit which is also the cheapest and then whatever layer you wear on top of that won’t stink

]]> By: Scott Nelson http://www.wildsnow.com/9207/smartwool-nts-review/#comment-50735 Scott Nelson Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:55:34 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=9207#comment-50735 I've always liked Smartwool, whether it is their socks, baselayers, or whatever. But, as others have said, it doesn't last long. Holes in my socks, holes in unmentionable places on my baselayer pants, etc. Other brands seem to last much longer. I've recently been trying out an Arc Teryx base/mid layer top, and it has become my favorite. Doesn't stink after multiple days without washing (or maybe I'm just immune to that stintch...), breathes well for high aerobic stuff and fairly warm, and not wool, its a polyester, polypro mix. And just like Smartwool, it costs a lot. I’ve always liked Smartwool, whether it is their socks, baselayers, or whatever. But, as others have said, it doesn’t last long. Holes in my socks, holes in unmentionable places on my baselayer pants, etc. Other brands seem to last much longer. I’ve recently been trying out an Arc Teryx base/mid layer top, and it has become my favorite. Doesn’t stink after multiple days without washing (or maybe I’m just immune to that stintch…), breathes well for high aerobic stuff and fairly warm, and not wool, its a polyester, polypro mix. And just like Smartwool, it costs a lot.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.wildsnow.com/9207/smartwool-nts-review/#comment-50694 Patrick Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:49:09 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=9207#comment-50694 Sarah -- so true, good point. But when I take off the stinko plastic shirt, and hang it up, there are then 2 sources of hut-stink: 1) myself - but I'll be washing in the sauna, and maybe rolling in the snow for good measure, and 2) the shirt hanging over over there near somebody's bunk. Perhaps I'll use the stinky layer again and again on this trip. Ya sure, I could wash the plastic shirt each night, but my priorities at the end of the ski-day may be to prep the meal, rehydrate, or dance. I'm not a guy who wants an underwear quiver of 7 shirts, one for each day of the week. Sarah — so true, good point.
But when I take off the stinko plastic shirt, and hang it up, there are then 2 sources of hut-stink: 1) myself – but I’ll be washing in the sauna, and maybe rolling in the snow for good measure, and 2) the shirt hanging over over there near somebody’s bunk. Perhaps I’ll use the stinky layer again and again on this trip. Ya sure, I could wash the plastic shirt each night, but my priorities at the end of the ski-day may be to prep the meal, rehydrate, or dance.
I’m not a guy who wants an underwear quiver of 7 shirts, one for each day of the week.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.wildsnow.com/9207/smartwool-nts-review/#comment-50689 Sarah Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:48:58 +0000 http://www.wildsnow.com/?p=9207#comment-50689 It's not the shirt that smells my friend. It’s not the shirt that smells my friend.

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