It's freezing out here. I'm so glad to have these. Don't expect them to fit like bikini or even hipsters. They are *supposed* to go down your leg a bit, they're hot pants. I think they're pretty true to measurements -- I take XL in everything else Icebreaker, but my hips are proportionately smaller than my waist, so I take a L in these and could probably go with a M safely. Because I'm not what you'd call svelte, they're not the most flattering undies I've ever worn (they dip down a bit too far in front for my tummy pooch to be anything but obvious), but they're warm and they're comfy. Which was why I got them in the first place! If I want to feel a bit more stylish in the undies dept., I wear the hipsters.

I have three or four of these in this size. They're so useful, and I'm always wishing I had one more. This is the best size for my undies and my socks. Holds all the extra bits that are always so hard to figure out how to pack neatly. I've used it to carry beading projects in when I'm traveling. Packs the tech stuff I need for a weekend. Easy to throw in a daypack or a suitcase or a briefcase. Dead useful!

Have this one in black. Really great. Not heavy enough for dead of winter outdoors London by itself under my shell (I'm a bit cold that way), but perfectly toasty with Crew 260 underneath. I have worn this every day since I've gotten it, it's become an addiction. Because I am traveling round the world at the moment, I need my limited selection of clothes to be so loved that I never get tired of them. This qualifies, as do all the rest of my Icebreaker collection.

Got mine, they're comfy, they don't fall down, they fit well. The Candy color I got wasn't girly pink, it was more like orange or maybe salmon...definitely not subtle and definitely not the choice to wear under thin pale-colored clothing! They practically rinse out with hardly any need for soap. They do dry really quickly, and at one point when I had to put them on still a bit damp, they dried out even faster on me.

The mint color is beautiful. Just got the Candy as well, which is actually almost orange and a lot brighter than on my display -- I suppose you could call it Coral. (My favorite IB Nature color remains Venus!)

I travel. I travel a LOT. Bought my first Icebreaker Nature Ultralite sweetheart top in Australia at a merino specialty store. I bought it because Spring in Australia is often really quite chilly, and right after that I was going to be in the UK just in time for winter to set in. Ever been in the UK during winter? Impossible to dress for -- everywhere indoors, including public transportation like buses and the Tube, is heated to strip-off-your-clothes temperature, and outside it is really cold.

This top answers that need perfectly. When it's really over-heated, you don't feel too hot and the soft, truly non-itchy merino really does wick off the glow without getting stinky. When it's cold, it offers a thin layer underneath a heavy jacket or coat that keeps you warm all out of proportion to the tissue-thin thickness of the thing. If it's really cold out, I can layer it over a camisole (also Icebreaker merino) and be toasty warm with just a shell or a vest without feeling like I'm smothered in clothing. If it's really really cold, I put another top over this layer, and stay happy as a cricket on the hearth.

The neck isn't that low-cut, so I don't feel over-exposed, often important when you're traveling in places you're not familiar with -- I didn't even feel self-conscious in Singapore. The lighter colors are a bit see-through, so I only wear pinks or nude colors underneath those. (It's not a sweetheart neck, just a medium high v-neck.)

Best of all for the high mileage traveler, you really can go without washing Icebreaker pieces for weeks. I dribbled some soy sauce on a pale blue sweetheart top, normally the kiss of death for a shirt. Worse, I didn't notice it for a while, and it dried. Ouch. A bit of water and some dabbing with a paper towel, and it looked like new. Holy cow, I thought, I gotta buy more of these. And they simply refuse to get stinky, even if you do.

I bought Red Island (sort of the Aus version of Icebreaker) at the same time I bought Icebreaker. While I like their merino tops and do wear them, it's the Icebreaker Ultralite I keep reaching for.

Expensive and pricey, on your first cash outlay, yes. But frankly, since I've bought the Icebreaker items, I'd say I wear them most days, and am planning tonight on paring down my luggage and keeping it mainly to merino wool, so I think my cost-to-wear ratio is going to be pretty good. New strategy: keep an eye on the outlet and when there's a sale on, and buy-buy-buy. Then have my friend in the States send it to me wherever the heck I am on the planet.

I may make it back home in a year or so. Icebreaker will keep me from breaking my back hauling my luggage all over the globe, I'll look stylish and hip, feel like I'm wearing lux goods, and laundry will be far off in the future. What more could you ask from your clothes?

Merino wool next to your skin? No problem, if it's Icebreaker Ultralite. These are simply the best camisoles I've ever had for travel. Not only do they really help you regulate your body temperature, not only do they truly go for weeks without having to be washed (they refuse to pick up odor), and not only do they make you feel like you're wearing something special, they have adjustable straps. This means that, when you're traveling, you can adjust the neckline higher and lower. I'm pretty busty, and I travel to a lot of places where showing cleavage just isn't a good idea. This is perfect. It's better than the three cami's I have that have built-in bras but are still cut too low. They're great for layering, especially under other merino wool pieces. Hope Backcountry keeps these cami's in stock!

Love the cover - bought it for my upcoming trip to Europe. I'm carrying an Eagle Creek Cross Roads 22" convertible suitcase, and wanted something for when I'm wearing it as a pack and can't see what people are up to behind me when in the crowds around the rail stations and such. (Bonus: the ripstop is noisy when handled - should be able to hear anyone fooling with it.) It's not a *real* deterrent, as a determined thief will probably just knife the cover, but it will keep those who opportunistically fiddle with zippers out of my pack/case. It fits just fine over the bag with room to spare, is handy and light in it's little built-in storage pocket with hanging clip, AND it'll keep my Cross Roads dry when it's raining -- what else can I ask for?

Pack-It cubes and folders turn anyone into an organized, efficient packer. You can actually find stuff without sifting through everything in the bag, and everything stays put, unlike using just compressor bags, which annoy me by slipping and sliding everywhere.

If you're a fold-the-clothes kind of person, use folders. If you're a roller, use cubes. I use both; folder for bulkier items (really bulky items go in compressor bags, THEN into folders), cubes for lighter rolled up items. (If it's a 30-day or less trip, one folder does it if I'm packing my Contourwear wardrobe items or other tech fabric clothing.)

Folders are especially great for things that you either want to keep unwrinkled (what are you doing packing things that will wrinkle, anyway?) or that are slightly too bulky or complicated to roll into a cube.

I also use the board included with the folders to fold items that I'm going to roll into the cubes so they're all a uniform width.

After seeing this on a sales rack @ my local travel store (unfortunately in an XS), I knew I had to have it. (If you ever wanted to feel like Princess Leia in the first Star Wars, this'll do it.) Tres elegant, sexy, dresses up or down, practical, warm when it's cold, keeps you comfortable when it's warm, packs down to surprisingly little -- what more could you want from a top? The pictures don't do it justice. High tech and extremely wearable. Contourwear is a good example of why people work to make money.

These are great pants! Unfortunately I'm between sizes as well, so I guess now I have an added incentive to lose that next ten pounds. Yes, they should be bought tight, but the waist should fit (front rise falls just below navel), as it won't stretch out much, even if the rest does. So my pair is a little tighter than I want at the moment.

One bonus of these pants, which I bought for a trip to Europe: cat hair apparently has to fight to stick to it. As a loving owner of two cats, that's AMAZING! I was covered in cats yesterday, stood up, brushed my pants off and was amazed by black fabric unsullied by cat hair.