1 month in the same shirt

By kyleswilso1363292 Ranked #1577 - Men's Shirts August 24, 2009

I spent an entire month long expedition in the Merino Zip Tee recently. It performed relatively well, but the white sleeves became brown in a matter of days and holes emerged where my backpack rubbed against the shirt within about a week. I also feel that while this wool may make you smell less bad in a typical human BO kind of way, in the end you still smell bad, just a different kind of bad. Maybe more like a "wet sheep" as the other reviewer said.

In any case, the shirt worked well to deflect the sun (we were on glacier most of the time) and managed heat and moisture just fine. It did stay damp for longer than I expected, but I didn't feel cold in it when it was damp like I would with a synthetic baselayer.

Also, after two washes the sleeves are still brown :( Its probably not going to make it after what I put it through.

View Details: Backcountry.com Merino Zip Tee - Long-Sleeve - Men's

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