Originally Posted By phat
Originally Posted By Rick

The wool, however, is two to three times the price. cry Wool also requires a hand wash cycle on the washing machine. To its credit, the wool is warmer when wet or damp, dries quicker, and stuffs smaller.


In full agreement for the most part, and a wool fan, but I'm wondering about "dries quicker" - I kind of think my poly long johns dry quicker. In fact I usually wear poly underneath my wool pants in the winter, and then reserve a pair of merino's to sleep in - just because I find a little bit of moisture in the poly dries quicker...



I dunno. Maybe I'm hotter than you. I certainly can't quantify this - just a perception. Wool Pants, eh. My wool bib pants weigh 1.22 kg (2.68 lb) - that should get me kicked out of here. eek