Good point Paddy, in fact they wear kind of funny in that (in my case at least) it almost feels like your feet are moist when you remove them but they don't in fact seem to be. Maybe it is just the material (don't know). I have been using them without liners and not that cold of weather so not that tough of a test so far. They are on their 6th or 7th wash and there appears to be no 'crush' factor so far, in fact the loft has been maintained nicely. A couple of years ago I tried some Alpaca/Merino socks and they fell apart after about the 4th wash so these are doing much better than those did.

Paddy...maybe you should buy a pair and do your MRT (moisture retention test) on them <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />