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<blockquote data-quote="ID Mtn Man" data-source="post: 2114693" data-attributes="member: 97084"><p>As far as many have mentioned, merino is great under certain circumstances and has some magical properties. During archery season, it does a phenomenal job keeping scent down and I wouldn't consider going without. That being said, it has limited properties when wet.</p><p></p><p>I cannot afford the weight consequence of carrying "backups." If my clothes get wet, I have to wear them dry, otherwise I'm carrying a wet ball off the mountain. For this reason, I go synthetic from mid-late October and beyond. Synthetic will dry much faster. Might be offending some here, but everything has its trade-offs. Stone Glacier did a great job with a video showing this and most lab testing has validated drying properties of synthetic beats merino. I used to think I needed Under Armor base layers, but the poly is the exact same as everybody else's. You might get a little more bacteriostatic synthetic and better scent control with some brands that have silver in the weave. Silver fabrics are proven and not snake oil.</p><p></p><p>Being a proponent for down, this might make me a little bit of hypocrite, but I generally keep these layers dry. Getting to a dry spot and throwing down tops and bottoms over a soaking wet body will dry you out FAST.</p><p></p><p>I'm prepared to be roasted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ID Mtn Man, post: 2114693, member: 97084"] As far as many have mentioned, merino is great under certain circumstances and has some magical properties. During archery season, it does a phenomenal job keeping scent down and I wouldn't consider going without. That being said, it has limited properties when wet. I cannot afford the weight consequence of carrying "backups." If my clothes get wet, I have to wear them dry, otherwise I'm carrying a wet ball off the mountain. For this reason, I go synthetic from mid-late October and beyond. Synthetic will dry much faster. Might be offending some here, but everything has its trade-offs. Stone Glacier did a great job with a video showing this and most lab testing has validated drying properties of synthetic beats merino. I used to think I needed Under Armor base layers, but the poly is the exact same as everybody else's. You might get a little more bacteriostatic synthetic and better scent control with some brands that have silver in the weave. Silver fabrics are proven and not snake oil. Being a proponent for down, this might make me a little bit of hypocrite, but I generally keep these layers dry. Getting to a dry spot and throwing down tops and bottoms over a soaking wet body will dry you out FAST. I'm prepared to be roasted. [/QUOTE]
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