[pct-l] Another horse to beat: wool vs synthetics?

[Phil Newhouse]

Please include thoughts about socks and gloves also...wet and cold
considerations....

thanks
phil

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 8:05 AM, mcintyre johnson <
johnson.mcintyre at gmail.com> wrote:

> Likely another long-beaten horse, but would appreciate experience with any
> of the marina wool products compared to synthetics. My experience has been
> very good and I'm in process of swapping out all base layers, gloves and
> watch cap for SmartWool products. Good points: Wet-but-warm is for real;
> the
> cozy feel of wool better than clammy-when-wet best synthetics; and -- huge
> advantage -- wool almost refuses to stink while synthetics reek after two
> days of serious miles. I know synthetics are faster drying but (so far, in
> my experience) this has not seemed very useful. Thoughts please.
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