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You guys get real deep with all of your topics. A newbie to the outdoors like myself really appreciates all the knowledge and effort surrounding your various topics. Extremely helpful video as has come to be expected. You guys are an invaluable resource to a person like myself. Looking forward to more positive information.

A great video. Thanks for going into some detail about why wool is so good.

Very good video, best one I've seen on the subject. Technical yet in laymen's terms without being overly dry and long. Excellent job.

"vertebrate crushing" ahhahaha! awesome line! funny! Great info, guys. Thanks.

All I wear is wool. Merino base layers, and wool layers. As a fire fighter, I have seen what happens when someone wearing synthetics gets burned. I also trap. Been dunked a couple of times beaver trapping. Took off my wool clothes in subzero temps, shook them, and put them back on. Within a few minutes I was fine. Wool is a lifesaver.

I could sit and hang with these guys. Unassuming no bullshit friendly outdoor guys. I wore a wool jersey under my windproof jacket on a winter climb in Scotland and it performed amazingly well. Yet I know of few climbers rocking the wool. You guys are superb presenters because you don’t try to bullshit and the fact you want to help people comes across. Keep it up👍

you guys make a lot of sense. Thanks

Great vid guys. Definitely a wool fan. Remarkable stuff.

Wool is king! Wool in natural! All the best.👍🏾🇬🇧

you guys are great! Love the concept!

Thrift store military wool clothing keeps your but warm! I find ugly plaid Makinaw wool jackets and pants too,but I have a parka and goretex pants to cover them so I don't look like an old man lol! Thank you for your video!

Awesome video guys, very informative thank you for taking the time!

I enjoyed this very much & found you both to be wonderfully informative * Thank you so much for sharing :-) Sending well wishes from Scotland*

you guys just made my decisions for me! Wool all the way! I was considering looking for linen for base layers, or silk. not anymore! Thank you!

Nice backdrop! I wish it got that cold here in middle Tennessee!

Very informative. Thank you for putting this together.

Thanks, this is the info I was looking for, great vid

Great video guys, wool just cant be beaten, it's the way of the world.

Excellent video, thanks guys!

Thanks for sharing the information. Loved it

Soft as a t-shirt? That I agree. As I watch this I'm wearing a merino (probably spelt that wrong) shirt and loving it.

What kind of coat are you wearing? I love it!!!

Yes wool is a much better garment for cold weather. But you don't have to spend big bucks on it, every time I see a second hand clothing store I check for wool jumpers and wool blankets, I picked up a Merino wool jumper yesterday for only $6 second hand. Normally it would be $200 cause it's a designer label.

It is not necessarily 80% air. The amount of air trapped within the wool depends on a million different things, like the kind of wool, the grade/micron size, how it is processed (Worsted=denser/slightly less warm but the most durable and resistant to pilling, or Woolen= Loftier.more airy, warmer for the weight, but less durable/resistant to pilling), what kind of yarn you make out of it/ how you spin it into yarn, the yarn size, the yarn density/how tightly spun it is, the kind of textile you make out of it, how densely it is knitted(or woven if using thinner,denser yarn, think quality baselayers) the thickness of the final garment, and much more..

My first 2 layers are Big Bill Polartec level 1 and 2, then Stanfields marino wool, then Stanfields heavy wool, then Helly Hansen polyester pile pants and a heavy Irish wool LL Bean sweater, then Big Bill wool pants (180z) or bib overalls (28oz) and a Big Bill (24oz) jacket. Also marino wool socks, heavy wool socks, marino wool toque, marino wool balaclava and marino wool gloves.

Great info guys! Thank you.

Awesome, thanks for sharing 👍 Well then, stay healthy for all of us & Safety First! ✌😉

Thanks for the info guys. Looking for a modern system when out in the bush.. But its looking like the older ways..or natural material still apply.

Great vid you guys are awesome, subbed.

Fascinating stuff. Do you need to re-oil woollen clothing from time to time with lanolin?

Silk long underwear is the best!

Great vid guys. I like wool for warmth but I also like polyester. Learnt that the trade off for wearing wool far outweighs its disadvantages

Wow, great stuff guys, thanks.

great video

Not sure you know to much about what your talking about Wool is about 20 times more wind resistant that fleece . fleece or poly has no wind resistance at all. An original Swandri wool jacket is waterproof, wind proof warm. Only need a shell layer above the bush line.. The only real advantage of fleece is its price.

Hydroscopic means it absorbs water. It doesn’t mean wicking. Depending on the quality, grade and fabric, wool will retain UP TO 80% of its insulating properties when slightly damp with up to 30% of its dry weight in water. Anything more and it loses almost all of us insulation. Furthermore it does technically with moisture but it’s not very good at it. Synthetics are the best at both wicking moisture and drying the quickest since the fiber is they are made of themselves I completely waterproof soda water goes in between the fibers as opposed to going through the fiber itself like with wool. They are also more durable than wool. Where they differ is that although who takes longer to dry it will still keep you warm on slightly damp. Who is also more breathable than synthetics, So although it’s not as effective in moisture wicking and takes longer to dry then synthetics, you are less likely to sweat in it even though it is warmer than synthetics. (By synthetics, I mean synthetic fibers spun into yarn and woven into the fabric, rather than synthetic insulation which outperform war in every way including and staying warm when not just wet but completely soaked.) Just thought I would write this because a lot of people seem to repeat things they’ve heard that are very in accurate or just false, like the very often misquoted claim of it retaining 80% of its insulating properties when soaked. That is false.

Real good stuff fellas. I'm a 1st timer. I'm right with ya with respect to wool. I just wondered if you could suggest a product you've come to like.

Thank you. Very useful info.

Great vid, guys. Wool is the best thing to wear ... polyester smells horrible after 1 day already, is my experience.

Hi! In my county, Maramures, Romania, men are wearing even pants made of wool. Come and discover this...

Great video, just subbed

wow, I have to have that Austrian jacket! what's it called?

where did you get that peet type coat?

Ok,,, I'm sold!!! Speaking of which, how much does it cost?? Lol.

2 or 3 layers of wool with a windproof shell and you are good to go. Helly hansen and goretex are not even close.

awesome

BTW, GREAT vid guys.

lt is true that wool produces some heat when is wet. l've been under cold rain with a wool jacket, and oddly enough, l felt very comfortable.

Why does this remind me of the homeboy shopping network?

That Austrian army boiled wool with full zipp you are wearing Jeff, it look wery nice!. I think I can see it's not like any ells I have seen like other Dachstein or Army zipped versions from Austria in army style..?

after 2 years of commercial fishing and 15 years logging on the west coast of British Columbia, and trying lots of different types of materials I've come to use only 4.. wool, cotton, linen, and leather.. synthetics are nowhere near as good out in the forest..

just heard you say it, thanks.

informative but a bit too serious. I am watching to the end just to see if they will pull out a raccoon/squirrel for lunch. hah hah. Cheers

And I finally find (on line ironically) that I am not alone; I have been a natural fiber convert since 2001 when I realized the best cloth for bedding and clothes was wool, and the last tents that were designed to be LIVED in or at least used for longer than a cpl months at a time, were made of cotton canvas, and I have packed as such ever since. As you guys have probably dealt with as well is anywhere from nay sayers to credulous remarks as to why "It looks so heavy!" etc. I guess all I'm trying to say is it's nice to find others of a like mind, opinion and practice. Cheers, Stormpriest.

Hey just wondering what happen to these guys? I just found this channel and wish there was more.

try swanndri merino wool ranger shirt or there bush shirt the are nz icoons not to warm but a life saver with our nz weather changes there stiil the best there is. you can also take it use as a sleeping bag your feet into the sleeves and rest covers the most of the rest.

what about ptfe fibres? cause they would be water repelling and not collapse like other fibres. maybe.

I like to wear thin polyester pant,wool medium weight pant and a Goretex outerpant for my legs in winter. Great review!

Love my swanndri. Oke you look something out of the movie the hobbits but i have a coupke for more then 20 years and with daily use the are still fine and holes i patch up. Take care

I've recently gotten turned on to wool as I contemplated how sweat, wet and uncomfortable I got when wearing the "oil based" waterproof products so prominent in today's market place. Thanks for the video. Very informative.

What happened to you guys? Where you at?

Sewing together a giant wool trenchcoat right now.

I'm a wool guy, if I could wear nothing but wool I'd be in heaven. Just saying.

Where can i get one of the Austrian wool jackets he has on here?!?!!

How practical would it be to make a pair of pants from a wool blanket?

Wool is great for living in day to day, but way too heavy for any serious backpacking,

#Wool

U missed one huge downside of the wool, Moths loves it! (with care the downside is non existent)

[It can't be too cold there (I can't see your condensed breath,...and your gloves aren't doing your fingers any good!) :D] My sister said she had a heavy Wool "Cape" to wear when she lived in Germany. She raved about it's warmth in cold wet weather!!! I used to have some old military surplus wool pants which had lots of big pockets, and they were somewhat oversized - I could put them on right over my boots! They seemed to make me feel virtually IMMUNE to Cold windy weather!! I Wore them when I had to work outside all day in the winter cold. and also when going X-country skiing!

What are your thoughts about 50% wool 50% polyeter?

You do not know about wool in realigy. Wool is a HALLOW fiber. It is only hydroscopic if it has not had the lanalion washed out of it. Wool will absorb water in the hallow core if it is soaked, i.e. you fall in a river or lake and do not get out immediately. Most people on the KZfaq just parrot the ignorance of KZfaq.

It's not the right kind of wool. The wool we use today is quite different than the wool of the fur trade era. For the most part, what we use today is the wrong kind of weave & doesn't work well against wind.

Good information but I think you failed to mention that it isn't actually the wool fiber alone that makes it so awesome. Without lanolin in the fiber it is just a heavy sponge that does not work nearly so well. Most modern wool (even the pricey blankets) are stripped of lanolin for resale much like cream is stripped from milk.

Nice job, you guys sound convincing but synthetics are not that bad. Washing polyester clothing does remove body odors. I never experienced previous body odors coming back after a day of wearing clothing after a wash... just doesn't happen. Modern synthetics protect against stink quite well. Wool can actually smell worse especially after storage... just pulled my wool blanket out and it is by no means fresh smelling. People are fooled in believing wool will keep them warm when wet but it is also not true. If you are cold and wet and you put on a wet wool garment... it will not warm you. The hairs do not produce heat. Wet and cold is wet and cold no matter the material. It can still insulate when wet as long as your body is still dry... this is true and it does it well but synthetics don't totally fail here either. Many new synthetics can maintain loft, repel moisture and wring out easily if soaked. Both materials have advantages in different applications. I like both.

Cotton combat pants?? How the hell do you keep your feet warm in snowy cold cold conditions

Wool is alot betterthan Synthetic Becoz fire But other thing Im not agreed Wool heavy n look lazy people n looks not clean at all why so much worry smell Wash n dry even 10yearold know it Yeah i know wool betterthan syn.. But wool too heavy n not flexible n just too much If i choice i choice G1000 It mix cotten n syn..

Thank you. Very useful info.