Base Layers

[Milo]

once you fellas try wool, it will be hard to go back. its soft, quiet and moves with you. I am tyring to switch to all wool for everything..

 

[rgecko23]

My warm gear is a fleece type material and is warm as hell. Its the Rocky Scent IQ filled with smoke. Great stuff. I am very happ with it. Only thing that sucks about wool/fleece is it picks up all those burrs and thistles all the time. I cant walk through a corn field with an hour of pulling thistles off. Drives me nuts!

 

[CdBurner]

I wear some Gray wolf woolens and you are spot on .....it one of those things that if you try it your hooked...Meth for deer hunters i guess...:smiley_crocodile: i will barely consider any other garments to wear unless i absolutely have too. I am looking at the minus33 stuff now...prolly gonna order some today or tomorrow to try. is your minus 33 base the light stuff and justin charles the expedition weight?

Yep- -33 is light stuff and Justin Carles is expedition weight. You will never regret buying that stuff. Never itch, wicks great, warm as hell. For a cold weather hunter, it's like buying time and comfort in the field.

 

[Milo]

did you buy your -33 stuff from Hanks? have you compared it to first lite?

 

[CdBurner]

did you buy your -33 stuff from Hanks? have you compared it to first lite?

I think it is about the same as first lite. Here is where I bought my -33.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=Minus+33

Around April it will be cheaper, too.

 

[Milo]

roger that CD thanks!

 

[Milo]

Cd question, why are you running with the lite base and justin heavy? Any advantage over just minus 33 heavy?

 

[rgecko23]

now that sounds pretty reasonable

 

[epe]

Do you wear the minus 33 expedition long underwear against your skin, or something under that?

sent from my HTC evo

 

[Milo]

base layers are for against your skin...to keep moisture away

 

[CdBurner]

base layers are for against your skin...to keep moisture away

What he said

 

[CdBurner]

Cd question, why are you running with the lite base and justin heavy? Any advantage over just minus 33 heavy?

I owned the J.C. first and wanted something a little lighter so I got the -33 for a little warmer days.

 

[AVIDOutdoors]

The ABSOLUTE BEST cold weather base layers I have EVER worn.. And MILES over UA are red rock thermals.. They are a bit heavier than UA, but a million times warmer.. I like UA because it fits snugly and has a mockT.. I usually wear my UA shirt under my red rocks just for the mockT part of the shirt.. But hands down, red rocks beat anything I have evert tried by a mile..

 

[CdBurner]

The ABSOLUTE BEST cold weather base layers I have EVER worn.. And MILES over UA are red rock thermals.. They are a bit heavier than UA, but a million times warmer.. I like UA because it fits snugly and has a mockT.. I usually wear my UA shirt under my red rocks just for the mockT part of the shirt.. But hands down, red rocks beat anything I have evert tried by a mile..

How would they be a base layer if you wear UA under them?

 

[AVIDOutdoors]

They are a base layer. I thought I covered why I wore an UA shirt under them quite well. I dont always wear UA under them. IF, I want a mock T neck I do. However, these are WAY too warm to wear until it gets COLD out.. If I could buy them with a mock T I would throw my UA away.. I will wear them straight under my camo.. nothing over them most of the time. Once it gets real cold, I throw another layer over them.
Trust me, they work well. Tree stands get cold.. But you havent felt cold in central ohio until you put on a cop uniform and direct traffic at a wreck for a couple hours in the wind and snow or rain..