Thread 2830197

There are only two kinds of people. People who know about merino wool and use it and people who don't. Truly amazing material.

wool is too itchy and coarse to be wearable - you will be in constant pain from the scratching against your skin - cotton - in contrast - feels like nothing at all

>>2830198
Nigga. That's the point of merino. It's thim and not itchy at all!

Why do some people find wool itchy? Is it some sort of allergy or hypersensitiveness?

he he

>>2830207
Both.

Lanolin allergies are legit, but actual allergic reactions to wool are super rare. Cheap wool usually contains more lanolin than more expensive wool, and the individual wool fibers are more coarse. Merino contains very little lanolin and has very fine fibers. The later makes it better for people with lanolin allergies while the fine fibers make the material softer for people with sensitive skin.

Llama, alpaca, and vicuña are all lanolin free and have very fine fibers (that latter being insanely soft but also very expensive). Merino and alpaca feel about the same but I definitely let notice a difference between those and llama or cashmere.

>>2830197 (OP)
>>2830208
Who need they merinussy ate

>>2830208
exactly my first thought when I saw the thumbnail

>>2830197 (OP)
I use a queen size 100% virgin wool blanket, and a long sleeve shirt that is merino wool. Great investments, I'll probably own them for the rest of my life.

>>2830294
>merino
>rest of my life
get your patches ready!

>>2830198
You are a little pre-teen girl

>>2830198
Cotton once wet, stays wet. It will fuck up your genitals.

>>2830387
I bring 20 changes of shirt on a week + long trip
and 10+ changes of underwear
you just need to have changes of clothing ready in your pack and in the car

>Cotton once wet, stays wet
eh mostly true but if you have it on as just one single outer layer and its windy enough (or you go in a car with ac) it can dry it off

>>2830294
I bring my own cotton blanket with me for sleeping cuz motel sheets are always poly-cotton - and yes that does suck if you get it wet

If you are not bringing sack upon sack of cotton goods with you innawoods - you are not hiking.

>>2830390
Cotton is heavy, doesn't reatin heat as well as other materials, doesn't dry as quickly as other materials, and essentially cotton sucks ass.

>>2830208
LOL i just spit out my lungful of weed smoke, thank you anon

>>2830441
>dude weed lmao

>>2830197 (OP)
>disintegrates in a month

>>2830442
Shut the fuck up

>>2830449
Wool?

By degree of benevolent mother Ewe
all mockery of the scratchfags and their baby skin
shall be kept to an appropriate minimum!

>>2830450
Junkie's mad

>>2830457
>the world's weakest attempt at a no u
Nope. You need to do better than that. I'm going to give you another chance.

>>2830438
It is much more comfy than other materials (unless ur rich and can afford silk) - in which case - Hi daddy - call me!

sack upon sack of cotton clothes + laundromats / cabin rentals w/ laundry (also a lot of campgrounds and motels have laundry too) = supreme comfort

>>2830197 (OP)

I thought it was an elephant's asshole

>>2830387
Try washing merino wool at temperatures needed for properly cleaning underwear and then say that again.

>>2830585
chef here
I don't wear wool because it's hot but some of my work gear is cold wash and get's covered in chicken juice
there are special laundry additives for sanitizing clothes in cold water
woolite and a few other major brands have them

>>2830198
>wool is too itchy and coarse to be wearable
>memetake
There are some very comfortbale wool options. I have some wool t-shirts that super comfy and not itchy in the slighest.

>>2830620
>not itchy in the slightest
you LIE

>>2830622
>t. has psoriasis

>>2830347
Bet.

>>2830390
I just like natural materials. I'm fine carrying the extra weight if it means I'm not absorbing synthetic polyester petroleum chemicals into my testicles every time I sleep. I hate sleeping bags so much it's unreal.

>>2830463
>>2830441
Potheads literally ruin everything. Why can't oxygen just be enough for you?

>>2830207
Autists have a tendency to be sensitive to physical sensations. There is definitely a higher concentration of retards here

>>2830636
getting triggered by someone smoking weed is nigger tier behavior

Actually the two kinds of people are those who know that wool has commercial grades, and consumers.

The worst "champaign", "merino wool", "carbide" has the highest mark up of all products and so is objectively the worst value. Merino is basically a brand name, the opposite of a performance measure.

>>2832440
u wot? name one thing more negro than smoking weed

ITT Poors who don't pay for quality wool thats doesn't itch
lol
lmao even

I camp 12 months a year in Canada. In the winter when I camp everything I wear is made out of Marino wool. I buy a lot of my gear secondhand. Wool will retain heat when it is wet. Cotton is NOT suitable for cold weather. Instead of wearing anything cotton I layer up with moisturizer wicking fabrics. At night you need to take off any clothes you wore during the day because they will have moisture in them and moisture is a killer in cold weather. At night you need to sleep in fresh dry clothes.

Marino is great. Alpaca wool is also really good.

Down is another excellent insulator but it doesn’t retain heat when it is wet either.

>>2832454
Chimping out because someone mentioned something you don't like. You nigger are triggered af lmao

>>2830197 (OP)
I wore so much merino every day that I eventually developed an allergy to it. Now I'm stuck with plastic slop and cotton. Life is pain.

>>2832734
I bought a 100% merino wool sweater online from Goodwill for under $20. It’s a gamble buying used online because you don’t know what kind of mongoloid owned it previously or if it’s been put in the drier.

>>2832451
>Merino is basically a brand name
It indicates the specific type of sheep from which the wool was sourced, and the consumer can be fairly confident that the individual wool fibers are around 15 microns in diameter. The next aspect to look for is fabric weight, which tells us how thick the garment is.

>>2830441
>>2830450
>>2830463
>>2832440
>>2832793
thank God you clarified and notified everyone that it was WEED smoke, which is totally harmless ! it was funny because you were BAKED ! lol ! baked from WEED xD !!!

>>2830208
>sheepse.cx

>>2830197 (OP)
You know what they do to merino sheep, right?

>>2830198
>wool is too itchy
this is not the case for merino
secondly your body gets used to it if you wear it for more than 10 seconds you huge retard
wool is one of the best fabrics. it even keeps you warm while it's wet.

>>2830441
bro me too! I cackled so hard that I knocked my bong over and spilled water all over my carpet! That ain't comin' out!