Reviews by User: wordsofglass (3)

This shirt is great. The neck looks a little shorter online than the one I have; I think my collar is a full 3 inches, basically going up my whole neck. This feature is great for breezy days. The little pocket is kinda cool, but I've only used it about...5 times over the year or so I've had this shirt. Durability is pretty good. I wear it more than any other shirt so it has a few rough spots, especially around the thumb loops, but that is to be expected. I love the thumb loops for keeping my wrists warm when it's cold enough to wear gloves. I am sad however about the hole developing in the elbow. I have sharp elbows and prop them up a lot when on the computer and eating breakfast, etc...it's happened with every long sleeve merino wool shirt I owned. Anyhow, if it had some reinforced elbows and I could make the high-wear thumb loop areas last forever, I would probably wear this shirt every day it was below 65 degrees out. Note: I've washed this shirt like 5 times in the year I've worn it and it never stinks!

This shirt seems to be *okay* merino wool, but it is much itchier than other shirts eg. my Backcountry.com zip, Patagonia Wool 2 zip and all of my girlfriend's Icebreaker shirts. Because it touches more skin, it's closer to ragg wool stuff I've worn than the merino wool that I've gotten used to. I would send it back if I could, but it was ridiculously on sale, so I'm not too torn up about it. The sizing also seems a bit oversized. I got a small hoping it would be semi-form-fitting, but it isn't it hangs loose and...looks awkward I think. On the plus side, it does seem slightly more durable than similar weights of wool, but maybe that's just because I wear it much less. I wouldn't knock it just because it's from China (like some reviewers). I blame Icebreaker for the poor quality. Those hard-working sheep and chinese factory workers do a fine job on plenty of other similar items.

I like these gloves a lot. I'm still not sure about the liners, which pill after like 5 uses. My ring and pinky fingers also tend to get cold in these gloves after a long day. I think moisture builds up easier because of the fleece liner gloves. In fact, I will probably get a merino or silk liner to replace them. I must mention though, that the E-vent fabric really seems to work. I had a chunk of snow fall into the glove while fixing my bindings and it seemed to dry up just fine, evaporating mostly through the glove. Also, the gloves are pretty heavy (I think they were about 10 oz?) for those backpackers out there, but who cares, they're bomber and will serve skiers and snowboarders quite well.