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I didn't know such a thing existed. This looks great and I am purchasing one to try it out.
I'm in maine, so it's cold. I've lived in NYC and it's cold there too. But this thread is not about pant lining for warmth, but for ease in getting on and off, as a leg dander catcher, as a knee blow out protector and as a buffer against possible irritation from wool. So the suggestions I gave are for that, the temperature thing is just a bonus.Probably way colder where you’re, no way I’m wearing that in NYC…
Indeed, I was going to say, they have been around forever. Although most people use them to stay warm during athletic/outdoor activities. I have a pair I used for no-gi brazilian jiu jitsu, synthetic ofc, worn under shorts.In the UK these are known generically as Long Johns and have been around forever.
Also best to get the ones made instead from Merino for ultimate temperature regulation.
Yes, but that is somewhat astray from the thread purpose. The pant linings talked about here are not for warmth, but as a buffer or an aid to drape.In the UK these are known generically as Long Johns and have been around forever.
Also best to get the ones made instead from Merino for ultimate temperature regulation.
This is true, which is why the two posted ones, from Beans and Lands' End, are made from silk.I will however note that merino ones, though certainly warm, probably wouldn't work well as lining under other wool trousers..
I'm in maine, so it's cold. I've lived in NYC and it's cold there too. But this thread is not about pant lining for warmth, but for ease in getting on and off, as a leg dander catcher, as a knee blow out protector and as a buffer against possible irritation from wool. So the suggestions I gave are for that, the temperature thing is just a bonus.
Objection noted.The distinction about warmth being irrelevant to the purpose is also false; *any* additional layer of fabric is going to result in added heat retention, so ideally you want one which would be the best at thermo-regulation, whether it needs to be warming or cooling whatever the given circumstance. That means Merino Wool.
Good post, good info. I too wear long johns year round. My preferred is US military surplus, a 50/50 a combo of wool and cotton. I'm in Maine where weather is king. But I have a single pair of the silk ones so mentioned, specifically to wear under certain wool dress pants.I am only going on my own direct experience. I have been wearing these long johns made from Superfine Merino jersey knit for several years now with every sort of trouser, and not once have I experienced any sort of cling. With a really superfine gauge the hand of the fabric is actually like silk itself.
Also, people hear wool and think "warming", but when it is fine and worn directly against the skin it is also able to do the opposite and have a cooling perspiring effect when required - it is a uniquely dynamic fibre that is constantly adapting to its environment. And no wonder; we steal it from an animal which is 98% genetically identical to us and shares the same core body temperature, that has has to live outside at the whims of the elements in both extremes of winter and summer.