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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:01:23 PM EDT
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The North Face makes some really good ones. I also have Carharts. I do really like the Nike Dryfit as well.
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:03:37 PM EDT
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Pantyhose. Believe it or not.
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:05:20 PM EDT
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No reason to buy cotton unless you are not leaving your house.
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:05:26 PM EDT
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The North Face makes some really good ones. I also have Carharts. I do really like the Nike Dryfit as well. ok, now you're just fucking with me. I can tell by the punctuation and my shilling for patigonia. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:06:05 PM EDT
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I use extreme cold rated polypropylene base layer with insulated jeans and striker ice bibs on top the polypropylene thick top with a sweatshirt and then a hoodie and a heavy jacket to top it off. Polypropylene socks under thick wool socks and Columbia thermal reflective boots.
I like the "sirus" gloves. Warm and maintain dexterity. Carhart hat. Usually too warm for anything above 0 degrees. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:08:33 PM EDT
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Every time this comes up, I recommend the same place.
https://www.goathleticapparel.com/ Best base layers made, US-made and manufactured, and cheaper than almost any imported crap. Awesome stuff. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:09:50 PM EDT
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I use extreme cold rated polypropylene base layer with insulated jeans and striker ice bibs on top the polypropylene thick top with a sweatshirt and then a hoodie and a heavy jacket to top it off. Polypropylene socks under thick wool socks and Columbia thermal reflective boots. I like the "sirus" gloves. Warm and maintain dexterity. Carhart hat. Usually too warm for anything above 0 degrees. LOL! Ok then. Lay it on the newbie if y'all want. I just wanted some good long johns. 
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:10:56 PM EDT
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patagonia's capilene baselayers are amazing. probably the best warmth retention to weight ratio i've personally encountered.
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:14:56 PM EDT
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No reason to buy cotton unless you are not leaving your house. 
why is that? |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:16:11 PM EDT
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smartwool, expensive but worth every penny
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:16:38 PM EDT
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patagonia keeps me warm. But, they are costly and last a couple winters before they develop a crotch blowout. They are still useful after that, but, you know.
I don't know what to recommend really, because if you do physical work, stuff wears out. A farm store union suit is probably better cost/performance ratio, but you have to take it all down to take a shit. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:16:53 PM EDT
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I'm a wool fan. My favorite base layer for (duck) hunting is merino wool tops and bottoms when it dips below 50. Busting your ass getting through a mucky swamp and then sitting still for a couple of hours makes you learn how to layer really quick.
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:17:18 PM EDT
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patagonia's capilene baselayers are amazing. probably the best warmth retention to weight ratio i've personally encountered. I run in this down to the mid 20's with nothing over it. Works great as a base layer when being stationary as well. I also like merino wool. I've used it often and it has worked well. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:17:59 PM EDT
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No reason to buy cotton unless you are not leaving your house.
why is that? It's about the worst thing you can wear if you perspire at all. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:19:16 PM EDT
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Every time this comes up, I recommend the same place. https://www.goathleticapparel.com/ Best base layers made, US-made and manufactured, and cheaper than almost any imported crap. Awesome stuff. I have plenty of their stuff thanks to this site. Made in USA, good stuff. But it's not what I reach for first as they're all in my closet. My point is a "base layer" isn't the same as long undies. "base layer" just keeps the chill off the skin, I want "long undies" meaning you can walk out in just the undies and be pretty comfortable in 30 degree weather. For about 60 seconds. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:20:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:21:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: why is that? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: No reason to buy cotton unless you are not leaving your house. why is that? |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:22:42 PM EDT
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Cotton retains moisture and once it is wet, you easily become chilled. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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No reason to buy cotton unless you are not leaving your house.
why is that? Says the guy from the Cotton Belt. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:24:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Says the guy from the Cotton Belt. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: No reason to buy cotton unless you are not leaving your house. why is that? Says the guy from the Cotton Belt.  |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:24:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have plenty of their stuff thanks to this site. Made in USA, good stuff. But it's not what I reach for first as they're all in my closet. My point is a "base layer" isn't the same as long undies. "base layer" just keeps the chill off the skin, I want "long undies" meaning you can walk out in just the undies and be pretty comfortable in 30 degree weather. For about 60 seconds. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Every time this comes up, I recommend the same place. https://www.goathleticapparel.com/ Best base layers made, US-made and manufactured, and cheaper than almost any imported crap. Awesome stuff. I have plenty of their stuff thanks to this site. Made in USA, good stuff. But it's not what I reach for first as they're all in my closet. My point is a "base layer" isn't the same as long undies. "base layer" just keeps the chill off the skin, I want "long undies" meaning you can walk out in just the undies and be pretty comfortable in 30 degree weather. For about 60 seconds. Do you have the sub-zero stuff? That's more akin to what you're wanting, but I'd say for myself that the normal cold layers they sell are warmer than any long johns I've ever owned. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:26:13 PM EDT
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I've owned all kinds of cheap shit that calls itself a "base layer" and I don't know why I keep trying that crap.. I guess I kinda figured poly-blend skin tight shit was all about the same. I could be very wrong though. Then again, you're not in the frozen north so I'm not sure I entirely believe what you have to say either. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:27:16 PM EDT
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I have set of Cabela's version of the Polartec ECWCS that I'm happy with. The bottoms are thin enough to wear under jeans. The 1/4 zip top is a bit bulkier but still fits comfortably under a sweater. Keeps me toasty when outdoors during the winter months. Granted I haven't used it just sitting around in the outdoors and I'm not in the artic and the coldest it gets around here is single digits without wind chill.
I have a set of Helly Hanson wool thermals on order also based on reviews on Amazon. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:29:27 PM EDT
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Layer 1
ETA: A base layer is just that, a base layer. Which is a moisture wicking layer |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:30:49 PM EDT
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Every time this comes up, I recommend the same place. https://www.goathleticapparel.com/ Best base layers made, US-made and manufactured, and cheaper than almost any imported crap. Awesome stuff. I'd give it a try on your recomandtaion if they had a zip-neck. With almost everything active I do outside there are periods where I'm warm and then cold. Being able to open and close the neck is a major factor for me. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:33:32 PM EDT
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I use Cabela's ECWCS power dry polar weight. These things realy breathe but are very warm. If you really want warm for stationry conditions I use the Gen 3 Level 2 grid fleece issued by the military, made by miliken I believe. I also have merino base layer tops.
Most base layers are made to wick and breathe for the winter activities where you are active. Most of the descriptions are temp regulating. What most manufacturers consider heavyweight, I consider midweight. -10 last night at work and I wore the Gen 3 Level 2 top and bottom with light weight wicking top and bottom underneath. Jeans and sweatshirt. Insulated carhartt bibs and Cat parka, which isn't heavily insulated but blocks the wind. I was warm when not real active and did not sweat bad when I was working hard. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:34:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Every time this comes up, I recommend the same place. https://www.goathleticapparel.com/ Best base layers made, US-made and manufactured, and cheaper than almost any imported crap. Awesome stuff. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:37:57 PM EDT
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Smart wool
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:38:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'd give it a try on your recomandtaion if they had a zip-neck. With almost everything active I do outside there are periods where I'm warm and then cold. Being able to open and close the neck is a major factor for me. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Every time this comes up, I recommend the same place. https://www.goathleticapparel.com/ Best base layers made, US-made and manufactured, and cheaper than almost any imported crap. Awesome stuff. I'd give it a try on your recomandtaion if they had a zip-neck. With almost everything active I do outside there are periods where I'm warm and then cold. Being able to open and close the neck is a major factor for me. The Sub-Zero shirts have a zip neck. I'm the same way, prefer that greatly. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:41:08 PM EDT
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Does it even get cold in Kentucky?
Couple of weeks back it was well below 0 F most of the time, I was comfortable in jeans/t-shirt and a coat, no magic underwear needed. (Maybe add a light hat/gloves if I had to be outside for a while or if I was snowblowing in high wind.) |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:41:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:44:43 PM EDT
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Smart wool +1 And Icebreaker and Ibex. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:49:17 PM EDT
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A good base layer lower should have a cut that makes it acceptable to wear by itself in public, and they shouldn't have zippers, at the ankles or anywhere else. But, I haven't seen anything like that in years, though maybe I just haven't looked hard enough.
I had an awesome pair of Patagonia climbing tights that had an acceptably loose cut, but I lost them in the most ironic of places. I miss those pants. 
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:49:20 PM EDT
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Under Armour Cold Gear Base layers
Use 2.0 mostly hunting standing for hours in teens and single digits with nothing but the base layer, insulated pants and jacket; no need for additional layering. Use 2.0 & 3.0 snowboarding when it's in the negatives with again nothing but shell pants and shell jacket yet still plenty warm. I don't get anything else but UA to keep light on layers and warm. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 11:05:27 PM EDT
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I'm a wool fan. My favorite base layer for (duck) hunting is merino wool tops and bottoms when it dips below 50. Busting your ass getting through a mucky swamp and then sitting still for a couple of hours makes you learn how to layer really quick. Merino wool= the kind |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 11:12:14 PM EDT
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I'm a wool fan. My favorite base layer for (duck) hunting is merino wool tops and bottoms when it dips below 50. Busting your ass getting through a mucky swamp and then sitting still for a couple of hours makes you learn how to layer really quick. Merino wool= the kind Yes.
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Posted: 3/5/2015 11:19:24 PM EDT
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Merino wool for me
Stoic makes good stuff... Distributed in the US by backcountry.com Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 11:23:54 PM EDT
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I've been damn near living in the same pair of issued black base layer top and bottoms since all this snow starting happening a few weeks ago.
I really need another set so I can wash these
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Posted: 3/5/2015 11:25:35 PM EDT
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I've been damn near living in the same pair of issued black base layer top and bottoms since all this snow starting happening a few weeks ago. I really need another set so I can wash these You wash them?
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Posted: 3/5/2015 11:27:35 PM EDT
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I use the first 2 layers of the Army 7 layer system quite often. The silk weights and grid fleece are great on their own, combined, or in conjunction with an outer layer depending on conditions or activity level.
I love my grid fleece almost as much as my woobie.....almost. |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 11:34:30 PM EDT
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I have two of the Patagonia series. Although I haven't seen one pair of the legs for two years. I'm sure it's around here somewhere...
Anyway, those keep you warm. Period! 
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Posted: 3/5/2015 11:38:38 PM EDT
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Capilene and other thin stuff is great as a base layer. But if you are doing something sedentary you need actual insulation.
http://www.hanksclothing.com/quilted-thermal-underpants-by-woolx.html These are good. If they were filled with prima-loft they would be even warmer, but the price isn't bad and is less than some of the much less warm brand name poly-pros. I still wear Capilene under them. Helps stop air movement. They make an undershirt, but I don't bother since Prima-loft is much warmer for the bulk.  |
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Posted: 3/6/2015 10:39:07 AM EDT
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Merino wool.
First Lite. |
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Posted: 3/6/2015 10:49:41 AM EDT
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I have a Wintersilk top and long underwear. They're very warm and tend to be pretty lightweight.
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Posted: 3/6/2015 10:49:42 AM EDT
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Hot Chillies are good.
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Posted: 3/6/2015 11:03:22 AM EDT
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Under Armour Cold Gear Base layers Use 2.0 mostly hunting standing for hours in teens and single digits with nothing but the base layer, insulated pants and jacket; no need for additional layering. Use 2.0 & 3.0 snowboarding when it's in the negatives with again nothing but shell pants and shell jacket yet still plenty warm. I don't get anything else but UA to keep light on layers and warm. I have 2.0 and 4.0 and I'm very happy with them. I'm wearing my 4.0 lower set now under my jeans. They were a gift so I don't know what they cost, but most of my other Under Armor stuff was kind of expensive. Regardless, I'm quite happy with them. |
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Posted: 3/6/2015 8:25:10 PM EDT
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I have 2.0 and 4.0 and I'm very happy with them. I'm wearing my 4.0 lower set now under my jeans. They were a gift so I don't know what they cost, but most of my other Under Armor stuff was kind of expensive. Regardless, I'm quite happy with them. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Under Armour Cold Gear Base layers Use 2.0 mostly hunting standing for hours in teens and single digits with nothing but the base layer, insulated pants and jacket; no need for additional layering. Use 2.0 & 3.0 snowboarding when it's in the negatives with again nothing but shell pants and shell jacket yet still plenty warm. I don't get anything else but UA to keep light on layers and warm. I have 2.0 and 4.0 and I'm very happy with them. I'm wearing my 4.0 lower set now under my jeans. They were a gift so I don't know what they cost, but most of my other Under Armor stuff was kind of expensive. Regardless, I'm quite happy with them. Thanks everybody, lots to look at. I like my under armor stuff for hot weather. Their hot gear boxer briefs I've nicknamed "happy ball" underwear because playing golf in 90+ degrees with those on = happy balls. |
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Posted: 3/6/2015 8:28:44 PM EDT
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I've been wearing some stuff called heat I got at costco. Wear is under jeans and a dress shirt. I spend a lot of time outside when I'm working and it has done well for this year.
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Posted: 3/6/2015 8:32:45 PM EDT
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I've been wearing some stuff called heat I got at costco. Wear is under jeans and a dress shirt. I spend a lot of time outside when I'm working and it has done well for this year. I've got some of those as well. For the price they work really well. They're not going to perform with the higher end stuff, but again for the price it's a steal. |
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Posted: 3/6/2015 8:33:11 PM EDT
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I use cheap polartec light base under military poly pros. Hard to beat the performance for the money.
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Posted: 3/6/2015 8:34:22 PM EDT
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I'm too cheap to replace all of the old military poly pro, silkweights and waffles that I still have
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