Comments on: Gear review: Paradox DriRelease thermals from Costco

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:44:55 +0000

In reply to Bill Ebt. Thanks for the input.

By: Bill Ebt

Bill Ebt — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 10:28:04 +0000

I’ve been wearing them for 2 years now and I don’t like them. The ankle fit is all wrong and there is no ankle band. The whole thing slides up under outerwear.

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 19:09:03 +0000

In reply to Baba Jaga. The true effective way to be green-friendly is to purchase fewer regardless of material. Less consumption and more ““Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without”. Anything else is capitalistic green washing.

By: Baba Jaga

Baba Jaga — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:56:52 +0000

I realized it’s not the merino but plastic bottles stretched to look like a fabric in chemical process. I do not think it’s healthy to absorb plastic via skin, same as consuming water from plastic bottle. So much talk about saving environment and allowing production of plastics and recycling in more chemicals. Recycling cotton, wool, silk sounds smart and real care of the earth. The biggest organ deserves to get a better fabric to touch. 11 % of polyester would maybe be ok (?)but not the other way. The advertising on box is misleading. Costco could do better as exemple.

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:12:17 +0000

In reply to Dave.

R-Value is for pads typically; use CLO value for clothing.
https://roastsurvey.com/blog-post/understanding-clo-values/

It’s probably similar to the CLO value of other thermals of similar thickness and material. I encourage you to research if this type of info if it interests you.

Otherwise, I find the clothing provides the same wicking ability and warmth as similar garments I’ve used over the years.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 04:46:12 +0000

In reply to Paul Mags. Do you have any knowledge of the R value of this material in comparison with other synthetics?

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 03:58:04 +0000

In reply to Dave. Thanks for the feedback but my experience, about a decade with various pairs, is very different.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 03:52:36 +0000

These materials stretch in weird ways. Pullin them over ur feet they snap up ur legs, requiring u to pull em back down. They don’t stretch enough to get over ur heel and cling to ur ankle. I find they require u to manipulate them at every curve of ur body to get em on. And getting em off… They don’t have enough elastic properties, Leaving u snug in some areas while loose in others. Maybe that’s why we don’t wear plastic bottles as clothes. Keep tinkering ur almost there.

By: Gianni@WalkTheLand

Gianni@WalkTheLand — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:19:58 +0000

I got some great thermals from ALDI (a UK supermarket), cost me less than £10 I think, Get other bargains on brand names from TK Maxx. I only ever buy in the sale.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:17:13 +0000

Expensive cars are expensive to repair. While we don’t normally repair our base layers, I hate to spend a lot on something and get a tear in it or wear a hole in it. The things that I’m going to use need to be justifiably tough or reasonably inexpensive. There once was a time when I only wore Levis for work pants, but they were way too expensive. I had no real choice but to find something cheaper that felt comfortable. Most of my base layers now come from the military makers.