The Aclima Lightwool shirt is one of our most useful items. Managing to keep you both warm and cool we’re sure you’ll like them as much as we do. Here’s Steven Hanton’s thoughts on this remarkable shirt:
Spending 6 months of the year living in the woods in the Lake District, and frequently travelling to extreme environments during the winter months,I require good kit. Although I am an advocate of knowledge over gear, I also value good sturdy clothing and equipment, built to last and able to perform when I need it most.
While picking up a few supplies at Lakeland Bushcraft for our courses, Mark suggested I try a new range of Merino wool clothing. I gladly accepted one of the new Aclima Lightwool 130gm T-shirts and told him I’d put it through its paces and give him my thoughts on it’s performance.
I should say that I am a staunch advocate of wool, Merino in particular, so I don’t need any persuading on the merits of the wonder-stuff. Its tough, comfortable and retains its insulating properties even when wet.
I wore the T-shirt for 10 days straight on two of our back to back courses, all day and all night. It was light enough to dry quickly (I sweat a lot), yet was warm and an excellent base-layer. Whats more, being wool, it didn’t hold odours, and that’s a requirement for the sort of work I do… where there are no showers and limits to the amount of clothing I can carry.
The only negative was that I probably took the wrong size. I’m consistently a medium, but this appeared to be quite a large medium. I prefer a more snug fit for practical reasons, and so I would suggest you bear this in mind when purchasing. All in all a comfortable, durable, lightweight base-layer with all the usual talents of wool.
Steven Hanton is an accomplished bushcrafter, an ardent naturalist and talented tracker. His interests have led him on expeditions to remote areas of Alaska, Norway, Namibia, North America, Canada, Indonesia and Malaysia.
You can read more about Steven and his skills over at Woodsmoke and on his blog.
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