Aerowool vs Patagonia Capilene air

[kipper09]

Anybody have any experience on how these compare? Looking for something light that dries quick and doesn’t hold smell. Pretty sure either will work fine. Just wanted to see if anybody has experience with both. Thanks


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[bsnedeker]

No experience with the Patagonia, but the aerowool is amazing in my opinion. I wore the wick for 10 straight days in September and it didn't have any smell to it. It dried faster than my other merino gear as well. I'm totally sold on aerowool and am looking to add a bunch more to my kit

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[Backpack Hunter]

Of the two I prefer aerowool.

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[BRTreedogs]

Firstlite supports hunting and conservation.

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[Formidilosus]

Anybody have any experience on how these compare? Looking for something light that dries quick and doesn’t hold smell. Pretty sure either will work fine. Just wanted to see if anybody has experience with both. Thanks
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The lightest Aerowool dries about 15-25% slower than the Capilene 1/Air. That is to say if the Capilene takes 15-20 minutes to dry, the Aerowool takes 20-25 minutes. Compared to to like weight pure wool which will be 40-60 minutes.

 

[kipper09]

The lightest Aerowool dries about 15-25% slower than the Capilene 1/Air. That is to say if the Capilene takes 15-20 minutes to dry, the Aerowool takes 20-25 minutes. Compared to to like weight pure wool which will be 40-60 minutes.

Appreciate all the input guys. Was leaning towards the first lite. Some of their stuff is limited stock so I expanded my search some. These two look pretty comparable in some ways and was curious how they compared if anybody had experience with both.

Form are they comparable in weight? And thickness?? Regulate temperature close to the same? Wasn’t sure about how durable either was?


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[mcseal2]

I'm another Aerowool fan for all the reasons mentioned, but I haven't tried the Patagonia.

 

[5MilesBack]

I tried the Patagonia Merino/Capilene blend base shirts and they stunk after a couple days of hard sweating just like normal synthetics. They were also a little scratchy. I still prefer my 100% merino Icebreaker shirts. I've never really noticed any problems with drying and they get soaked with sweat every day I'm hunting.

 

[Formidilosus]

Form are they comparable in weight? And thickness?? Regulate temperature close to the same? Wasn’t sure about how durable either was?
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Functionally, yes to all. The Capilene may be just slightly lighter and thinner, but you’d need a scale to know and it’s just barely. Both are duarable enough. I switched from pure merino to synthetics three years ago after being completely sweated out and staying wet for several hours after we stopped. The guys wearing synthetics were dry within 30 minutes. Last year, as part of testing it- I used an original Aerowool t-shirt for workouts, range, and any activity where I would sweat or get dirty. From December of ‘17 to June of ‘18 I wore it 5-6 days a week and NEVER washed it. It did get rinsed in a sink a couple of times with pure water, but never washed. Now, I’m not a stinky guy to begin with, but in 6 months are wear without washing it never had any smell and it just stared getting a few pin holes in it from constant abrasion from my Velcro belt at the end.


So to to sum it up, dry time is nearly as good as synthetics and much better than pure merino, weight is comparable, durability is good, Oder control is way better than synthetics, and the hand (how it feels) is way better than synthetic.

 

[kipper09]

Functionally, yes to all. The Capilene may be just slightly lighter and thinner, but you’d need a scale to know and it’s just barely. Both are duarable enough. I switched from pure merino to synthetics three years ago after being completely sweated out and staying wet for several hours after we stopped. The guys wearing synthetics were dry within 30 minutes. Last year, as part of testing it- I used an original Aerowool t-shirt for workouts, range, and any activity where I would sweat or get dirty. From December of ‘17 to June of ‘18 I wore it 5-6 days a week and NEVER washed it. It did get rinsed in a sink a couple of times with pure water, but never washed. Now, I’m not a stinky guy to begin with, but in 6 months are wear without washing it never had any smell and it just stared getting a few pin holes in it from constant abrasion from my Velcro belt at the end.


So to to sum it up, dry time is nearly as good as synthetics and much better than pure merino, weight is comparable, durability is good, Oder control is way better than synthetics, and the hand (how it feels) is way better than synthetic.

Awesome input. Appreciate you taking some time to discuss your experiences. Sounds like either way I should be ok.


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[mcseal2]

Thanks Form, good to know. I used an Aerowool T shirt for 3 weeks of exercise when they came out, carrying my pack up the biggest hills around 3-5x per week. At the end of it I was amazed at how much it didn't stink and called the test ended. Temps were hot and it was humid so I sweated plenty. Your test took it way further than mine did though!

 

[Wolfey]

Rab has a similar baselayer as the firstlite aerowool. I think they call it the merino+ baselayer. They're available in 120 and 160gsm.

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[kipper09]

Wow that is interesting. It appears like some of the same technology/verbiage is really similar. Rab builds pretty notch clothing from what I have experienced. Never knew much about the baselayers though. Gonna do a little research on it as well


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[5MilesBack]

Sounds like either way I should be ok.

Actually it would appear that the Aerowool is a much better product if it performs like merino but dries like a synthetic.