Orange vest vs orange shirt

[dmdude]

Here's my DIY thread.

Fluorescent orange merino wool shirt

I couldn't find a fluorescent orange merino shirt, so I bought a natural colored shirt and dyed it. The dye was Dharma Acid Dye 456 fluorescent safety orange. It is a true fluorescent dye and will glow under UV light. I used an old roasting oven to heat the dye bath. The fabric went in...

www.rokslide.com

Whoa! Great idea! Thank you!

 

[FLAK]

For truly hot/humidity, I'd try to find a orange, cotton T-shirt.
I could never wear synthetics in hot weather,,,unless i wanted a complete body rash.

 

[TxxAgg]

Woolly Clothing Co makes a long sleev and short sleeve orange wool shirt. Check Amazon

I wear the short sleeve as a base layer in winter and as a work out shirt in summer...even when it's triple digits.

 

[txhunter581]

Except that blaze orange mesh doesn’t meet the requirements of blaze in some states, like Colorado

 

[Jn78]

Except that blaze orange mesh doesn’t meet the requirements of blaze in some states, like Colorado

Mesh blaze is legal in Colorado.

 

[txhunter581]

Well thanks for straightening me out! They changed that at some point and I still thought it was not legal to wear mesh. It is now in the “legal but not recommended” category. I think it’s funny that they show a man wearing pink so as to be PC

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

One more thing on the Fjallraven orange merino shirt I should have mentioned. It is very thin. Even thinner than first lites thinnest base layer. I love it for hot weather. Especially A zone here in California when it’s regularly over 100 F for the beginning of the season.

It fits nice and long in the seat and sleeves but is tighter in the chest and shoulders than other brands. Size up if you are broad chested or wide shouldered.

For the color. I took out my hunting clothes bin and pulled out the shirt and a first lite orange merino beanie. You can see how much darker it is than first lites orange. Still plenty bright orange for me and I’ve never had anyone say it’s not “orange enough” in person.

Overall I really like the shirt for hot weather and if they made one with a hood to help block the sun and bugs I would buy two of them in a heartbeat.