School Me On Wool

[JollyRoger]

Anyone have a recommendation for a super lightweight wool long sleeve with a loose fitting hood? Like the fishing shirts that are popular but wool not synthetic. Tight low profile hoody make it hard to hear IMO.

I’ve been digging the Minus 33 lightweight hoody

 

[Ajsomp]

Anyone have a recommendation for a super lightweight wool long sleeve with a loose fitting hood? Like the fishing shirts that are popular but wool not synthetic. Tight low profile hoody make it hard to hear IMO.

Outdoor vitals merino has been great- I’ve used it since July. I also like the first spear hoody but only used it for the last month or so.

 

[The Ri Guy]

Anyone have a recommendation for a super lightweight wool long sleeve with a loose fitting hood? Like the fishing shirts that are popular but wool not synthetic. Tight low profile hoody make it hard to hear IMO.

As a semi-fanatical wool user I've tried about every single "lightweight" hooded wool option from Sitka, First Lite, Kuiu, Voormi, Woolly, Unbound Merino, Paka, Ridge, Ibex, WoolX, Minus33, Fjallraven, SmartWool, etc. etc. etc.

Stone Glacier Chinook clears all of them by a long shot, in every category.

 

[43.6N]

As a semi-fanatical wool user I've tried about every single "lightweight" hooded wool option from Sitka, First Lite, Kuiu, Voormi, Woolly, Unbound Merino, Paka, Ridge, Ibex, WoolX, Minus33, Fjallraven, SmartWool, etc. etc. etc.

Stone Glacier Chinook clears all of them by a long shot, in every category.

My kuiu lightweight merino 1/2 zip hoody is on its last legs. I tried my best to sew up the rips as they formed. It’s practically a fishnet at this point. But after this last fall, I’m moving on to something else.

I’ll give the SG chinook a close look

 

[The Ri Guy]

My kuiu lightweight merino 1/2 zip hoody is on its last legs. I tried my best to sew up the rips as they formed. It’s practically a fishnet at this point. But after this last fall, I’m moving on to something else.

I’ll give the SG chinook a close look

I still have my original and 2nd Gen Kuiu Merino pieces, both going on a few/several years now.

They never did me wrong, but they definitely feel like sandpaper on-skin compared to other companies offerings, and they have one of the more pungent wool stinks when wet or sweaty, in my experience. Haven't used them for anything in a few years, probably destined for Goodwill.

SG Chinook acts as my outerlayer when mobile or in most conditions, sunhoody or only layer in really hot weather, and I even wear it between my base and Sitka Ambient (or other true mid) in cold weather. Really phenomenal piece, I am not delicate with my woolens and it took 3 years for me to put snags/holes in it regularly busting brush while being as mindful as possible in such endeavors.

 

[43.6N]

I still have my original and 2nd Gen Kuiu Merino pieces, both going on a few/several years now.

They never did me wrong, but they definitely feel like sandpaper on-skin compared to other companies offerings, and they have one of the more pungent wool stinks when wet or sweaty, in my experience. Haven't used them for anything in a few years, probably destined for Goodwill.

SG Chinook acts as my outerlayer when mobile or in most conditions, sunhoody or only layer in really hot weather, and I even wear it between my base and Sitka Ambient (or other true mid) in cold weather. Really phenomenal piece, I am not delicate with my woolens and it took 3 years for me to put snags/holes in it regularly busting brush while being as mindful as possible in such endeavors.

Hell yeah baby.
That’s pretty much exactly what I was hoping the kuiu would have been.

 

[Dobermann]

Yes, the separation is basically at the sewing at the cuffs. Would wear them as a base layer under socks and another pair of pants and/or bibs, and then in either hunting or x-country ski boots.

I didn't put them in a delicates bag for washing, and maybe I should have. Wouldn't think the tumbling action of our front loader would cause that much damage, but I could imagine the agitator of a top loader could stress these garments. Why the leggings came apart and not the top... .

Noticed the prices for these have gone up since last year. Wonder how much of that is from the Rokslide effect!

I wonder if it's worth asking Varuste about an exchange? These should last more than 6-10 times, so surely this would be regarded as not meeting customer expectations.

If they have seen this before, this adds to their dataset. If they haven't, and it was some kind of manufacturing error, then they can chat with Aclima about it.