- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances 15,16,18
VdlP 23, Invierno 23, Fisterra 23
I have been a fan of Icebreaker Merino shirts for years.
I wear the long sleeve half zip style a lot!
Not just on Camino, but I use the heavier weights as casual shirts in the winter.
But for a few years now, the fabric have been changing.
I think the business was taken over a little while back?
I tend to use the really light 'featherweight' for Camino.
100% merino.
These have not been available for a while now, as the lighter weights are now a blend of Marion, Tencel and Nylon.
The 100% Merino is only available, as a long sleeve, half zip, in the heavier weights.
Perhaps the lighter weights in 100% Marino were not robust enough?
To make sure I had enough shirts for future Caminos, I have been stocking up in the sake over the last few years.
Not easy, as I was quite a bit overweight, so was picking up a range of sizes, not really knowing what weight I might be 'on the day'.
As I'm refining my gear list and checking things through I was sorting out all the shorts today.
Heavyweights to one side.........light weights to another.
And to my horror!
The only lightweight shirt that is 100% Merino is an XXL and way too large for me now.
All the others, XL and L, are 'Cool Lite' fabrics, which are only 51-51% Marino.
And they feel like it sadly
Very sweaty in hot weather and they don't 'wick' as well as 100% Merino, if at all.
The only available long sleeve half zip, is 200 weight (too hot for a Camino) and in one color, black.![Frown :( :(](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Well done Icebreaker. 'Product Improvement' at it's best. I suspect the changes were to reduce cost.
So.
Can anyone recommend a company that makes 100% Merino, very lightweight, long sleeve, half zip shirts?
Because Icebreaker, the market leader, no longer does!![Mad :mad: :mad:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![100871431_1.jpg 100871431_1.jpg](https://caminoforum-4df7.kxcdn.com/data/attachments/92/92765-964b5b45bff08dc71a219fbe0b104ecf.jpg)
I wear the long sleeve half zip style a lot!
Not just on Camino, but I use the heavier weights as casual shirts in the winter.
But for a few years now, the fabric have been changing.
I think the business was taken over a little while back?
I tend to use the really light 'featherweight' for Camino.
100% merino.
These have not been available for a while now, as the lighter weights are now a blend of Marion, Tencel and Nylon.
The 100% Merino is only available, as a long sleeve, half zip, in the heavier weights.
Perhaps the lighter weights in 100% Marino were not robust enough?
To make sure I had enough shirts for future Caminos, I have been stocking up in the sake over the last few years.
Not easy, as I was quite a bit overweight, so was picking up a range of sizes, not really knowing what weight I might be 'on the day'.
As I'm refining my gear list and checking things through I was sorting out all the shorts today.
Heavyweights to one side.........light weights to another.
And to my horror!
The only lightweight shirt that is 100% Merino is an XXL and way too large for me now.
All the others, XL and L, are 'Cool Lite' fabrics, which are only 51-51% Marino.
And they feel like it sadly
The only available long sleeve half zip, is 200 weight (too hot for a Camino) and in one color, black.
Well done Icebreaker. 'Product Improvement' at it's best. I suspect the changes were to reduce cost.
So.
Can anyone recommend a company that makes 100% Merino, very lightweight, long sleeve, half zip shirts?
Because Icebreaker, the market leader, no longer does!
![100871431_1.jpg 100871431_1.jpg](https://caminoforum-4df7.kxcdn.com/data/attachments/92/92765-964b5b45bff08dc71a219fbe0b104ecf.jpg)
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