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Good base layers?

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idskithat
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Anyone have any good recommendations for good, and preferably cheap base layers?
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Parks.
Posts: 5612 - Karma: 1,093
Under armor/ patagonia
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tomPietrowski
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ice breaker
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Banane.
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H/H
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AJizzle
Posts: 1882 - Karma: 522
Spend the money on a full merino wool base layer, you will not be disappointed. Its warmth to weight ratio is pretty impressive, and it is very good all around at regulating your body temperature. As for brand I prefer IceBreakers, but there are a bunch.
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skier_boy26
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Ibex
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.nasty
Posts: 10598 - Karma: 11,396
this.

buy a mons royale base layer. little pricey @ 90 bucks but SO worth it. I love mine

http://www.slopestyle-ski.com/product_detail.cfm?CatID=Search&PID=815
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jca
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100% merino wool till death!
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strawberrygirl
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this...you can wear it for days without washing and it won't smell
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Dirty.Harry.
Posts: 1779 - Karma: 351
Depending on conditions, I use any combination of:

Mammut SS underwear top
Minus33 Wool LS
Nike tight synthetic LS
Nike loose synthetic SS

Bottom gets Patagonia long underwear and either athletic shorts or fleece pants.

Cover that shit with a Patagonia Gore-Tex shell and some Trew Eagle pants and it's GOLD. Stay dry forever.

When I lead ski trips I have to help people with packing/layers every time. I see a lot of cotton on people at first. You avoid that stuff like the plague in the backcountry, regardless of what the trip is.
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CDdesign
Posts: 1015 - Karma: 92
they arent cheap but the Smartwool NTS midweights are the best i have ever used, and i have cw-x, Under armor, colombia omniheat (my second choice), patagonia, and kombi.
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