Merino wool thermal underwear
Brief excursus on the use of wool in history and how to get to today’s merino wool thermal underwear.
Wool has always been used to protect oneself from the cold of winter, but not only. In the heat of the desert, the Tuareg wear large layers of wool to protect themselves from the heat and freezing nights.
The Vikings used wool sails for their ships, because it was a robust and water-resistant material as well as having a natural elasticity that allowed the sails not to tear due to the gusts of wind, as well as being dressed in wool.
The fishermen of the cold seas, dressed and dressed, sweaters that protect them from the cold and that even when wet retain most of the thermal properties. Over the centuries, anyone who lived outdoors wore wool to protect themselves from the cold. Arctic explorers have always dressed multiple layers of wool, like mountaineers and inhabitants of colder climates. And let’s talk about coarse and coarse wool, which still worked perfectly, although it was not as comfortable as the modern one. modern.
Over the years, the spinning techniques have refined, up to the current productions, which with the massive use of the Merino variety, have achieved exceptional comfort, similar to kashmir, but much less expensive.
Merino wool accessories
Over the years, the spinning techniques have refined, up to the current productions, which with the massive use of the Merino variety, have achieved exceptional comfort, similar to kashmir, but much less expensive.
Despite the advent of synthetic technologies, in many cold areas, merino wool underwear continued to be worn, instead of the “modern” synthetic one (polyester or polypropylene), first of all for its anti-bacterial properties (it does not stink) of the merino wool thermal underwear, then also for the best thermoregulation offered by the same.
Our offering for merino wool military underwear went to two planetary leaders Armadillo and Devold of Norway.
Armadillo was born in 2011 from the idea of Andy Caughey, New Zealand merino wool specialist, who seeing the burn damage of the military victims of IED, severe burns caused by the “melting” of synthetic underwear, created the first line of wool underwear military merino. Currently adopted by NASA, and by many special departments around the world as well as by firefighters and police forces. State of the art military merino wool underwear.
Devold of Norway was born in 1853 in western Norway, as a manufacturer of wool garments for fishermen. Over the years it dresses arctic explorers, mountaineers and adventurers, up to the present day where it offers merino wool underwear, of different weights for the most diverse uses.
Merino wool socks
Our choice fell on two lines:
Breeze lighter merino wool underwear, suitable for the four seasons, chosen by the Norwegian special forces.
Expedition the heavier weight, double layer of merino wool, military thermal underwear perfect for the most severe cold and used by Norwegian mountain troops.
Why choose merino wool military underwear? For unparalleled thermoregulation even when wet, for the comfort of hypoallergenic, fireproof and non-stinky garments. The socks then protect against blisters and keep your feet comfortable in any climate … Try it!
