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Piwoslaw · 09-13-10, 05:15 AM

The Wife and I are also hikers, so the only cotton stuff we take is what we sleep in. We also are big fans of fleeces.

When biking in the summer I sometimes jump in a lake/river in my shorts and shirt. That rinses the sweat off and dries quickly in the wind when I take off again.

My synthetic hiking shirt (not an expensive model, either) took a beating in the Fagaras mountains in Romania last year. Six days in one shirt, no washing, but it didn't even smell bad (or maybe noone was clean enough to notice?). I wouldn't try that at home, though.

I've seen high-end outdoors clothes with a silver thread to keep the smell down (silver is supposed to kill bacteria).

I've never thought about choosing synthetics over cotton for their ease of washing and drying, but then we only hang dry our laundry.

09-13-10, 05:15 AM	#6
Piwoslaw Super Moderator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 961 Thanks: 188 Thanked 110 Times in 86 Posts	The Wife and I are also hikers, so the only cotton stuff we take is what we sleep in. We also are big fans of fleeces. When biking in the summer I sometimes jump in a lake/river in my shorts and shirt. That rinses the sweat off and dries quickly in the wind when I take off again. My synthetic hiking shirt (not an expensive model, either) took a beating in the Fagaras mountains in Romania last year. Six days in one shirt, no washing, but it didn't even smell bad (or maybe noone was clean enough to notice?). I wouldn't try that at home, though. I've seen high-end outdoors clothes with a silver thread to keep the smell down (silver is supposed to kill bacteria). I've never thought about choosing synthetics over cotton for their ease of washing and drying, but then we only hang dry our laundry.