Tag: "sweat wicking"
Under Armour Compression Undershirts and Police Body Armor
03/06/2010 – Ask Tug Update: Police Body Armor Undershirts Ran across a really interesting blog today where a Roanoke, Virginia police officer shares information about the life of a cop (pretty interesting stuff). Yesterday, he wrote a post about wearing an Under Armour compression undershirt under his kevlar body armor. He described how his compression [...]
Blog Article – Posts of Vital Importance: Undershirts
Ran across this post on blog “Blowing Shit up with Gas” from blogger Patrick where he highlights some benefits of wearing undershirts. He also takes an interesting position on tank tops. 11/16/08 Update: Also check out this “Wearing an Undershirt – What about Style?” blog post for more information about wearing undershirts. Now read on! [...]
Moisture Wicking Undershirts versus Cotton Undershirts – Food for Thought
For whatever reason, a thought occurred to me this morning: While moisture-wicking clothing products are intended to keep you cooler by transferring moisture away from your body to the outer layer of the fabric, if you’re wearing an undershirt made out of that type of material, wouldn’t that lead you to believe that your outerwear [...]
Undershirt Review – Coolmax Moisture Wicking V-Neck from CoolClothingUSA
Hey everybody! It’s that time again. I know it’s been a while since I wrote my last undershirt review (damn, it has been a while hasn’t it?), but it’s time to put another undershirt through Tug’s patent-pending fit, feel, function and affordability undershirt review process. In mid-July I was contacted by the owner of CoolClothingUSA [...]
Cooling Undershirts? Technology used in Sports
Pretty darn interesting forum thread here that talks about cooling “undershirt” technology used by college and professional sports teams (primarily talks about football). While not immediately applicable to the typical undershirt topics I cover here, there was some interesting information on the moisture wicking claims Under Armour makes about their sports uniforms (pretty circumstantial, but [...]
Moisture Wicking Undershirts – Which one to choose, and why.
If you’re like me, you’re probably curious about the growing interest in moisture wicking apparel. What is it? Why is it getting so much interest? Does it really make a difference? Is it worth buying? And of course, should I buy a moisture wicking undershirt? Quite frankly, I had the exact same questions, so I [...]
Undershirt Review – RibbedTee Classic Fit
Hey folks, I wanted to bring in a guest reviewer to test out the new RibbedTee undershirts and then provide his feedback here. See below for his write-up. August 2008 Update: Our guest reviewer returned to review the RibbedTee Enhanced Fit undershirts. October 2008 Update: The folks at RibbedTee introduced new and improved fits of [...]
