First Lite Men’s Wick Longsleeve Crew
Best wicking
Our take No baselayer will stop you from sweating, but this one will at least keep you from marinating in it. The Wick combines a blended fabric (65 percent merino wool, 33 percent polyester, 2 percent elastane) with tiny, embedded grains of volcanic sand (you can’t feel it) that use billions of micropores to increase surface area. The result: “I got sweaty on my skin up New Hampshire’s Mt. Moosilauke, but everything dried out in 10 minutes and I didn’t catch a chill on the way down,” one tester says.
The details Mesh panels in the armpits and along the sides add venting, and a loose fit makes the Wick extra-comfortable. Its fabric withstood heavy pack straps and skis over a season of use without pilling. Yay: “The thumb loops and cuffs extend over your hand to cover all the way up to the fingers,” one tester says. “It was great for skinning, when I didn’t want to put on gloves but still needed some extra protection.”
$80; 8 oz.; m’s S-XXL