Merino Protectmens Soft T-Shirt

Having never experienced desert conditions, prior to a recent trip attending a wedding in Saudi Arabia I researched t-shirts that scored highest with respect to keeping cool. This compelled me to perform an experiment by purchasing two different highest-scoring wool t-shirt brands (because wool as a cooling solution simply seemed counterintuitive to me). Here’s my review for this Merino Protect base layer t-shirt.First, and foremost, I’ll start at the end and point out this shirt was not only the lower-priced of the two, the other shirt’s price skyrocketed from $47 at the time of the purchase to now (only a month later) $74 while (at the time of this review) this Merino Protect shirt is still available at $38 and is a best deal in my humble opinion. And that leads to point number 2:Yes, cotton and polyester t-shirts are easily available at half the price or less. However, I could never have worn a cotton or polyester t-shirt after walking around in Saudi Arabian afternoon sun without an odorous finish. Amazingly, this wasn’t this case for either of these two wool shirts purchased and tested on this wedding trip. In fact, that afternoon walk was the day after having worn this shirt as my base layer during the entire 20 travel hours of driving, flight, and layover time. Even my wife exclaimed surprise at how the shirt remained nearly odorless at the end of the second day in the Saudi sun.Benefit #3 is how well this shirt keeps its shape. After hand washing both and placing both on hangers to dry, the other higher-priced shirt ended up with a stretched shoulder on one side. This Merino Protect held up just fine. Lesson learned, BTW, as I now lay these flat to dry (hangers not recommended).My only complaint has much to do with why my wife calls me “dangerous” when eating. Something liquidy landed on this shirt (gray color) and though I initially drenched the dime-sized spot with water and then a couple of hours later hand washed the shirt with extra emphasis on the stain spot, an echo of the spot remains. So what did I do as a result? I just placed two more of these shirts on my wish list promising my wife never to eat while wearing them without also wearing a bib.Wool is now my hot weather solution from now on. Who would have thunk it?

I wore this on a trip to Colorado in Feb. I used it both as a midlayer when we went snowshoeing and as a shirt when just out and about.As a midlayer I guess it worked okay since I wasn't cold, but I also had on a base layer and a coat.As a shirt I think it was great! I wore it in 30-40 degree Temps with a vest and I felt comfortable.I like that its thin enough to layer something over or under it. Its very versatile and looks good zipped up or down. It's also a good length, it just covers my backside.One con is that its slightly itchy, like just a tiny bit. Not enough for me to not wear it though. And it has to be air dried but I guess thats par for the course for wool.Overall I would recommend this shirt! If it comes in additional colors I would consider buying again.

I have ordered Merino Protect standard, long sleeve shirts (XL) and short sleeve shirts (XL). Both have been great quality and fit (snug, as they should be). I recently ordered these 1/4 zips in both gray and black (both, XXL). The fit is as expected - I ordered a size up as I did not want them to be form fitting. They gray shirt is fine. However, as of today, I have had to re-order the black 1/4 zip three times. The first time, a blob of white (adhesive from the package?) rubber cement-like substance was embedded into the material of the shirt. The second attempt looked fine at the beginning, then I realized there was a small tear (slice) in the chest of the shirt. Hopefully, the third attempt will yield a wearable garment. Otherwise, soft, warm and comfortable shirts.

Shirt is very soft and comfortable but runs on the small side.Especially after washing per instructions.I recommend ordering one size larger if you plan on wearing alone.You could probably use this as a base layer and be fine, just a little tight.

will buy again