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Looking at ordering some HH base layers Dry SS and LS.
I dont want a skin tight fit, dont want to be wearing my grannies nighty either, just normal t-shirt fit.
Size guide says im on the cusp of their med/large.
Med or large?
They're quite small. I'm normally a medium or large in T-shirts and I have L & XL Helly Hansens. Medium would be properly skintight on me.
I wear medium, 6ft 75kgs.
It's not super snug on me.
Having a tshirt type fit with these base layers kinda misses the point of what they are and how they work.
Its suppose to be tight. the whole point of a base layer.
Meh, if it dries quicker than cotton, keeping me warmer and drier, it's doing a better job than cotton, no?
Tight and it will work even better.
Plus it shows off the guns (or the gut I guess).
Tight base layers wick better. Wicking stops sweat from chilling you but massively reduces the cooling benefit of sweating. I get hot when I ride a bike, not cold.
Baselayers should be a body-hugging fit if they are to transfer moisture away from the skin, or to the next clothing layer, effectively.