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Reviews > Clothing > Base Layers and Undies > Stoic Merino Bottom Womens > Owner Review by Andrea MurlandStoic
Merino Bottom - ¾ Length - Women’s
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I began hiking frequently in 2006 and have since hiked in Western Canada, Australia, and spent 2 months backpacking in the Alps. I spend most weekends either day-hiking or on 2-3 day backpacking trips, with some longer trips when I can manage them. I also snowshoe and ski in the winter, but don’t have a lot of experience with winter in the backcountry yet. Elevation is typically 500-3,000 m (1,600-10,000 ft), in the Canadian Rockies and the Selkirk, Purcell, and Monashee ranges. I try for a light pack, but I don’t consider myself a lightweight backpacker. Product Information
Care Instructions (from tag): For optimum performance frequent washing required. Hand- or machine-wash with wool wash. Hang dry. Do not machine dry. Do not use bleach or fabric softener. Do not dry clean. Description The Stoic Merino ¾ Length Bottoms are merino wool long underwear, made from 200-weight merino wool (93%) and spandex (7%). They come down to below my knees, about mid-calf length. The bottoms have flatlock seams, which lie flat, that run along the inside of the leg. The back of the bottoms has a V-shaped piece of material sewn in, rather than a seam up the middle, but there is a seam up the middle of the front. The bottom of each leg has a 6 cm (2.4 in) wide cuff made from a double layer of material. The waistband is 3.7 cm (1.5 in) wide and made from an elastic-y material with the Stoic logo. The logo is also screen-printed just above the cuff on the left leg.Field Conditions These long underwear have become my primary bottom layer for skiing and ski touring. I have worn them for downhill skiing, day-long touring, overnight touring, and they were the only long underwear I wore on a week-long hut-based touring trip in the spring of 2013. I have worn them in temperatures from about 5 C (41 F) down to about -25 C (-13 F), either alone (but under an outer layer) or with other insulating layers. In total I have worn them for about 20 days outside. On overnight trips I have also slept in these bottoms, either alone or with other layers, depending on the temperature. That totals about 8 nights of use.Review Summary
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