Dressing to survive in the open starts knowing what fabrics to wear. Different materials have radically different properties. Choosing the wrong type, or mixing the clothes of different materials, can be disastrous!
You May not be able to tell you the clothes by gleda.Lijepo, fuzzy, thick 100 percent cotton flannel shirt will be warm and comfortable until it gets wet. Then, the wet shirt can suck the heat out of your torso and cause hypothermia?
On the other side of the equation is wool. My hands-down favorite in winter, wool is generally a bad choice for a desert trip in August. Wool traps heat, and while it provides some UV protection, the material will prevent your body from cooling.
Thus, the buyer must beware.
before purchasing any clothing item, read the labels and find out what is material. Ignore the fashion or what is trendy (I know it's hard - I have a 14-year-old daughter)., And make your purchase based on activity and clothing for protection that will be required
Here are some common fabric choices:
* Cotton: Depending on where you live, cotton clothing can kill you. Cotton is hydrophilic, meaning it is not good at wicking moisture away from skin and can become wet just being exposed to moisture.
Both of these 100% cotton garments will keep you warm while wet. Then, it could be dangerous to wear clothes!
Once wet, cotton feels cold and may lose up to 90 percent of its insulating properties. Wet cotton can wick heat away from the body 25 times faster than when dry.
Since I spent a lot of time in the Deep South, my favorite hot weather shirt is medium weight, white, 100 percent cotton navy surplus košulju.Majica has a collar that can be drawn to the shade of my neck, and pockets with flaps and buttons . Cotton has a reasonable amount of UV protection.
On very hot days in the canoe, cotton shirts can be soaked in water, and wore that cool you down. In the wilderness hike, to prevent heat stroke by using a few ounces of water to wet down shirt. (Water can come from anywhere, including that of algae-edged stock tank. Evaporation is what cools you !)
the same properties that make cotton a good choice for hot weather make it a killer in the rain, snow and cold.
A typical urban casual clothing probably all cotton: sweat socks, Hanes or fruit of the Loom underwear, jeans, t-shirt, flannel shirt and shirt. This suit can keep you warm in the city, but do not wear it in the back country! After the cotton gets wet, you could end up in trouble.
Do not be mislead by the appearance and camouflage patterns from 100 percent cotton hunting clothes. These clothes my be just what you need for hot, September dove hunting in Mississippi, but they become cold and clammy when damp or wet, just like everything else in cotton.
* Polypropylene: This material does not absorb water, so it is hydrophobic. This makes a great base layer, since it wicks moisture from your tijela.Loša news is that the polypropylene melts, so that a spark from a campfire can melt holes in your clothes.
* Wool: Where I live in central Oregon, wool is the standard six months of this godine.Dobar pair of wool pants and wool socks are the first items of clothing, we recommend the new scouts in our troop. For our winter boat surveyor, any cotton clothing strongly discouraged. Jeans are prohibited.
Wool absorbs moisture, but it remains warmer than many other materials. Wool is inherently flame retardant.
* Polyester: This is basically a fabric made of plastic, and it's a good stvar.Materijal has good insulation and wind stopping value, and can be made in different thicknesses.
* Nylon: The fabric is quite tough and can be used on the outer layer. It does not absorb much moisture, which does not evaporate quickly. It is best used as a kind of windbreaker, to clothing from being compromised by the wind.
* Down: This material is fabric, but, fluffy feathers stuffed inside clothing or sleeping bag. When dry, below is one of my favorite insulated materials.
But I do not use a down sleeping bag, and wearing a vest would freely down the back country for possible moisture problems. When wet, the series becomes hydrophilic, and loses almost all its isolated value. It could be worse than the cotton when it comes to sucking heat away from the body.
In addition, down sleeping bag or clothing is almost impossible to dry in the back country, even with a roaring campfire.
