Brynje Super Thermo

Anybody have experience with these strange Norwegian fish net base layers? Have you used them in warm/cold weather? Really interesting, but it might take a lot for me to get over the price and stripper looks....

Andy Kirkpatrick only has good things to say about them. There's a piece about them on his website.

Nick Drake uses it. Discussion here: https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/114108986/insulated-jackets-for-movement#ForumMessage-114109471. 

They were the rage 40 years ago.  I've used both cotton and wool fishnets.  They worked.  But that was when wool was king (and I don't mean merino--more like $1/pair army surplus pants, knickers, and plaid wool shirts).

Wool brynje baselayers are the business.  Work great in arctic conditions.  

I used them years ago and have gone back to them since they recently became easily available in the US again.  They seem to trap air as well as keep the next layer away from sweaty skin, so provide a lot of warmth but with good ventilation as well.

rgold wrote: I used them years ago and have gone back to them since they recently became easily available in the US again.  They seem to trap air as well as keep the next layer away from sweaty skin, so provide a lot of warmth but with good ventilation as well.

where do you purchase them in US? The only option I've seen is by paying reallly high european shipping. 

Love em.  Still use some that I picked up from LLBean back in the day.

in my biking days, it was very common to wear fishnet-y underlayers underneath the cycling kit. It works very well.

There is a certain level of "conspiracy" in the outdoor industry to suppress certain ideas that work well, but are either ugly,  hard to market, or would make people buy fewer layers of clothing (eg fishnet underwear, vapor barriers)

Mpech, they ain't cheap, although not out of line with many other baselayer prices.  https://www.rockandsnow.com/96035/super-thermo-long-sleeve-unisex/ .  The one I have from Rock and Snow has solid fabric patches on top of the shoulder to lessen the pressure effect of pack straps on netting.