This shirt is designed to keep your back dry under your rucksack
A beautiful back can be delightful. A wet one is annoying. Especially under a rucksack. The German clothing manufacturer Mey has now developed a base layer that uses a special material to absorb sweat from the back. The shirt was honoured with an ISPO award for this.
You've probably experienced this before when hiking or doing winter sports with a backpack: no matter how breathable and moisture-regulating the clothing is, it gets unpleasantly wet on the back and chilly a little later. The German underwear manufacturer Mey has now developed a base layer with a backpack zone.
The back of the shirt from the PRFRMNC+ series (yes, it really is called that) is made from a special fabric with so-called microloops. These are tiny loops on the inside of the material. The fabric itself consists of a blend of virgin wool and the specially processed polyester Coolmax.
The material absorbs moisture and wicks it away from the skin
The material and the structure of the fabric create a capillary effect, transporting moisture away from the skin. According to the manufacturer, the material can absorb 2.7 times its own weight in moisture without feeling wet. With one square metre of fabric, that would be 440 millilitres.
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The long and short-sleeved shirts can be easily wrung out and are then ready for the next use, explains sales manager Alexander Zulian at the international sports fair ISPO in Munich.
Why is the material only used in the back and not in the entire shirt? The microloops can cause slight friction on dry skin - on the arms, for example - and don't feel quite as soft as other materials. That's why the fabric was only sewn into the back.
The fabric developed by Mey is manufactured in Germany and the shirts are sewn in Portugal. We do not currently have the backpack base layer in our range. If you are interested in other Mey products, you can find them here.
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