Your Base Layer is an essential piece of outdoor clothing kit that's primary purpose is to transfer moisture away from your skin. This helps to keep your skin dry and comfortable.
The very action of transferring moisture away from your skin helps to keep you warm. This is because moisture that is trapped between your skin and your clothing cools and this in turn causes you to cool. A major mistake of many is to wear a technical garment, like a GORE-TEX jacket, on top of a cotton tee-shirt - as opposed to a Base Layer. This simply results in moisture becoming trapped between the skin and the cotton tee-shirt. The moisture then cools down and this results in the person becoming cold.
As well as wicking perspiration, Base Layers can also be used to insulate in cold conditions. This type of garment is known as an insulating Base Layer and is more suited for use in cold environments. We stock a wide range of Base Layers from ultra fast wicking garments for high activity sports to warmer, highly insulated garments for use in cold environments.
In addition to stocking a wide range of synthetic fabric Base Layer, we also stock garments made from natural fabrics. A selection of the Base Layers we stock are made from naturally produced Merino wool, which is known for its exceptionally high level of breathability. Merino wool also has a unique ability to cool in hot conditions and insulate in cooler conditions.