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Thermowave makes merino wool base layers, and what we carry is the layer that goes on first: shirts, pants and underwear in men’s, women’s and junior cuts. Merino holds warmth without bulk, moves moisture once you start working and resists odour on its own, which is most of what a cold rink, a ski day or an ordinary winter morning asks of a first layer.
The four Thermowave lines
- Merino Warm. 100% merino wool at 180 GSM, shirts and pants, and the only line here that runs to junior sizes as well as men’s and women’s.
- Merino Xtreme. The sport end of the range: men’s and women’s shirts and pants, some shirts with a zip neck for venting mid-effort.
- Merino Life. Everyday underwear, in boxer briefs and hipsters for men, boxer briefs, boyshorts and briefs for women.
- Merino 3 in 1. A shirt and matching pants built for long, still hours outdoors.
- Colour. Mostly muted, from black and Silver Melange to Sargasso Sea, Grapeade, Capulet Olive and Bluestone.
Sorted by garment, the range splits into tops, bottoms and underwear.
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The range is filed twice, on purpose
Thermowave is the whole of this section, and the same garments appear under two different arrangements, which is worth knowing before you go looking. One arrangement is by garment: shirts, bottoms and everyday underwear, so you can find the piece that is missing from your drawer. The other is by what you are doing in it — skiing, hiking, hunting and fishing, or ordinary cold days — with separate men’s, women’s and kids’ runs on the everyday side. Nothing is exclusive to one of those arrangements. A merino shirt listed for skiing is the same shirt listed under tops, so pick whichever route matches how you are thinking about the purchase and ignore the other.
Why merino, and what the number on the label means
Wool holds warmth even once it has taken on moisture, which is the property that separates it from a synthetic base layer on a long cold day, and merino fibre is fine enough that it does not scratch the way older wool underwear did. The property people notice first, though, is that it resists odour on its own — useful at a rink, where kit rarely gets a proper chance to dry. Each piece states a GSM figure, grams per square metre, and that is the number to compare across the range rather than the line name: more grams means more fabric, so more warmth and more bulk under whatever goes on top.
Washing it so it lasts
Merino is more durable than its reputation suggests, but heat is what ruins it. Wash cool on a gentle cycle and leave the fabric softener out, since it coats the fibre and stops it wicking, which is the one job the garment exists to do. Dry flat rather than hanging a wet piece by the shoulders, and keep it away from a radiator. Because the fibre resists odour, a merino layer goes several sessions between washes anyway, and washing it less often is the easiest thing you can do to make it last.
Sorted by use rather than by garment, the same fabrics appear under merino for everyday for winter walking and ordinary cold days, merino base layers for skiing for lift days, and base layers for hiking for long days on foot.