Under armour to keep you cool. -- myArmoury.com

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Thu 04 Aug, 2005 4:09 pm Post subject: Under armour to keep you cool.

Just bought some under armour " Brand " tee shirts, one sleeveless and the other longsleeved.

Supposed to keep you cool under hot and difficult conditions for general sporting use.

I mention them here because this type of cloth that wick sweat away from the skin is supposed to help keep you cooler when wearing a Gambison and armour.

Just bought it and wearing it now as I type and it does feel cool ! will wear outside tomorrow and to the gym and will see if it does the job.

Not " historical " for the LH people but who has to know what you have under your armour if it keeps you from getting heat stroke. Razz

Here is the web site if you want to have a look: http://www.underarmour.com/

Patrick Kelly · Posted: Thu 04 Aug, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject:

Those things were originally designed to be worn underneath body armor. I've tried them and think it's like wearing a garbage bag! Your mileage may vary. Big Grin

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Thu 04 Aug, 2005 5:48 pm Post subject:

Maybe my mileage DOES vary or they improved the product since it does seen comfortable by itself: I haven't tried it outdoors yet, we are having 100 F. degree weather and high humidity at the moment so if I use it tomorrow I should be able to compare to what being outdoors felt today !

Well the kevlar body armour is usually covered with some sort of plastic covering because wet kevlar looses some of its' bullet resistance. ( At least that was the state of things in the article I read about kevlar years ago. )

In other words kevlar armour doesn't breathe AT ALL !

A linen and cotton Gambison even with plate armour should breathe better than kevlar.

I will try the long sleeve version of " under armour " under my Gambison to see if it feels better than without.

Greyson Brown · Posted: Fri 05 Aug, 2005 4:12 am Post subject:

Patrick Kelly · Posted: Fri 05 Aug, 2005 8:05 am Post subject:

Steve Maly · Posted: Fri 05 Aug, 2005 1:39 pm Post subject:

Ruel A. Macaraeg · Posted: Fri 05 Aug, 2005 6:05 pm Post subject:

Steve Grisetti · Posted: Sat 06 Aug, 2005 2:05 pm Post subject:

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Sat 06 Aug, 2005 2:21 pm Post subject:

Ruel;

You may just have increased their sales of underarmour and as Steve said it might be the abs Wink

With a lot of us there is a risk of looking more like an overstuffed sausage Eek!

It does seem to work though to keep you Cool

even if some of us won't look as Cool

as you.

Ruel A. Macaraeg · Posted: Mon 08 Aug, 2005 4:30 pm Post subject:

Jeff Hsieh · Posted: Tue 09 Aug, 2005 7:37 am Post subject:

Hello Jean,

So does it work? I am actually pretty interested in what you find out. Make sure you do some exercises in it, enough to work up a sweat.

Thanks

Jean Thibodeau · Posted: Tue 09 Aug, 2005 10:19 am Post subject:

Jeff;

Haven't done any real work while wearing it and haven't tried it with gambison and armour but it does seem cooler when I'm outdoors these days ( Could be my imagination, but it does feel less clammy than wearing regular cotton. )

We have been having very high heat and high humidity this summer: 90 degree to 100 degree F.
Think Washington D.C. on a hot sticky day.

Let just say that 90 feels like 80 degrees ? Not scientific :loll:

The sleeless and loose is very good as casual clothes at least and was comfortable at the gym, the long sleeve close fitting one is O.K. if you don't mind the super smooth feel of the fabric and this is the one I would wear beneath armour: you might still find it warm but it should wick away the sweat from the surface of the skin making you feel dryer at least.

With high humidity it might not work as well as with just a dry heat.