Paramo Cambia T-Shirts

I love my Paramo smock, and I will never get any MexTex clothes again. No matter how "breathable" they are, they are by far not breathable enough to keep you comfortable anywhere else but at a bus-stop. And there, any non-breathable piece of clothing will do. Paramo is breathing well and the smock fabric is an astonishingly dense wave at a reasonable weight (roughly half the weight of a comparable MexTex jacket). In a drizzle, Paramo is far more comfortable than MexTex, and in heavy rain, you need an umbrella or a fully coated, non-breathable piece of clothing (poncho) anyway.

Yeah, breathable. It's getting warmer here (Oz) as we move into spring, and it's not so cold early in the morning when we are running. At the end of our last run (yesterday morning) I was dripping sweat from all over my face, but I still couldn't see any real moist patches on the T-shirt. Cheers

#ERROR!

I have often thought about Paramo but it is a bit pricey with a zip ls being about $85 shipped. Is there a cheaper alternative here in the States that may act similar to see if I like it?

I have a Cambia long sleeve that I picked up for £10 (cheap!). Comfortable and breathable. I sweat too much for any garment to deal with, so I overwhelm whatever wicking is going on. But it does dry quickly. More generally about Paramo… I have tried to love Paramo, and I still use a Paramo jacket around town. It IS freakishly comfortable, and it is great to feel dry but not stuffy. However, I don't bring it on overnight trips. Probably I'm not doing the proofing right, but twice I have had massive failures, where the material suddenly lets all moisture straight through…

> twice I have had massive failures, where the material suddenly lets all moisture > straight through… There is a weakness in all of the non-membrane fabrics: if you get it dirty then the surface tension trick fails and water goes through. Washing it with Sports Wash (NOT domestic laundry powder!) usually restores it. But the Cambrai T-shirts are not meant to be waterproof anyhow. Cheers

Any specs on?

Sorry, not known. Knitted fabric – can't imagine it would be especially susceptible. Cheers