Allison Miller threatened to inform Roger about my posting a gear post to the Chaff forum unless I moved the information here forthwith! So here it is, Japanese mesh underwear!
Finetrack, a Japanese company that makes gear for “sawanobori” ( creek climbing ) makes special mesh underwear that allows perspiration to quickly leave the body while at the same time making water from outside run off like water on a duck’s back. I’ve been using one of their short sleeve mesh undershirts and underpants especially for use with my Paramo jacket and pants and Rab Vapor Trail smock. Because both system rely on active moisture movement from the inside to the outside and work best on bare skin the mesh underwear works wonderfully in conjunction with them. Pertex-Pile systems like that of the Rab Vapour-Trail clothes and those of Buffalo and Montane work best when one is not wearing any clothes underneath, but I dislike boarding trains to the trailheads here in Japan wearing nothing underneath, so the mesh underwear solves the problem.
The least no-see-um underwear might do is keep away pesky bugs! ;-P
