the least stinky of the synthetic baselayers?

I like my Nike Dri-Fit stuff, I wear the shirts for several days a week before bothering to wash them, workouts included. However, I can't speak to their stank performance for a 5+ day trip in the backcountry, I usually just go wool for things like that.

My FILA poly shirts smell horrible after just a couple days.

I agree with the DriFit. My socks are DriFit, and they can go many a hard workout without smelling too adversely. I've also had some good experiences with polygiene, specifically the echo shirts from OR.

Something that I can state with certainty is that my UA running shorts smell HORRID after a workout or two. The type of horrid where you want to throw them in a corner far, far from everything else.

Some people have said polygiene but they also have said visa endurance and some other anti stench methods before that did not work.

Well, I should add I do not mean they'll never stink.

I just mean that, in my experience with workout clothes, it takes a little bit more work to get them to that point.

I think any discussion about the stinkiness of synthetic layers should be taken in shades of grey. It's going to smell after a while. It's inevitable. It's just that, from my example, the UA running shorts were horrible after one workout, and I can wear my OR Echo top for a week's workouts and the smell is still close to non-existent.

xstatic / visa endurance (when they had 8% silver or more) often they are 4% worked decently. This year I have tried polygiene (in Patagonia cap 1). It has worked pretty well, but not as well as wool or the best xtstatic shirt I had years ago, but haven't been able to replace :(

–Mark

Tell me about it, ugh. Glad to see polygiene is working.