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Title: KOM and SI Wool ?
Post by: anw0625 on November 09, 2011, 08:42:00 PM
How is KOM and SI wool for hiking?  Thanks!!!
Title: Re: KOM and SI Wool ?
Post by: Walt Francis on November 09, 2011, 09:42:00 PM
Heavy
Title: Re: KOM and SI Wool ?
Post by: Trad-Man on November 09, 2011, 10:00:00 PM
I don't know anything about SI but I have plenty of KOM.  They have two weights.  Their lightweight wool is warm, breaths very well and isn't heavy at all.  If I am hiking in the fall all I wear underneath is some silk underwear.
Title: Re: KOM and SI Wool ?
Post by: Steve O on November 09, 2011, 10:51:00 PM
Walt...   :laughing:
Title: Re: KOM and SI Wool ?
Post by: cacciatore on November 10, 2011, 08:25:00 AM
I wear my KOM when hunting the Rockies for the last 20 years,when I climb in cold weather is the only thing I can wear without sweating,I can't wear syntetic when I climb.
Title: Re: KOM and SI Wool ?
Post by: YORNOC on November 10, 2011, 09:20:00 AM
I've had every KOM piece all the way back to when the "ten ring" was still made, including glove and gauntlets, gaiters, etc..  Great stuff,versatile, tough, it is a bit heavy, but IMHO, not worth THAT hefty price tag. I do like the omni lite, the only pieces I still own are the bun lites and the hooded anorak. Just WAAAYYYY too much money. Plenty of alternatives much more reasonably priced.