KOM and SI Wool ?

[anw0625]

How is KOM and SI wool for hiking?  Thanks!!!

[Walt Francis]

Heavy

[Trad-Man]

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.

[Steve O]

Walt...  

[cacciatore]

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.

[YORNOC]

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.