Where can I get mesh underwear for cold weather?


Brynje Thermo wool are significantly more comfortable than the Wiggy's mesh. I've been wearing the Brynje for the last dozen years or so.... they punch way above their weight class! When I first started ordering the Brynjes, they were the province of Bicycle racing enthusiasts, and were available on a limited basis if you had the right connection or catalogue. Brynje now has a pretty good online presence and pretty fast shipping.... and free shippping to boot for orders over $100....

There are poly based and wool based lines, and men's lines, Women's lines and some unisex stuff available..... Not all of their designs for men incorporate a useable fly...just sayin! Wearing Brynje next to your skin has a learning curve... if you have sensitive nipples, they can get rubbed raw .... more so from the Wiggy's version, the Brynje have a much softer hand to them.... and the Brynje wool are softer than the Bryne poly based fabrics.

These garments, used a s a base layer against your skin work far better than I expected. They punch way above their weight class..... If you've ever banged out a hard hundred miles on a sled, and got to your favorite stop for a meal, a little sweaty and kinda beat up, and you're sitting there in the dining room and you realize your base layer is getting soaked, and you know your gonna freeze all the way home..... that does not happen with the Brynjes... when you open up your layers and let them breathe, the Brynjes breathe!!!! IYKYK..... Yes.... if you open up your layers, someone 's gonna poke a little fun at you and your fishnets.... small price to pay for a ton more comfort on the ride home!

My usual combo is my Brynje's under a layer of Stanfields heavy wool longjohns , or my heavy wool onesie... If the weather is going to be above the single digits, I'll wear the Brynjes without the onesie, and a Stanfield's Henley or a LL Bean River Drivers double layer henley top....



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rockett88s said:
Brynje Thermo wool are significantly more comfortable than the Wiggy's mesh. I've been wearing the Brynje for the last dozen years or so.... they punch way above their weight class! When I first started ordering the Brynjes, they were the province of Bicycle racing enthusiasts, and were available on a limited basis if you had the right connection or catalogue. Brynje now has a pretty good online presence and pretty fast shipping.... and free shippping to boot for orders over $100....

There are poly based and wool based lines, and men's lines, Women's lines and some unisex stuff available..... Not all of their designs for men incorporate a useable fly...just sayin! Wearing Brynje next to your skin has a learning curve... if you have sensitive nipples, they can get rubbed raw .... more so from the Wiggy's version, the Brynje have a much softer hand to them.... and the Brynje wool are softer than the Bryne poly based fabrics.

These garments, used a s a base layer against your skin work far better than I expected. They punch way above their weight class..... If you've ever banged out a hard hundred miles on a sled, and got to your favorite stop for a meal, a little sweaty and kinda beat up, and you're sitting there in the dining room and you realize your base layer is getting soaked, and you know your gonna freeze all the way home..... that does not happen with the Brynjes... when you open up your layers and let them breathe, the Brynjes breathe!!!! IYKYK..... Yes.... if you open up your layers, someone 's gonna poke a little fun at you and your fishnets.... small price to pay for a ton more comfort on the ride home!

My usual combo is my Brynje's under a layer of Stanfields heavy wool longjohns , or my heavy wool onesie... If the weather is going to be above the single digits, I'll wear the Brynjes without the onesie, and a Stanfield's Henley or a LL Bean River Drivers double layer henley top....



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Rockett, as an aside,

what do you use over your face when it gets really cold?

I have a scarf and also a Wiggys helmet liner, but I was thinking about something Merino with a breath mask kind of thing.
 
It doesn’t get super cold where I’m at I mostly like the wiggys for moisture control winter backpacking. @rockett88s i havnt had a problem with my nipples haha

That was really awkward typing

I did a trip on November and they performed well. Just mesh and a thin wool shirt hiking.
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Dravous said:
the way fishnets work is to create an air pocket between your skin and the next layer. this allows the sweat to evaporate off your skin and then, as vapor and using vapor pressure, slowly move away from your body until it condenses on the outside of all your clothes.

wicking base layers remove the moisture from your skin and absorb it, keeping your skin dry but also keeping a lot of the moisture inside the base layer. this is why wool base layers are so good, they can absorb the moisture but are still dry to the touch so the moisture doesn't conduct heat away from your skin into your layers like cotton would. but it only works as long as the base layer can still absorb moisture.

of course there is some heat loss to fishnets because the sweat needs some energy to evaporate. so my guess is that they would feel slightly cooler than wool at first, but would keep working basically forever while wool could at some point reach a maximum saturation level and not be able to wick anymore, and then it would be much less effective. so which is better would depend on how long you were out there and what you were doing.
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Thanks! That makes good sense.
 
Brynje is nice quality and probably (close to the) top of the lot....but yes, a lot of dough for interconnected holes.

EternalLove said:
🤔 I may be willing to try mesh, but not pantyhose. Gotta draw the line somewhere
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Is this the wrong time to tell you, that Aussie lifeguards wear pantyhose?
 
rockett88s said:
Brynje Thermo wool are significantly more comfortable than the Wiggy's mesh. I've been wearing the Brynje for the last dozen years or so.... they punch way above their weight class! When I first started ordering the Brynjes, they were the province of Bicycle racing enthusiasts, and were available on a limited basis if you had the right connection or catalogue. Brynje now has a pretty good online presence and pretty fast shipping.... and free shippping to boot for orders over $100....

There are poly based and wool based lines, and men's lines, Women's lines and some unisex stuff available..... Not all of their designs for men incorporate a useable fly...just sayin! Wearing Brynje next to your skin has a learning curve... if you have sensitive nipples, they can get rubbed raw .... more so from the Wiggy's version, the Brynje have a much softer hand to them.... and the Brynje wool are softer than the Bryne poly based fabrics.

These garments, used a s a base layer against your skin work far better than I expected. They punch way above their weight class..... If you've ever banged out a hard hundred miles on a sled, and got to your favorite stop for a meal, a little sweaty and kinda beat up, and you're sitting there in the dining room and you realize your base layer is getting soaked, and you know your gonna freeze all the way home..... that does not happen with the Brynjes... when you open up your layers and let them breathe, the Brynjes breathe!!!! IYKYK..... Yes.... if you open up your layers, someone 's gonna poke a little fun at you and your fishnets.... small price to pay for a ton more comfort on the ride home!

My usual combo is my Brynje's under a layer of Stanfields heavy wool longjohns , or my heavy wool onesie... If the weather is going to be above the single digits, I'll wear the Brynjes without the onesie, and a Stanfield's Henley or a LL Bean River Drivers double layer henley top....



Hoooooraaaaaaah!
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Years ago when doing lots of Multi Sport racing, we (gals AND guys) both wore bandaids over our nipples.
Sure, we laughed and teased each other mercilessly when getting dressed, but let me assure you, nipples rubbed raw by thermal tops is no joke !
 
I've been going back and forth on the Byrnje. I know the poly dries faster than the wool but I'm worried about the synthetic getting smelly after a few days on the mountain. Any of you guys have/had the poly and the wool and could give us a side by side comparison? Just not 100% that i need to drop the extra cash on the wool set
 
The wool ones from Byrnje look fantastic. I bet they are more comfortable and will hold up well enough. These seem to be popular with Norwegian forces. Some Estonian and Finnish forces too.
 
cjc said:
I've been going back and forth on the Byrnje. I know the poly dries faster than the wool but I'm worried about the synthetic getting smelly after a few days on the mountain. Any of you guys have/had the poly and the wool and could give us a side by side comparison? Just not 100% that i need to drop the extra cash on the wool set
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I have both the wool and the poly from Brynje.... It's tough to find the mesh ones with a fly... so you'll have to get used to fishing around to find the waistline of the mesh longjohns .... If you're wearing a gun belt that can make you look a lil silly.... and then you gotta re adjust EVERYTHING whilst trying to look like you're not having too much fun... :confused:

because the poly meshies do not absorb any sweat, they really don't get funky... the wool ones do get a little bit moist... but you really have to do some serious sweating before you notice it.... my competition days are pretty well behind me.... I tend to not wear the mesh longies if I'm playing pond hockey... and that's likely the only time I'm going to be moving fast enough that I'll sweat more than adjusting my layers can compensate for....

all in all.... the meshies are really easy to learn to live with.... no funkiness... they dry pretty quickly... I hand wash them in Eucalan and squeeze them out to dry.... the poly meshies I toss in a lingerie bag and throw them in a gentle cycle on cool water setting.... then hang them out after the spin cycle... they don't take much attention and they're definitely more durable than some of the merino and alpaca base layers i've tried...

They are sized a bit small, as is common with stuff from europe.... I wear L and XL .... I'm 6'1" and 195 lbs with a size 36 waist....

I wear a lot of crew necks and button up Henley style shirts during the winter , so there's always a bit of fishnet showing at my neck line.... you'd be surprised at the folks who do notice that, and ask, "Are you wearing fishnets???" I usually respond by pointing to my neckline and saying it's just a high tec ventilation panel.... 😉

Buy the Brynjes... they work!

Good Luck!!!!


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And yes... I am wearing Brynjes in all those pics..... LOL
 
cjc said:
I've been going back and forth on the Byrnje. I know the poly dries faster than the wool but I'm worried about the synthetic getting smelly after a few days on the mountain. Any of you guys have/had the poly and the wool and could give us a side by side comparison? Just not 100% that i need to drop the extra cash on the wool set
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When washing polypropylene thermals that are a bit funky, toss half a cup of white Vinegar in with your normal powder/liquid.
Gets rid of the smell.
Not sure of the chemistry, it works, good enough for me.
 
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