Hey what's up? It's Tom from Pack Hacker. In this video we're going to be taking a look
at the Cavalier T-Shirt. An ordinary-looking t-shirt with some
special coating on it that's going to help repel dirt and grime. To be honest with
you, when I first got this shirt I didn't think it was going to work, but it actually
kind of does what it says it's going to do. So let's check it out.
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So to start off with the look and feel - the look of this shirt is going to be similar to any other
t-shirt out there on the market. So they do have this grey version that you see
me wearing right now, and they also have a black and white version at the time of
publishing this review. As far as branding on the shirt goes, there is a
slightly scratchy tag in the back. They have their emblem on the sleeve here in
the form of another tag. And then there's a bit of a rubbery emblem on the back
side of the shirt. As far as the branding goes, I think it's pretty tasteful and
it's fine even though the logo is in three different places. It's minimal
enough to where it's okay. The shirt does have an interesting
quality to it. It's not quite as flowy as cotton, and is a little bit tackier and
feels kind of rubbery in comparison to other shirts out there. This is likely due to
the coating on the shirt. Now you do get used to this feel after a little bit;
it's not like I'm sitting here like crinkling around in this thing. You get
used to it. And it's just something minor that we kind of observed. It's overall
not a big deal.
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So we did a bunch of testing with different liquids and food items.
Threadsmiths says this on their site, and we've also found it to be true, the shirt will
repel water-based liquids a lot easier than anything oil-based, and we generally
found that to be true. So let's check out the tests. Orange juice test - even with a
super potent very orange juice that just kind of rolled off the shirt, which was
cool to see. Soy sauce test - when drizzled onto the side of the shirt it really
worked like a charm, but we also tried it with like a projectile force and that
soaked right into the shirt and started creating a weak point for other liquids
to begin to seep into the shirt. Now is there going to be a real-world case when
you have soy sauce hurled at you? Probably not unless you're in a crazy
food fight. But we wanted to test this shirt and really put it to the limits.
Sriracha test - the sriracha didn't roll off immediately due to its thicker
nature, but with a little bit of water it came off like a charm.
Mustard test - mustard is pretty thick and this worked well once we got a little
bit of water on it.
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Coca-Cola test - this rolled off like a charm,
even when sprayed all over most of the shirt. Red wine test - this worked well too.
There was a lot of, kind of little droplets were remaining because it's red.
You could see it on the shirt pretty well. But again, just some water and this
poured right off.
Guacamole test - I think some of the guac
started interacting with the properties of the shirt, and upon washing it off we
definitely noticed that the water did not roll off. So maybe it was a little
bit oily and it started to seep into this shirt. Ice cream test -
totally worked.
Ramen test - the Ramen just kind of rolled off the shirt and slopped onto the floor
below me. The shirt generally repelled an entire cup of broth and all the noodles.
(the reaction from Lauren is also awesome) Pizza test - just gross! This was one of
the grossest tests. I thought the oil on the pizza would do
more damage to the shirt, but it ended up washing off decently with a little bit of water.
Okay so some of these tests are a little bit ridiculous. And unless you're
living a crazy lifestyle where you have a food fight everyday, in which case
please comment below and let me know what you do for a living. But we really
wanted to kind of put this shirt to the test and see how it interacted with
different liquids, different solids, whether it's oil or water-based. So
generally we came up with a couple of observations. Number one - oilier products
tended to seep into the shirt a little bit more compared to water-based
products. So a lot of the water-based, it just kind of rolled off the shirt
and it was pretty easy. Number two - if liquids were thrown by force onto the
shirt, those tended to penetrate the coating a little bit more versus if
they're just kind of drizzled on top. So if you think about an everyday spill,
if somebody like throws a glass of wine at you it's probably gonna soak into your
shirt and might even stain it. However, if you just get some spilled at you at a
party, you know somebody bumps you and gets a little bit of wine on you, it's just
going to roll off the shirt which is actually pretty hilarious if you think
about a scenario like that. So after all this testing I felt pretty
gross and dirty so I just hopped right into the shower with the shirt on. And it
kind of surprised me because the back of the shirt that we hadn't been testing at
all, that kind of stayed dry and the water just rolled off even despite full
water pressure from a shower.
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We were skeptical that the shirt would continue to work after a bunch of washes
in the washer and being through the dryer as well. So on tumble dry low,
that's actually supposed to kind of restore some of the liquid-repelling
properties of the shirt. And it still actually worked after that process. Now
how long will this last? Will it last months, will it last years?
We're not really sure. But depending on the time you're viewing this review, head over to packhacker.com,
and we try to keep that durability and usage timeline updated with our
notes. And we'll kind of keep track of it and see how long it actually works for us.
So thanks for taking a look at the Threadsmiths Cavalier
T-Shirt and we'll see you in the next review. If you like these gear reviews
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We'll see you in the next video.
[humorous outtakes] Easier for the shirt to replat, repel.
Water-based replel, replel.
So I was skeptible. Skeptible?
[snap fingers] That's a wrap [claps].
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