So what is going on YouTube! Good morning from Chiang Mai Thailand. I'm actually
walking through my neighborhood of Nimman going to grab some coffee. But I
figured since I've been traveling for six months it was time to update you on
the four brands of merino wool that I travel with those four brands are wooly
Libertad outlier and unbound merino just a quick disclaimer though I'm not
sponsored or affiliated with any of these companies in any way whatsoever
I'm only going to actually endorse two of the products and neither one of them
have affiliate programs so if you click on their link and buy their products I'm
not gonna make any money my recommendations here are because I wear
and like the product not for any financial incentive okay so before I
started traveling I knew I wanted to travel would just carry on always after
some research I realized that merino wool would help me limit the amount of
clothes I needed to bring with me I cannot rave about this fabric enough and
I annoyed my travel buddies talking about it all the time so why do I like
merino wool so much in a nutshell it's lighter than most fabrics it's easy to
care for and it works in both warm and cool climates if you're interested in
learning more about merino wool make sure you click the link up here in the
upper right hand corner or down in the description so I left on my 12-month
itinerary six months ago with a bunch of marina wool shirts I had to buy wool II
won by Libertad which was a dress shirt won by outlier and two t-shirts by
unbound merino and one long-sleeve t-shirt by own mom merino I've changed
that a little bit I only have one shirt by Wooley now one shirt by outlier and
five t-shirts and one long-sleeve shirt by unbound merino so first let's talk
about the brand that I would not recommend woolly woolly is one of the
most popular merino wool brands out there because it's affordable and you
can get it on Amazon pretty easily however be warned it doesn't hold up
very well I had two wooly shirts when I left one t-shirt which I kept and
Henle which i got rid of because it just started falling apart the t-shirt is
actually falling apart and fraying but I use it as like a workout shirt
because it hasn't held up very well I just can't in good conscience recommend
it and if you want to get a workout shirt just get another brand of merino
wool and you can workout in it and wear it normally as a regular shirt okay so
the next brand is shirt I'm gonna talk about is one I would actually recommend
I just don't have it in my bag anymore when I left I thought it was a good idea
to bring a button-up dress shirt but what I found is I just never wear it
it's a great shirt Libertad makes high quality clothing and I do recommend it
it just didn't work for me for carry-on only but if you think a button-up dress
shirt would work for you and you use it I can recommend Libertad without any
hesitation okay so the next Brad I'm going to talk about is outlier I still
have the only outlier t-shirt I bought it's great it's held up really well
outlier makes really thick merino wool but even though it's thick it still
works in warmer climates I haven't had any
issue with it outlier also has a wide selection of colors which I really like
so I'll probably be adding another outlier shirt to my bag at some point
the one knock on outlier is the shirts are pretty expensive t-shirts range from
a hundred to $150 but if you're a minimalist like me and you only own a
few clothing items I think it's okay to spend money for quality so I definitely
recommend outlier and I'll put a link to their website down below okay just a
quick break if you're getting any kind of value out of this video you might hit
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they want to add some Reina wool to their wardrobe as well okay so I saved
the best for last my favorite brand of merino wool is unbound merino they're
just the perfect blend of quality and affordability their shirts are as good
as my outlier shirts but they're half the price you can get an unbound merino
shirt for around $60 like I said I currently have 5 unbound merino t-shirts
I have to black to gray and one v-neck red shirt that they just came out
with and I really like it because it adds a little color to my wardrobe okay
one pro tip though when you're in hot and humid climates you definitely want
to get black shirts I started with one black shirt and I added an extra black
shirt all the other colors I've worn show
sweat so if you sweat a lot like I do you definitely want to get the black
shirt option and that'll keep you from looking like you're sweating I'm
sweating right now in this lecture and you can't tell I also have a black
long-sleeve Unbound merino shirt and this shirts really great because I can
wear it in cold climates and it keeps me warm but I can also use it as my dress
shirt option I mentioned before I got rid of my Libertad shirt and I just used
this unbound merino shirt as my dress shirt I pair it with a pair of jeans or
the travel slacks I have and I've been able to get into most of the places that
require you to dress up to enter I've taken these shirts everywhere with me
I've hiked in Peru and Patagonia like I mentioned before there's also a great
video that the founder of unbound merino did where he wore his shirt for 30
straight days in pretty hot climates and didn't wash it and that's one of the
great things about merino wool is it doesn't smell now i wash my clothes
after i wear them but it's nice to have the option to be able to wear shirt a
couple days when you're traveling and not have to worry about it smelling or
anything like that okay so that's my six month review of my experience with those
for marina wool brands if you wear merino wool and you have an opinion
about it please make sure you comment below also
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