Shirts!
You're probably wearing right now.
And if you're not, you're probably at the beach
or just sitting at home on your couch shirtless.
If so, that's totally cool.
Anyways, most people wear shirts.
So, in this one, we're gonna be taking a look at
the t-shirts from Unbound Merino.
Let's check them out.
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So first things first,
this thing is made of soft Merino wool.
Upon taking it out of the package
and trying it on for the first time,
I found that it fit me very well.
I have a size medium.
I am six foot two, 175 pounds, and it fits super well.
One of my favorite things about the fit of this shirt
is that the size of the sleeves fit tightly to your body
so you don't have this weird corner
that's kind of hanging out, flapping around,
that you get in some t-shirts.
It fits super well.
Granted, I'm not super buff, but fits well.
The type of Merino that these are,
they are a little tiny bit itchy
when you first put this thing on.
So it's not something that you're really gonna notice,
but it's a different feel than a cotton shirt
or some other Merino wool shirts out there.
But to feel that itch, you have to, like, meditate.
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It's very, very slight.
This is the gray crew neck.
They also have v-necks
in the colors of heather gray, blue, and black.
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The Unbound Merino Tee comes with a little booklet
that gives you some tips on how to take care of your shirt,
as well as my favorite thing in there.
They tell you how to do the ranger roll.
So it's a great way to pack your bag when you're traveling
to keep everything compact.
You're hardly ever gonna need to wash this thing,
so one of the benefits of Merino wool
is that it doesn't really hold smells, right?
So you can go days and days without washing this thing.
I've personally gone about maybe 20 wears without a wash.
It does feel nice and fresh after that wash.
And if you do wash it,
you wanna hand wash it in the sink
or you want to put it into the washer on a cold setting.
You definitely don't wanna put it in a hot setting,
and you definitely don't wanna put this in the dryer,
otherwise that thing is just gonna shrink right down
and hardly even fit you anymore.
It might fit your toddler cousin or something like that,
but not you anymore.
The shirt is a little bit fuzzier.
It has a little bit more pilling on it
than other Merino wool shirts that I've seen on the market.
Unbound Merino does include in the booklet
the way to get rid of this
is that you wash the shirt with jeans,
with the zipper closed, obviously,
so you don't get that zipper bite on your shirt.
But I have noticed that it is a little bit fuzzier
than other t-shirts.
And another note on the durability is that
I have seen a hole develop in this thing.
After only about 15 uses I noticed it.
So that's a bit of a concern
if you're gonna be on the road with this thing
and you want it to hold up.
So just keep that in mind.
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Pricewise at the time of this review,
this shirt is sitting right around $65.
And that's gonna be
a decent price for a Merino wool t-shirt
and right in the middle of
a couple other key brands in this space.
So on the low end, we take a look at
something like a Woolly,
which is gonna run you about 45 bucks on Amazon,
and on the higher end, something like Outlier,
an ultrafine Merino t-shirt, is gonna run you about $110.
So the Unbound shirt kinda sits
right in the middle of those two things.
So to wrap up, some of the pros of this thing
are that it's a Merino wool t-shirt,
super soft, and you're not gonna need to wash it often.
In my opinion and for me, it fits well and it looks good.
Obviously, your mileage is gonna vary on that.
And the packaging is pretty cool
with the detailed instructions,
as well as telling you how to ranger roll.
I always appreciate little design details like that.
They make all the difference.
So some of the cons of this thing are that
the collar gets a little bit tight after a wash.
You're gonna have to wait for that to loosen up again.
It pills a little bit more than
other Merino wool t-shirts on the market.
And I did see a hole develop after only about 15 wears,
which is a little bit of a challenge.
Thanks for taking a look at the Unbound Merino t-shirt.
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for more gear reviews just like this one.
Thanks for checking this out.
We'll see you in the next one.
I'm not going to the gym every five minutes of my life,
but fits well.
What do you think?
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