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luke213:
So guys I'm curious I haven't owned a combat shirt with the wicking type material in the middle. Never saw them until I came back to airsoft last year but curious how well they work.

I got heat exhaustion back around 8 years ago while I was down in Texas and since I've never been able to take the heat very well at all. Before that it never bothered me. But now if the sun is out and its above 70 I can get dizzy and have issues. Obviously this has been an issue with airsoft during the warm months thankfully not during the winter months playing.

None the less it's warming up and playing yesterday in the mid 70's I could tell it was starting to effect me some. So I'm looking at more options.

Last year I ran ice packs on my inside pouches in my vest when it was really hot and that helped some. But yesterday I started thinking about combat shirts. It seems I'm more sensitive to sun than heat. So I tend to wear thin long sleeves but with bdu tops they are fairly heavy material at least compared to button up shirts I normally wear. And typically that means I'll wear an od tshirt or something like that under my plate carrier to keep my temp down.

But I'd love to hear how you guys like them and how they work out. Since I'll either be making some or buying them depending on price and availability in the camo patterns I normally run.

Take care

Luke

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VooDoo:
Personally I can't recommend them enough! Heat is the biggest reason they were designed. When you deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan there like gold. (At least for everyone in my unit) They breathe far far better than ANY BDU top I've ever seen. And I'd say if you can get the moisture control ones compared to the zipper ones you'd probably be better off. Hope that helps.

luke213:
Very much appreciated;) That's what I had assumed based on the look but after reading about them a little I wasn't sure if the center was comfort IE it was padded or something else, or if it was just some sort of wicking material.

Today since it's warm and I've been out on the tractor grading the road all morning I actually am using my silk weight ECWCS layer in place of a shirt to see how wicking material works on it's own. I suspect the material is something very much like the stuff in combat shirts. So I figured it might be a good test, and so far so good.

So I guess I need to start looking at them a bit closer and figure out getting some. Since I'm hoping to go to some larger events this year and I'd rather not have so much issue with heat;)

Thanks again!

Luke

Cats:
It's like wearing a T-Shirt but you get the added benefits of have strong BDU sleeves for crawling and protecting from thorns and debris.

DriFire fabric is the standard body fabric in Crye and USMC FROG shirts; it's just like t-shirt material but fire resistant and dries faster.
Massif, New Balance, and some other name brands use a soft mesh fabric as part of the body. My experiences are mixed on those.
The off brands and clones you want to be very careful with body fabric. Some are made of mostly cotton, but there are some made of 100% polyester and other synthetic stretch/compression fabrics; these synthetics may not breath or dry very good and increase heat problems. I've had good experiences with the 100% and 50%+ cotton blends but they don't holdup as well as the name brands and fade significantly faster. I've had very bad experiences with the synthetics.


The BDU sleeves are not like they used to be in the old days, you actually have some choices now. You can still get the strong and proven 50/50 Nyco Nylon/cotton blend but theres a newer 70/30 blend that has been very popular. Highline brands like New Balance use very complicated fabric blends that are generally softer twill types. Offbrand/clones use a variety of things from 100% cotton ripstop, 100% nylon ripstop, normal cotton twill, etc etc; usually these fade much faster and get torn relatively easy compared to name brands. My 2 cents.

3-6Romeo:
I would highly recomend the Massif combat shirts. Loved mine. They're a spandex sort of material for the sleeves and the body is a sort of mesh/jersey sort of thing. They're really soft and comfy and keep you nice and cool.

I have an aor2 Allwin combat shirt and that one is also pretty comfy, not as comfy as the Massif one was though.

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