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    Default Long underwear...

    Where do you find your best deals on base layers and long underwear? What online store or shop do you go to first when you are in business for it? I trust you guys to steer me in the right direction...i really don't know much about it living on the Gulf Coast! any advice would be appreciated....what to look for, what's overpriced or not needed.

    BTW...i will be doing a section hike this november in Ga....Amicalola to Neels Gap.

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    I like surplus polypro. Cheap and effective.
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    Yup. But a knit wool shirt with a button neck is pretty handy and this is the time of year you can get them at TJ Max for $20.

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    K-Mart PolyPro
    Gander Mountain Duofold

    Both cheap and servicable.

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    Walmart will have some nice thermals in their hunting dept. this coming deer season.
    "Every day above ground is a good day"
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    lonewolf says victoria secret has the softest for his sensitive behind. i agree.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mweinstone View Post
    lonewolf says victoria secret has the softest for his sensitive behind. i agree.
    I just had a bad visual........
    "Every day above ground is a good day"
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    Quote Originally Posted by mweinstone View Post
    lonewolf says victoria secret has the softest for his sensitive behind. i agree.
    Quote Originally Posted by FanaticFringer View Post
    I just had a bad visual........
    Ohhhh me too

    I shop where Rock shops btw.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SGT Rock View Post
    I like surplus polypro. Cheap and effective.
    Any particular site you buy from?

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    Quote Originally Posted by FanaticFringer View Post
    Walmart will have some nice thermals in their hunting dept. this coming deer season.
    I will peruse that this weekend...i'm thinking hunting gear should be hitting the shelves here shortly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by L. Wolf View Post
    Thanks...i looked at that site last year and have forgot about it

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    I just drive down to the surplus store.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flinx View Post
    Any particular site you buy from?
    Those come from the Army-Navy store, generally. There are grays and tans. I like the grays.

    The Wal-Mart ones are dual layer Wool and polypro. Warm but heavy.
    Just hike.

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    Quote Originally Posted by L. Wolf View Post
    Hunter orange fleece thongs? I wonder if they sell many of these...
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    I know it sounds dumb ( and trust me it looked dumb too) BUT in 2006 I took a dive skin (all poly, skin tight, long sleeves) and it worked great. Even on sleet driven rainy days it kept me drier and warm. I wore it 24/7 for a few of the 25F days/nights and was comfortable with outer clothes too of course. The only problem was you had to take it off to do your business. Mine had a zipper that only came down to waist so it made peeing difficult. Divers Outlet in Miami Fl is the cheapest I have found. ($25 one piece)
    It is a lot lighter than the poly-pro long johns I had started to take and WEIGHT IS EVERYTHING if you are going to make it. Good luck.
    OK Jack, LW, etc. go ahead and have your fun now, I can take it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FanaticFringer View Post
    Walmart will have some nice thermals in their hunting dept. this coming deer season.
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    I will peruse that this weekend...i'm thinking hunting gear should be hitting the shelves here shortly.
    Last year they had some silver-impregnated thermals that weighed pretty stinkin' close to the same as Capilene lightweights. 'Cept they didn't stink as bad and they were cheap.

    I wore them for work all last winter and loved them. No reason to buy Capilene, IMO, when you can get stuff like that for $15.00
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    I have used Lifa polypro, doufold, capilene,TNF, surplus and generic but although I HATE the cost, SmartWool is in so much more of a class by itself that it is hard to neat.

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