McDavid or Underarmour?
 

do you prefer mcdavid, underarmour, or some other brad for 1. compression pants and 2. undershirts? and maybe why?

thanks

I like both equally. I think UnderArmor has more variety of products, but McDavid's products are just as solid. I do wear only the compression pants from UnderArmor. I wear compression shirts from McDavid and UnderArmor and like both.

Peace

Well Since You Asked
 

I was always a UA guy, I remember picking up some of their shirts in a sporting goods store before they became really popular. Then I bought some McDavid shirts and tights from Davis and Honigs, and I am mixed. They are both great products and you cant go wrong. I would tend to recommend the McDavid "warmer weather" tights because they are cheaper than the UA tights and have a cup pocket. I only wear the UA cold gear and love it. The UA compression heat gear shirts are excellent, and I prefer them slightly more than the McDavid mock necks, I believe they are slightly cooler and stay dryer.

Basically you cant go wrong with either product. Dick Honig said there was some study, and they are all equally as effective, just UA has spent more $$ on advertising.

UA hands down, except for one, single item: the ankle-length leggings. UA doesn't make one with a built in cup pocket; McDavid does. Therefore, I stick with the grey McD ankle-length leggings.

UA is my choice for the next couple of years...Great product that I get at an awesome price. Thanks to work.

I have skin tight shirts made by Nike, UA, McDavid, and some cheap "Wal Mart" brand. UA is by far the best. I have UA and McDavid tights and UA is once again much better. UA does not make tights with a cup pocket though.

I have UA heat gear shirts in blue and black and will probably also get some white. There is nothing like UA when temps are constantly above 100. I do wear the McDavid tights because they are good and the cup pocket position is great. Also the leg guards are easier to keep clean and smelling fresh longer when wearing the leggings.
I did send in a product suggestion to UA for leggings with a cup pocket like the McDavid's but who knows what if anything will come of that.

You're not the only one who has made such a suggestion to the UA folks. I've done it each of the last two years, and each time I got the same response, which was essentially, "Thank you, we'll look into it."

We can argue about it, but I have worn both the McDavid and UA tights in warm weather. For an extra $7-10 for the UA tights, I just dont see a difference between the two. I will agree, however, that the UA Heat Geat Compression tops keep me much cooler than the McDavid ultra hDc mock necks sold by Honigs, Lester's, ect.

The Cold Gear is worth every penny, though.

All of my stuff is McDavid. Never had a problem with them and their stuff works great.

The biggest trick ever played on the umpiring community was "here, layer up, you'll be cooler!"

120 F CA San Joaquin Valley Heat and you are wearing those things you feel your sanity slowly slipping.

Is it a trick? I don't believe so. I've worked in 100* + heat and extreme humidity--humidity DOES make a difference compared to just dry heat--and I've always worn UA undershirts (McDavid's on my legs due to the aforementioned cup pocket). I NEVER go without a UA undershirt. They've made a huge difference.

i just wear a mcdavid "interawear" mock under my shirts, in the appropriate color.
i do have a few underarmor short-sleeve shirts and sometimes i'll put one of those on for a very hot game on the plate

as for on the legs, i've only worn ankle length UA a few times. i normally wear compression shorts over a regular jock, since i dont like the feel of built-in pouches on those.

Most of us find ourselves to be substantially cooler and more comfortable wearing them.

The shirts are fine. You have to wear an undershirt pretty much, so why not? I wasnt talking about the shirts but probably wasnt clear. I dont know that they are much cooler, but I wear them too.

The pants are hell in real heat If you are working an entire day several games in abnormally high heat, for me - those compression pants were the worst. I was noticeably cooler when I stopped believing the BS that layering up in the heat makes you cooler and stopped wearing the compression pants.

Somewhere, some guy said "Hey, I'm going to invent skin tight compression pants and tell people that if they wear them under their normal clothes they will be cooler"

His buddy told him "No one is going to believe that, people have been wearing long johns in the winter a long time to keep you warm. Everyone knows more clothes = more hot"

"I'll put it on the label that it makes you cooler and draw an arrow showing them how it makes you cooler, they will buy it"

"It will never work"

But he was wrong, it did work.

i'm not sure i agree with you sir...the technology out there for both hot and cold is pretty amazing...though i'm sure each person's body reacts a little differently to different elements..

You're drinking the Kool-Aid here. We don't insulate houses only in the winter then yank it out in the summer to make the house cooler. Proper layering will keep you cooler in the summer.

Amen...thank you for the articulation.

I don't disagree with the thought that these products can aid in cooling the human body (they do so by wicking the sweat away) but the analogy to insulation in a house is is a poor one. In the summer the house is cooled from the inside. The insulation keeps the cool air in the house.

that is if you choose to cool your house from the inside...my house stays plenty cool in the summer if I don't open the shades during peak sun...i also believe that insulation keeps cool air in...and warm air out...to a point of course...

and I do think at this point we're splitting hairs...it's personal preference...

For those who think layering or additional clothes make things hotter, consider why those who dwell in the desert wear layers of black and not white.

not totally sure...possibly religion? either way...if anybody knows how to stay "comfortable" in hot weather...that's the part of the globe you'd want to consult.

Nope, nothing to do with religion.

in 100% of all instances?? doubt it...but i'm not interested in a debate about what nomads wear in the Sahara desert versus what an umpire should wear to work a game to be comfortable.

Did I say "100% of all instances"? No. Don't assume.

And you should be interested, because the reason why black is worn in the desert is very similar to why umpires wear undergarments in the heat.

i've never disagreed with you on that point...

For those of you that don't know, UA makes v-neck shirts in their heat gear line. The only thing is you have to go to a police or military gear website to get them, as they are from their tactical line. Same price, though, with the added benefit that the logo is the same color as the shirt.

I am afraid, however, that they only come in black and white (unless changed recently). But, since the v-neck doesn't show, those of you wearing light or navy blue shirts should be OK.

Personally, I'd like them to have their loose fitting heat gear shirts in the mock turtleneck style, like McDavid does.