Undershirts?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

Incidentally, I was getting ready for a football scrimmage back in August and my Nike shirts were still in the laundry room. No problem. I grabbed an older UA shirt I started football with and put it on. Immediately, I felt something weird in the stomach area and instinctively rubbed it. The shirt started "shedding!" As I took it off, half the shirt lost its "outer skin." I was bummed because it was a very comfortable shirt, but obviously had a applied coating of something to it. True, I'd worn and washed that shirt well over 100 times, but I just couldn't imagine that happening.

How were you drying the shirts? I never dry them in high heat and was concerned about having the fabric deteriorate. Maybe that is one of the reasons they were shedding. Do not know for sure, but might be a possibility.

Peace

[zm1283]

I got a McDavid mock turtleneck for baseball this year and it is very comfortable. More so than the UA or Starter stuff IMO. They sell regular crew neck and v-neck shirts as well.

[Welpe]

Thanks for the information, TX Aggie. I've been using the Wal-Mart brand for compression shorts and have been rather unhappy with their quality. They tend to fall apart literally at the seams after only a season or two. I wash them in cold water and air dry but they just aren't built to last. I will give the Nike's a look.

[Drizzle]

I'm a fan of Under Armour, especially since I can get it in a V-Neck. It's held up pretty well, I don't use fabric softener and I hang dry them.

Under Armour | Men's HeatGear Tactical V-Neck | 1005040 | $24.99

[Texas Aggie]

How were you drying the shirts?

Air dry (no heat) in the dryer, if at all. Probably 80% air dry in the dryer and the rest hang or lay dry.

Maybe that is one of the reasons they were shedding.

Its not. The ONLY piece of athletic or synthetic clothing I dry with ANY heat is my Sansabelt pants for hoops. If you don't apply some heat to them, and I dry them on low for only about 15 minutes, they wrinkle like hell. I don't get that, but its what happens with mine. I had to call Sansabelt to find out why they wrinkled -- they said they recommended some heat. I may have made a post about that on here.

In the early 90's I was probably drying the early synthetic clothes with some heat, but that ended way more than 10 years ago. If nothing else, static forced the issue. Plus, around 2002 or so, you could spin them on high in the washer and they'd air dry in 30 minutes or less. My socks are the only things that take longer, for some reason.

[doubleringer]

I would add that personally, I like to go with sleeves. I used to do sleeveless undershirts but ended up with pit stains in my stripes. As far as the V-neck, when in Rome as they say. I've heard in certain areas they want the v-neck. In my parts, I've never heard it mentioned.