How Wear And Wash Functional Underwear The Right Way?
When playing airsoft and doing other outdoor activities, it is crucial to know how to dress properly, so can maintain physical comfort and are able to fully devote yourself to the game. The best way to do so is to wear various outdoor clothing or thermal underwear, which allows moisture to evaporate and absorbs sweat.
Functional underwear is often costly, and as such it is very important to know how to properly take care of them so that it lasts as long as possible and doesn´t lose its properties. In today's article, we will have look at the most common mistakes associated with wearing functional underwear and at the same time, we hope to advise you on how often and in what way to wash and dry the underwear for it to keep you comfy for many upcoming years.
The Most Common Mistakes When Wearing Functional Underwear
One of the most common mistakes athletes make is buying an oversized thermal underwear, that doesn't fit their bodytype. Why is that a problem? In this case, there can be spots, where the underwear does not adhere to the skin, allowing the sweat and moisture to remain on skin instead of evaporating, so paradoxically one may feel cold even in the thermal underwear.
Athletes often layer clothing in uneffective way - several light layers, each with a different function, are often incorrectly replaced by a single thick layer. In this case, if sweat bilds up or temperature changes, they cannot take off or put on any layers.
Washing Functional Underwear - Hints And Tips
Knowing how exactly to wash your functional underwear can be a bit of a tough nut to crack. Simply follow these guidelines and you do any damage.
1. Label information is important
You may have a tendency to cut all labels as quickly as possible once you purchase a new piece of functional clothing. However, with functional underwear, it can be a double edged sword. The information labels contain are essential to taking proper care of your underwear. You don't want to ruin a brand new T-shirt that cost a significant amount because of careless washing and drying, do you?
Labels show you the degrees you can do the laundry at, whether you can use a tumble dryer or need to iron. These symbols are important and you should know and follow them.
2. Heavily soiled laundry must be pre-washed first
Have you returned from a real shooter and are you all muddy from head to toe? Heavily soiled clothes must first be pre-washed - simply let them soak in a bathtub or washbasin with a drop of detergent and then throw them into the washing machine together with the other clothes.
3. Before you start the washing cycle, fasten all zippers and turn the underwear inside out
Do not forget to empty all pockets, fasten zippers and turn the laundry inside out before washing functional underwear. This will ensure a longer lifespan for the inscriptions and reflective elements and prevent clothing deformation.
4. Use a special washing gel and avoid fabric softeners
When washing, first check whether your washing machine doesn´t have a special functional underwear and sportswear washing program. This program is usually more gentle and uses cooler water - therefore you could doublecheck the recommended water temperature on the label, and if everything seems to align, wash the functional underwear with this program.
At the same time, use washing gels specified for functional and sports underwear washing. These products can be purchased in a regular store, but pay special attention to merino clothing, which requires special care.
5. Less is more
For proper washing of functional underwear, you should always aim to leave some space in the washing machine - the laundry should be able to rinse properly - therefore we recommend to fill the washing machine only with ½ or ¾ of the way.
The less is more rule is true for temperature and speed as well - always follow the temperatures indicated on the label (usually 30-40 ° C). Also choose a lower speed (600 or 800 rpm) and then let the laundry dry for an extended period.
6. Leave the fabric softener and dryer out
When washing functional underwear, you should never use fabric softener - it could disrupt the structure of the fibers and impair the functionality of the material.
Also, do not tumble dry the laundry (unless explicitly stated otherwise on the label), do not dry in direct sunlight, as the colors may fade, and do not iron. High temperatures also harm the functional underwear and therefore use only as recommended - the gentler, the better.
Now you know how to take a good care of your functional underwear so it will last for many years and protect you from the cold and keep you dry. If you are not sure how to take care of a specific piece we offer, do not hesitate to contact us, we will gladly advise you. As such, thermal underpants are the perfect thing layer during winter.
