Experiment 168 - Runweight Merino Louche Shorts

Additional Information

Story

A lined knit short experiment in the lightweight and dry performance of Runweight Merino.

Fabric

Lightweight and high-performance merino. 17.5 micron merino intimately blended with a thermobuffering and wicking poly, to create a lighter (150gsm) and drier merino jersey for high exertion and hot weather use.

We’ve long been fans of merino. No other natural fiber has the ability to manage temperature, moisture, and odor quite like it, but we were interested in seeing if we could find anything that would work with merino to handle situations where you’re bound to create more moisture than merino can handle. Something that could wick and cool more effectively without compromising the characteristics of merino that we love so much. We honed in on a thermobuffering poly that blends hollow core and channeled polyester fibers. The hollow core fibers are meant to buffer fluctuations in temperature while the channeled fibers wick moisture over a larger surface area for faster drying and evaporative cooling.

The result of combining this is two fibers blended together to compliment the performance of each other with minimal compromise. The strength of polyester allows us to use a lighter merino, resulting in a fabric that is 25% lighter than that used in our Ultrafine Merino T-Shirts, while still having the strength, structure and drape we demand.

In the end, our Runweight Merino brings the lushness and soft comfort of merino along with the performance and dry comfort of thermobuffering polyester. It’s engineered innovation integrated with nature’s finest performance fabric.

Details

Experiment 168 - Runweight Merino Louche Shorts

Made with Runweight Merino, 50% 17.5 micron merino, 50% thermobuffering polyester, 150gsm

UPF 25

Internal pocket

Lined

Total weight of 180g (size medium)

Machine wash warm, dry flat or tumble dry low

Do not bleach, do not dry clean

Made in USA with Thai fabric

Sizing

Fits true to size.

Please refer to the table below for exact garment measurements.

Garment measurements in inches, measured flat

Size	XS	S	M	L	XL
Top Opening	12	13	14	15	16
Front Rise	8.5	9.25	10	10.75	11.5
Inseam	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75
Leg Opening	11.125	11.75	12.875	13.25	14.125

Colors

Flat Black

Default Blue