Today I decided to try out some new long johns to see how well they keep me dry when I sweat. It was warm today but the humidity was around 100% so any sweat that I produced was not going to evaporate very fast. I figured it was a good day for DUCKS.

So I put on these tops and bottoms and wore some synthetic socks and drove over to the hardware store and went for a power walk. After walking up and down each and every ail I noticed that I was dry and not feeling any sweat at all.

These are compression fit style similar to the UnderArmor type long johns but not nearly as expensive. These sell for about 17 to 20 for a top and about the same price for the bottoms.

I like them better than the Rockeys that I've been trying out. I have two types of the Rockey Long Johns from Walmart. But the heavy duty Rockey for cold weather and low activity still feels clammy on my when I wear them. And the lighter type from Rockey Midweight made me feel a bit cooler than I liked.

With each set of long johns the air temperature was between 50 and 60 deg. When I wore and tried out the Rockeys the humidy was not so high and I felt wet and a little chilly with them.

I'll have to try all three sets a few more times after it gets colder outside and it's not so humid and see which ones I like best.

But I think that right now I perfer the one's from Target. I've never really shopped that much at Target but I read a few reviews about their sportwear clothing and that's how I found out about these Champion long johns and their mid level shirts and pants. I may get a pair of the midlevel training pants for walking outside. You wear these midlevel shirts and pants over the base layers long johns to help wick away any sweat or moisture from your skin.

These are all made with polypropylene fibers and some spandix material is used in the Champion brand.

Cotton is said to get wet when you sweat and once it's wet it loses it insulation properties. It has to have air trapped inside the fibers before it will keep you warm and once cotton gets wet it can't retain the air bubbles and you get cold and wet.

What you don't want is sweat soaking into the cloth next to your skin as that makes you feel colder according to everything I'm reading these days.

So if you are planning on going fishing this winter it might help to go with these man made type fibers in the base layers that you wear on the lake.