Quote Originally Posted by Yaish
Wool is definately a fantastic material. If you have to go out in the wet and cold you cant beat wool with anything else, natural or synthetic. I'm sure there is a reason those Scots use wool in so many articles of clothing, but with their beautiful mediterranian climate I just cant think of what it might be...
PV retains just as much heat as wool (well, I don't know the exact heat retention qualities, but I can tell you from experience that it is still very warm, even when wet). The reason the Scots use wool in so many articles of clothing is because (a) their country is overrun by sheep, and (b) they hadn't invented polypropylene 500 years ago. Polypro is a man-made material used extensively in outdoors clothing because of exactly those heat-retaining qualities and breatheability.

Andrew.