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New-style wool is softer than traditional wool but it wears out quickly (~5-10 years of seasonal use). Traditional wool is scratchier but lasts much longer. T
by hedora 3y ago
New-style wool is softer than traditional wool but it wears out quickly (~5-10 years of seasonal use).
Traditional wool is scratchier but lasts much longer. Things labeled "Donegal" tend to be of that type, but read the description, since that's the name of a town, not the type of wool.
- _yb2s 3y agoYeah, modern ultra soft and thin merino wool garments wear out quickly, but even the old fashioned scratchy stuff doesn’t hold a candle to polar fleece. I’ve literally never seen a polar fleece jacket wear out, if they can handle many years of rough outdoors use by high energy toddler boys, they’d last hundreds of years of typical adult use. As a sailor, I’ve also seen the mind blowing chafe/wear resistance of polyester/dacron. Dacron sails and sheets (ropes) almost never fail from chafe. No natural fiber has that kind of chafe resistance. I love wool and hate the feel of polyester stuff, but durability isn’t one of polyesters weaknesses.