ExOfficio vs Smartwool Underwear

Boxers or briefs? ExOfficio vs Smartwool. The best of both worlds.

ExOfficio:
17 countries. 6 weeks. One pair of award-winning underwear. (Ok, maybe two.)

Join the thousands of people who have discovered the ExOfficio travel underwear revolution. Just toss your Give-N-Go's in the laundry or wash them in a sink. Within hours you will have a fresh, dry pair of underwear. Breathable, lightweight, odor resistant and long-wearing, you will toss them into your carry-on for every trip. Soon they will replace every other pair in your underwear drawer.

SmartWool:
The ultimate foundation for layering, this brief features a smooth embossed logo elastic waistband and internal flatlock seams for exceptional smoothness and comfort.

Benefits:
Our lightest weight baselayer fabric for ultimate performance next-to-skin
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Features:
•Form Fit - Mid Rise
•Jersey knit
•Fully functional fly with contrast color bartacks at fly opening
•Jaquard logo elastic waistband with wool terry loop next to skin
•Flatlock seam construction designed to eliminate chafing
•Knit in Vietnam: 100% Merino Wool

Care:
Machine Wash Warm Gentle Cycle.
Do Not Bleach.
Tumble Dry Low.
Iron Low.
Dry Clean.

[gummybear]

oh come on fox, please model the underwear for us :o) hehe

[TheDirtyyoungman]

How about the smart wool drying? Can/do you put them in the dryer? Will they shrink? etc.

[Hiker]

The Minus 33 merino wool is also a great product.

[dcyphyr]

.."nice tight arrangement ".. That's what I like.

[Fengshawn]

… you’re the first person I’ve heard say to not wear wool underwear in hot weather…

[zooyou]

Interesting. And thank you for not modelling these.

[AJHart-egys]

Interesting, because underwear aren't really intended as an insulative layer. Your ass (and gut) get colder because they are covered in a layer of fat which has no blood circulation. If you hike in colder weather, both tend to be cold(er) to the touch when you're done than your legs, chest, etc. A microscopic layer of wool doesn't change that. Even with thicker wool base layers, they play up the softness and odor-resistance angles, rather than the insulative properties. Their weight determines that.

It's interesting that there are very long vids that go into great detail about the different materials, comparing various properties. But while it's nice to know about sweat-wicking capabilities, that's not the same as telling us they prevent swamp ass. The company that develops underwear that prevents back-crack-to-balls moisture from sitting there when you're done with the hike will get the keys to the kingdom.