Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
That is just plain wrong. In drier climates the surface evaporation efficiency may trump the heat insulation, but not in a humid climate.
Interesting point. If you're sweating faster than your base layer can evaporate it then I'd imagine you'd be uncomfortable. I'd imagine the surface evaporation efficiency rises with price and given that I'm shopping at the bottom end of the barrel it seems likes it going to be a trial and error thing to figure out what works.