Recommend a winter base layer please!

[Globalti]

I've got the ubiquitous Helly Hansen Lifa top, which is an ideal 2 or 3 season base layer but too light for the current weather. Used to have a merino base until Mrs Gti washed it hot and it shrank. So I really need a mid-weight base layer for very cold weather walking, cycling and skiing, with a zip front and a high, snug neck. Around £50.

Any recommendations?

 

[Noodley]

Slightly over your budget but very good:

http://www.chocolatefishmerino.co.uk/taranaki/blzipneck.html

 

[Garz]

I got a thermal base layer from DW Sports , nice and thick circa £20. If it's really cold throw over an additional thin base layer.

 

[Shadow]

Try the HH Ice Crew. I acquired one in feb - kept me warm during the olympics at whistler - and it is very toasty, even in these temperatures!

 

[uphillstruggler]

I got a thermal base layer from DW Sports , nice and thick circa £20. If it's really cold throw over an additional thin base layer.

i bought one of these too. used it a few times with no complaints.

 

[slowmotion]

Try the HH Ice Crew. I acquired one in feb - kept me warm during the olympics at whistler - and it is very toasty, even in these temperatures!

I've got one of those and it's certainly warm. The neck isn't high but that doesnt matter if you use a buff. Here's what it looks like...


http://www.simplypiste.com/products/HellyHansen/IceCrew-Black.aspx

 

[P.H]

Keep the HH and double up on the mid layer. I have a couple of extra warm base layers and it's surprising how often in winter I find them too much and then it's too late to do anything about it.

 

[Globalti]

The smelly Helly is fine in Autumn and Spring but I want to find something with a high neck. I have an old polypropylene top with a tall roll neck and a zip; it looks like a 60s ski top, but it's in a mess and getting very scratchy. It's also got half a sleeve melted away where somebody in a hotel tried to iron it!

 

[johnr]

I've been wearing a Howies merino base layer under a Ground Effect Baked Alaska shirt most of the winter. On the -10 days I've put an Aldi merino shirt over the top. I'd watch out for the Aldi stuff next autumn. I think it was £15, their sizes are on the large size and they comfortably fit over base layer and shirt. I wore it in the last -2-0 heatwave and was sweaty when I got home.

 

[mr_cellophane]

Aldi have more ski stuff on Monday, including Merino base layers

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/offers_week52Monday10.htm?WT.z_src=main

 

[Malcolm44]

I use the Under Armour cold gear on top and bottom. Works great for me

 

[BearPear]

Not sure what the quality is like, but Primark has some base-layers with their ski range. They are around £8 - £10.

 

[andrew_s]

This is my winter base layer (£45)
http://www.rockrun.com/products/Rab-Power-Stretch-Zip-Top.html

possibly a bit warm to be called mid-weight