I LOVE this shirt! Recently I stayed up all night, partying at an outdoor campout festival. The low was 30 degrees. For warmth I had a big furry awesome hat, a cotton t-shirt, 150g/m^2 merino baselayer, this Apex Crewe midlayer, and a North Face softshell. On my bottom half, it was 260 g/m^2 merino long underwear with a burly pair of Arborwear pants over top. Most people lost their party spirit around 4:30 AM, when the cold got most bitter, but in my getup I was unperturbed and bounced around from campfire to campfire socializing with all the people in their bulky clothes who were still miserably cold next to their fires. The next afternoon when it was 60 degrees I removed the hat, 150 merino and softshell jacket, and I never got too hot. The following night it only got down to 45, so I dressed exactly as the first night except I left the softshell behind. My friends got really tired of me telling them how awesomely warm my wool was.
As for fit, I stand 6'1", 185 lbs, 32" waist and a 36" shirt sleeve length. I am quite satisfied with the large size in both my icebreaker shirts. The redram 150 has a beautifully tailored cut for my frame, striking a great balance where there's enough length for my arms, enough room for my shoulders, and little to no excess fabric flopping around my belly. While the Apex Crewe lacks this meticulous fit, it's long enough that I can shove my thumbs in the loops without feeling like I'm stretching anything out, and at the same time I don't have enough slack around the belly to shove a bowling ball in like most shirts that fit my arm length do. The looser fit also complements the tighter 150 well when they're layered together, which is icebreaker's intention.
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