Quote Originally Posted by Zen View Post
I just got this
http://www.teamestrogen.com/prodSW_15204_1.html
Very nice, the fit is great. One thing worries me though. I like the way it fits now but the washing instructions say it might shrink slightly on first washing.

Anybody?
I've never had any of my smartwool shrink on me.

However, for the most part I don't put my smartwool or any of my wool in the dryer. I just hang them to dry. My bf puts his smartwool & icebreaker in a dryer on high without any problems (and much to my dismay he's put mine in as well)

I did just stay in a last week hotel and saw a bed bug (EWWWW), and after changing rooms - I washed all the clothes I had with me on high heat & dried them on high heat (supposedly kills any bugs or eggs) and left them on high heat for 5 mins after dry... I was about to cry because I did that to a ibex climawool softshell, an ibex shirt, and a smartwool shirt. Then I repeated that treatment when I got back home.

However, all of the wool handled it without a problem - no shrinkage.

The smartwool shirt did end up with a small hole. I've had that happen with about 6 pieces of my smartwool and lots of my smartwool socks that have developed random holes after a few washings, so I've stopped buying smartwool.

I like my ibex so much more.