Icebreaker Tech T Lite Review

Icebreaker Tech T Lite Petal t-shirt

Icebreaker apparel is known for its environmental friendliness, great wicking abilities, and ability to wear for several days without holding your nose. Their classic Tech T Lite wicking t-shirts now are available in more feminine prints, and I have been wearing the “Tech T Lite Petal” as a baselayer on some spring hiking trips.

Pros:

Very lightweight. Talk about a sheer baselayer… I can barely feel that I have anything on with this t-shirt.
No odor! This is why Icebreaker products are known to be so great… they don’t retain odor! After wearing this as a baselayer for a couple of days straight (on a backpacking trip In Joshua Tree National Park), I hardly noticed any odor. My other wicking baselayers do a decent job of keeping moisture off, but none are as good as Icebreaker products at keeping out odor.
Environmentally friendly! Icebreaker now enables consumers to trace exactly what farms in New Zealand their products are from. Each product has a unique “Baacode”. I was able to determine that my Tech T Lite came from 4 sheep stations in New Zealand, and I watched videos about each of them on the Icebreaker website. Cool!

The "Baacode"

Cons:

Crew neck. The petal print is feminine, but the high crew neck can give the t-shirt a bit of a masculine look. Just a few millimeters of extra curve would really make this look and feel like a women’s specific tee.
Price! Icebreaker products are pricey, and the tech lite t-shirt is no exception.