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The natural high-end DownWool Insulation is a blend of 70% high-quality RDS-certified down, which provides high insulation, and 30% wool from the Alpine region, which acts like a lightweight natural air conditioner. The combination is perfect. Nothing insulates as well as high-quality down. The 30% wool content absorbs any moisture that arises and thus keeps the down naturally drier. Down has a ve …

Darn Tough Vermont is a family owned, American manufacturer of end-use-specific socks. We design, manufacture, sell, and promote the most comfortable, durable, and best-fitting socks available in the market today. This promise is backed up by our unconditional lifetime guarantee:  if you can wear out our socks, we will replace them free of charge. Yarn is just yarn. Machines are just machines …

Wool is used in outdoor gear as an insulator, usually found in lightweight baselayer garments. Merino is the most popular type of wool used in outdoor clothing. Lanolin, a waxy substance secreted by wool-bearing animals, gives Wool a special property; if you're working hard on the hills, building up a sweat and wearing wool, when the wool garment dries there's almost no odour left behind from your …