Gear Junkie names VOORMI base layers as some of the best of the best.
The Voormi Women’s Baselayer Bottoms Full Length ($119) is one of our top choices for backcountry skiing and splitboarding, resort skiing and riding, post-adventure après, and year-round camping. One of our favorite details about this one-of-a-kind tenacious fabric is that beads of water roll right off the surface, so these bottoms don’t get soaked.
In step, the Voormi Women’s Long Sleeve Baselayer Crew ($119) is constructed with the same material: Dual Surface precision-blended wool technology, which boasts a thin interior layer of fine micron-wool that pulls moisture off the body and disperses it to the exterior. That’s blended with a portion of polyester and nylon. The fabric has an average softness, but the gold star here is an extremely durable exterior.
Despite back-to-back usage, the pants and shirt don’t reveal odor. Senior Editor Morgan Tilton has taken multiple hut trips packing only these women’s base layers in a range of climates and conditions from gripping-cold blizzards to sunshine. Our sweat and any water patches dry fast. And the wool works its magic with regulating temps, so we never feel damp or clammy in these long johns or tops.
This blend is lightweight for the density and warmth provided. The material and seams hold up through arduous usage beneath snow pants and work pants in all seasons. They aren’t as stretchy as other baselayer options we tested, which we especially notice when pulling on and off the pants and in the seams. But we appreciated the inverse effect of not sagging. As a result, we don’t particularly like using the top’s thumbholes, which feel a bit too restrictive.
If you’re looking for a bottom that hugs your legs and doesn’t slouch on high-action days, these Voormi Bottoms are worth the investment. The same goes for the Long Sleeve Baselayer Crew.