Quick-drying men's undies!
 

I know there has been some posting about this before, but I'm having trouble finding the answer. <BR><BR>For a 2-week trip to Ireland --leaving in two days -- where I know we'll be handwashing in the bathroom sink, where can I buy my husband some quick-drying undies in briefs (not boxers)? Someone else posted that Wallmart carries them, but apparenly only in women's. He's flexible, but not that flexible!<BR><BR>Thanks for whatever suggestions you have.

Retail stores usually carry this type of acticle. Do you have any retail stores near you?

yes, I live in a large metropolitan area with every conceivable department store. Specifically there was a prior suggestion of getting microfiber underwear at Wallmart, which sounded like an easy solution, but like I said, they only came in women's.

There is a travel outfitter called Tilley's (of hat fame) that make excellent quick dry undies for men and women.They are located in Toronto in the Queen's Quay mall but do have a catalogue, so probably a website too.

Abby, maybe you could suggest which retail stores carry them. Also, I'm curious about quick drying socks. Has anyone tried any that they liked and would recommend?

Try campmor.com - they have quick drying men's briefs - do a search on their site. Hope this helps.

<BR>Jeannie,<BR>Seriously, I find it easier to bring a 2-week suppply than try to arrange cleaning.<BR><BR>ON two-week trips I have had my dress shirts cleaned at the hotel to help keep down the load of what I carry, but having an extra week's worth of undies is a relatively light load and easier than cleaning and drying.<BR><BR>Your call to make, but I would seriously consider bringing the supply if I was you.

You people really can't be so clueless, can you? I was going on the assumption that this was a troll post but maybe I was wrong. The first thing that leaps to mind when I think of what makes a garment quick-drying is the material it is made from. In your life experiences, have you run across some fabrics that dry quicker than others? It really is not that difficult to find garments, undergarments notwithstanding, made of such materials.

Jeannie - try www.magellans.com<BR>(you can request a catalog if you don't want to shop on line) - they have all sorts of quick-drying clothing for travel.

This doesn't sound so much a troll post as the other one did (a woman who didn't know you could buy anything but cotton underwear--I could not believe an adult had never shopped for underwear in a store before) -- because synthetic briefs are not so common for men. For women, you'd have to be blindfolded to have missed that fact (or never shopped). It's the briefs thing that is the problem as there are quick-drying polyester blend boxers. <BR><BR>Okay, here is a great URL for folks who don't have good underwear stores where where they live: www.barenecessities.com <BR><BR>You can search by type and fiber which makes it very convenient. Calvin Klein has a new line of microfiber briefs on there that look pretty good to me :-) I am going to check this site out, it has Hanro, also, and some female microfiber brands I like but are getting harder to find. It has Barely There crop microfiber bras which are difficult to find in dept stores anymore, and which I love.

Promise me you won't dry them by hanging them out a car window or on the aerial.

I have no idea if this is a troll or not, but let me add this about "quick dry" travel clothing: Most of it is made of polypropelyne (sp?). This is indeed a moisture-wicking fabric and a quick drying fabric. However, it holds odor. Even after washing, if you had sweated a lot in the garment. This is a bit of a drawback, I would think. Particularly since we're talking about underwear.

Thanks for your replies. <BR><BR>I have to say that I didn't know what a 'troll' was before I read these responses. This is an honest-to-goodness question. I'm just sorry that I waited until now to start shopping for them; I don't really have time left for a product which has to be shipped to me. <BR><BR>Maybe we'll pack 14 pairs and be done with it.<BR><BR>thanks again.<BR>

I suppose quick-drying underwear isn't a bad idea but we washed cotton underwear (and other cotton items, like socks and t-shirts) in our hotel rooms a few times in the morning and they were always dry by the next morning. The key is to wring them out well and then to also extract even more moisture by rolling them in your bath towel.<BR><BR>In 26 days, we used a laundromat twice (mainly for jeans) -- each time in the laundromat took a grand total of an hour and a half (well worth it for the pleasure of wearing jeans) -- and the services of a laundry once.

Jeannie<BR>This is what we did. My husband took all his old underwear and some that he purchased at the dollar store for 3 0r 4 for $5.00. Pack them in a zip lock baggie. You can squash them down really tight and they are really small in size. Then he pitched the used pair each morning. Actually I did the same and it was great not having to tote dirty underwear around.

Why buy special underwear? I spent six weeks in Italy last fall, and I certainly didn't take a six-week supply of underwear. My good ol' cotton underwear dried overnight just fine; it's not like it takes several days to dry! Just do your laundry in the sink or bathtub early enough in the day, so by the following morning it'll all be dry. It's not rocket science....

Any good outdoors store sells them.<BR><BR>But all you have to do is once you've finished washing your underwear is roll is up in a towel and jump on it several times. That really rings out any extra water and they'll be dry in no time.

Try the men's underwear that is 50% cotton, 50% polyester. A previous poster bought it at JC Penney, and had success. I bought the coolmax brand microfiber briefs from Travelsmith, but they are very expensive! I got them on-line at a markdown, and still paid $9 per pair. They dried really fast, but I don't think I'd do it again.

How about some diapers for your hubby? No need to wash.