Playing tourist can be hard work, especially in the hot sun where you are going to break a sweat! Who wants to spend the entire day feeling wet and sweaty?

To help keep you comfortable and dry on your trip, consider clothing made using Moisture Wicking Technology fabric.  This fabric is most commonly used in workout clothing and sportswear but is now readily available in travel and trail clothing. Moisture wicking material is designed to pull moisture away from your skin and draws the sweat and perspiration out to the exterior of the fabric, helping your feel dry and comfortable. It is a lot easier for moisture to evaporate from the surface of the fabric rather than when it’s trapped between your clothing and your skin.

In hot conditions, trapped moisture may heat up and lead to fatigue or diminished performance. In cold conditions, trapped moisture will drop in temperature and cause chilling and hypothermia. Excess moisture may also cause the apparel to become heavy, as well as cause damage to the skin from chafing. The importance of this material is to make sure you are as comfortable as possible given any type of weather situation.

The transfer of moisture happens due to capillary action, sometimes called wicking. In clothing, the spaces between the fibers effectively form tubes, acting as capillaries to transport the liquid away from the surface. As a rule, the narrower the spaces between the fibers in a fabric, the more effectively they will draw up moisture. For this reason, fabrics with many narrow capillaries, such as microfibers, are ideal for moisture transport. This action prevents perspiration from remaining next to the skin.