I recently got some “tech” clothes – clothes from a sporting goods store made with high-tech materials which have certain superior characteristics valuable to those involved in phyical activities and excercise.
While they may have superior characteristics, there is one downside: they tend to get stinky very fast. With my cotton or cotton-blended fabrics which have mostly cotton in them this is not really a problem. They just don’t get stinky, even after sweating in them a moderate amount. And, when they do get stinky, its not overwhelming.
I was uncertain about how to deal with my new tech apparel but after a lot of searching I did find one really useful site with information about why these fabrics are as they are and how to care for them:
The Care and Feeding of Tech Shirts at runningtimes.com
One issue for me is that I wash all my clothes at home by hand. I cannot stand sitting in a laundromat waiting for a stupid machine to finish. Yet these tech fabrics are essentially designed to be washed frequently. In fact, they should really be washed as soon after a sweaty workout as possible to prevent the bacterial growth from getting out of control and the stink from possibly becoming embedded in the fabric. I even have one synthetic fiber vest which is supposed to be dried in a drier in order to properly fluff the fibers after washing.
If I can save up I would like to get a small washing machine like the LG model below which is ideal for smaller living spaces. It has a 2.3 cubic feet capacity which is small, but not too small. I just think this washing machine is so cool!
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