Merino wool is one of our preferred materials – especially for outdoor gear. Produced from a breed of sheep highly prized for its soft, finely crimped wool, it features next-to-skin comfort, warmth, moisture wicking capability and odour prevention.

Merino wool originates from a breed of sheep called the merino that can produce between 3-18 kg of wool each year depending on its size. This wool is extremely soft with fine fibers that offer temperature-regulating and moisture-wicking properties.

Unfortunately, some farmers breeding merino sheep engage in a practice called mulesing to protect their sheep from flystrikes. These are known to be fatal for the sheep and we do understand the need to protect the sheep against flystrikes, but we believe that there are less cruel ways of doing this than mulesing.

For this reason, we made a commitment several years ago to only use guaranteed non-mulesing merino wool in our products.