Planet Earth Baselayer

The Merino baselayer built for every season.

£175 £35 Out of stock
Planet Earth Baselayer. Granite edition
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Size
Size guide

Model is 6ft 4 / 193cm with a 42 inch / 107cm chest, and wears size XL.

  • Built from ultra-fine and responsibly sourced Merino
  • Thermoregulating, fast drying and odour resistant
  • Four way stretch throughout

We experiment with some of the most advanced materials on Earth, but sometimes millions of years of evolution has done the job for you. Merino sheep are bred to survive scorching summers and freezing winters, so their fleece has evolved to help them stay cool in temperatures of over 30°C, while staying warm in -10°C.

So when you wear Merino fibres they respond and adapt to the conditions you find yourself in – either trapping or releasing heat depending on the temperature and humidity of your skin.

Built from a superfine and responsibly sourced Merino, this adaptable high collar baselayer can be worn on its own or as part of our Planet Earth system. It’s high wicking, breathable, odour resistant, highly elastic, and keeps you insulated even when wet.

Technical Details

Material made in Portugal: 93% Merino, 7% elastane
Material made with 17 micron Merino
Material weighs 160g/m2
8 laser cut and welded vents in the collar
Pull tab on the collar
Odour resistant
Fast drying
Natural water repellency from the Merino
Thermoregulating
High-wicking
Four way stretch throughout
Baselayer weighs 250 grams
Merino wool sourced from Australia and is mulesing free
Machine wash 30°C on a delicate cycle
Constructed in Portugal
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You can wear it from the Arctic to the office

The Planet Earth Baselayer adapts to life in the city as easily as it thrives running, climbing or skiing in the mountains. We built a high integrated collar that can be pulled up - so whether you’re in the Arctic, the desert, or the city, you can protect your face from the heat, the cold and the weather. When you’re inside you can wear the baselayer with the collar down like a regular top, but still be ready for somewhere a little more hostile in a second.

  • How Merino keeps you warm in the cold

    Staying warm is all about trapping as many pockets of air next to your body as possible and that’s what Merino is built for. Every Merino fibre is hollow which means you have millions of air pockets trapped next to your skin. And as the natural curl of wool fibres traps more air than straight fibres, the microscopic texture of the fabric itself will also retain heat. The baselayer’s engineering comes into its own in cold terrain. It’s soft, stretchy and high wicking so you can wear it on its own if you’re looking to go fast and light.

  • Merino keeps you cool in the heat

    Merino also stops you overheating in higher temperatures as it simply releases its warmth if you’re getting too hot. Merino wool has to keep sheep cool even when the temperature goes over 30°C, so the Merino fibre naturally absorbs the moisture from sweat and disperses it to start releasing heat.

  • Fast drying and insulating even when wet

    The outside of every Merino fibre is covered in a natural wax coating which makes it water repellent when you’re outside. At the same time the Merino acts like a sponge to soak up sweat and spread it over a massive surface area so that it evaporates at high speed. And as Merino can absorb over 30% of its own weight in water and still feel dry, you’ll stay warm and insulated.

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  • The collar has 8 laser-cut and welded vents

    The high collar is built for speed and practicality. You’ll find 8 laser-cut and welded breathing holes over your mouth, and a pull tab on the rim of the collar for pulling it up and down. The underside of the Merino is soft on your face and fast drying. The collar is highly elastic to fit different face shapes, so the second you want your mouth and nose protected, you can whip it up over your face.

  • Stretches with you, whatever you’re doing

    We built our fabric from scratch in Portugal, blending elastane with one of the softest substances in the world. These same Merino fibres are naturally elastic which means the Planet Earth Baselayer will stretch with you whatever you’re doing. They can also be pulled with a lot of sudden force without breaking and still return to their original shape.

  • It’s hard to make a Planet Earth Baselayer smell

    It’s not sweat that smells, or even the clothes themselves, it’s the build-up of bacteria on the surface of the clothes. Merino is naturally odour resistant – odour molecules are absorbed and locked into the centre of the fibre of the Merino so you simply can’t smell them. They’re then released when you wash the baselayer.

  • Why our Merino wool comes from Australia

    Flocks of Merino sheep have been kept for their wool ever since the 12th century. Bred by the Spanish royal family they were so highly prized that taking one out of the country would have you killed. And when the first 26 sheep from the royal flock sailed to Australia in 1797, even the ship’s crew gave up their cabins so the sheep could have them. While half the sheep died on the crossing, the rest became the start of a breeding line that would go on to dominate modern Merino production.

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  • Designed for the 510 million square kilometres on the surface of earth

    There are over 510 million square kilometres on the surface of Earth, and our Planet Earth gear is designed to work in every single one of them. Alongside our Planet Earth Baselayers you’ll find Planet Earth Pants and Planet Earth Shirts. With magnetic storm flaps, reinforced anti-mosquito collars, hidden passport pockets for hostile environments, shatterproof buttons and built in air-con, they’re built to work in every mangrove swamp, arctic plateau, desert or office on Earth.

    Read more about the Planet Earth Range

Size + Fit

The Planet Earth Baselayer is slim fitting. If you’re on the borderline between two chest sizes or would like a more relaxed fit as shown in the photos, we recommend going for the size up.

Size XS S M L XL XXL
Fits chest 83 - 90 91 - 98 99 - 106 107 - 114 115 - 122 123 - 130
Fits waist 71 - 76 76 - 81 81 - 86 86 - 91 91 - 96 96 - 101
Size XS S M L XL XXL
Fits chest 33 - 36 36 - 39 39 - 42 42 - 45 45 - 48 48 - 51
Fits waist 28 - 30 30 - 32 32 - 34 34 - 36 36 - 38 38 - 40