Under Armour

[geofflodal]

Does anyone else use Under Armour when playing paintball? I use the heat gear I use in lacrosse, and it's a godsend, I never get sweaty or winded. I'm just curious to see if anyone else uses it.

[Mrfxiitxx]

I dont know about anyone else but I just wear a jersey with a t-shirt underneath, cheap camo pants and knee pads. I've never really felt a need for anything beyond that.

Mr.Fixitx

[geofflodal]

Under Armour is basically a tight fitting undershirt, it's not any kind of armor or padding. They have cold gear to keep you warm and heat gear to keep you cool.

[Mrfxiitxx]

ah... my bad I was confusing it with some of the padding I've seen that people wear under their jerseys.

I've never heard of Under Armour before, do you have a link?

Mr.Fixitx

[geofflodal]

www.underarmour.com , it's really cool stuff, kind of expensive, but it keeps you cool.

[Mrfxiitxx]

nice site and I might have to check around locally and see if anyone has any for sale to check them. Definatly an investment that woudl be worth it imo when I'm out playing when its 95* out.


Mr.Fixitx

[geofflodal]

It's sweet, I use a short sleeve heat gear tee, it cost me 25 bucks at Gart Sports. Check sports and soccer shops, they should have it.

[MuffinMan14]

Academy has them. :)

[xLiLHockeyFreak]

Are these sort of like those body boarding wet suit shirts, the water proof shirts?

[geofflodal]

Sorta, but they pull sweat off your body and keep you cold, so there kinda reverse wetsuits.

[xLiLHockeyFreak]

Damn that's so cool...

[xLiLHockeyFreak]

Also Geoff, which type do you have?

[ZeroSkillet]

I use those for Hockey

[Azn_gansta]

i got some of the stuff that keeps u warm for football. the thanksgiving day game was like 20 degress with 20-25 mph gusts

[Surreal]

we sell UA at the store i work at.. i get %20 off :)

it's pretty cool stuff, the only ones worth getting are Heat Gear, Cold Gear and All Season Gear.. Turf gear and all that other crap sucks

[geofflodal]

I use the heat gear cuz all our games are freakin' hot, but I use cold gear in the winter, it's great for snowboarding. The only problem is that it cost me like 110 for only 3 shirts. And Turf gear, which I have, is long sleeved heat gear, so it's not worthless.

[Rock_Bottom]

do they actually work? Cuz I've got some shirts that claimto do that exact same thing, but they don't. I nice cool layer would be soo nice for those hot days out on the field.:love:

[CKYshane]

Can you really get cooler than bare skin? I think not. Until then, I'm completely supporting the "I have balls" style of play.

[Cadet2005]

In your first post you say you never get sweaty or winded...well, winded is not caused either by the exhaustion of sweat or bodily fluids, but rather by the endurance of the muscles based on proteins, not saltines released in sweat. So the not getting winded is not from your underarmour.

Secondly, it takes the sweat off your body to leave you cool, this can actually backfire believe it or not. Prlonged use (say an all day with it or constant running for maybe 10-13 hours) can result in your body potentially missing the signals of dehydration..if you don't notice sweat when you are sweating, you won't notice when you stop and potentially have begun the symptoms of dehydration. To wear this during paintball (especially in areas like in here in Texas) would be suicide. For something short like Lacrosse (short is a relative term mind you) it is fine I guess, but I question if this is sort of an undergarment placebo type idea, because if it takes the sweat, eventually it can become so saturated that it will encase body heat and therefore increase body temperature doing the reverse of what it is intended to do.

[krajoz]

ya i got under armour for hockey. it does work but isnt no miracle worker. u barely feel the difference but there is one. never used it for paintball but thats a good idea

[geofflodal]

Whoa there cadet2005, you're getting way to technical, the stuff does what it's supposed to, and when you're outdoors, it really helps, especially when it's under like one layer of loose clothing. I think it helps quite a bit, I guess me not getting winded is just me being in shape, but all the sweat I produce is pulled out by the UA and I've never gotten hot in it. As for 10 hour games, can't say I've ever been in one of those, so I don't know what would happen, but I think running for 10 hours would wear out anyone, regardless of what they're wearing. I've used some other knock off stuff, and it hasn't done anything, but I find myself getting cold on the field sometimes in 75-85 degree weather with Under Armour on. In short, it works, better for some than others, and I think it's a good investment, you may think otherwise, but I do.

[xLiLHockeyFreak]

Geoff, I think i'm going to purchase just one shirt. I play hockey, but i'm mainly looking at this for Paintball. Last summer it reached 110*, in the shade. Yes you heard me, 110* in the shade. I don't think it will be as hot this summer, but it will definitely still be hot. Do you think I should get the normal T shirt heat one, or the heat one with cut off arms? I'm thinking the one with cut off arms. Just want your opinion, thanks.

[geofflodal]

The sleeves on my tee shirt are really short, I just like them because they keep my lacrosse shoulder pads from ripping up my arms. They only go about 1/3 of the way down your upper arm, barely to your bicep. I know guys that use the sleeveless, and they like it, while I like my sleeved shirt, so it's all preference. If you're just going to wear it under a shirt, I'd go for sleeveless, it's probably a bit cheaper and why buy more than you need.

[Cadet2005]

Geof, I have worn bio-chem gear in 100+ degree weather (for the record, MOPP gear is NOT light and not conducive to evaporating sweat)...and I have felt cool. It is all in the mind and there have been studies done on this, John Hopkins did several in the 80s and 90s. Not sure if I still have the info lying around somewhere or not. Sure you might be hot but the only way for the body's sweat to disappear in a way that "cools" you is by wind which evaporates the water and causes the temperature change to make the body feel cooler...the shirt absorbs it, which means eventually it will get filled with sweat and will more than likely fail to accomplish its goal at some point...what I am saying is, like most equipment that gives a so-called advantage, I think a lot of this boils down to fact that it in your noggin...

[xLiLHockeyFreak]

Originally posted by Cadet2005
I think a lot of this boils down to fact that it in your noggin...

Well what's wrong with that? If he "feels" cooler, then it's doing its job.

[Cadet2005]

Except that "placebo-like" effect can hide true dangers if he becomes used to feeling cool...such as stopping sweating, perhaps the body's nervous system gets kind of "turned around" (hot is now cold, cold is now hot), all these are symptoms of heat stroke and he could very easily miss them if he is confident that he is cool and comfortable...

[xLiLHockeyFreak]

Originally posted by Cadet2005
Except that "placebo-like" effect can hide true dangers if he becomes used to feeling cool...such as stopping sweating, perhaps the body's nervous system gets kind of "turned around" (hot is now cold, cold is now hot), all these are symptoms of heat stroke and he could very easily miss them if he is confident that he is cool and comfortable...

True, but if he only uses it for lacrosse and Paintball, how bad can it get... I plan on getting a no sleeved one for Paintballing, and occaisionally for hockey.

[Cadet2005]

Depends on how hard you run, how hard you play. If you don't break a lot of sweat or expend a lot of energy and are replacing bodily fluids then yes, it might work sufficiently, but for most people I have seen who play paintball, drinking fluids is not exactly a constant thing. For some it might be all right, but I think it is not something that rally is worthy of becoming "standard" paintball garments.

[legendaryloser]

i wore cold gear last weekend to play when it was about 50 degrees out. It kept my pretty warm. i dont see any point in wearing the heat gear in the summer time...

[xLiLHockeyFreak]

Originally posted by legendaryloser
i wore cold gear last weekend to play when it was about 50 degrees out. It kept my pretty warm. i dont see any point in wearing the heat gear in the summer time...

Why not heat gear in the summer?

[geofflodal]

Wow, this thread went strange, I was just wondering if anyone else uses the stuff, I didn't want to debate how it works. Just to clarify Cadet, I'm sure at some point it would get saturated, and at that point I'd take it off and put on my other shirt. Plus it would probably take at least an hour of full out running to saturate it, in lacrosse, the longest possible straight running I could have is 12 minutes, and in paintball, I don't just run full out for the whole game. I'm guessing about 10 hours of either may saturate it, but I can't say as I ever have, or ever will, do either for 10 hours. I personally like it, and think it works, if it's placeboing me, it can't do too much, because I've never worn it for more than two hours at a time. Anyways, back to the topic, anyone else use it for paintball?

[geofflodal]

Oh, and Hockeyfreak, which do you think hits harder, lacrosse or hockey? I personally think lacrosse because we have less padding and we hit with sticks, but then again, I've never played hockey. Just curious.

[xLiLHockeyFreak]

Originally posted by geofflodal
Wow, this thread went strange, I was just wondering if anyone else uses the stuff, I didn't want to debate how it works. Just to clarify Cadet, I'm sure at some point it would get saturated, and at that point I'd take it off and put on my other shirt. Plus it would probably take at least an hour of full out running to saturate it, in lacrosse, the longest possible straight running I could have is 12 minutes, and in paintball, I don't just run full out for the whole game. I'm guessing about 10 hours of either may saturate it, but I can't say as I ever have, or ever will, do either for 10 hours. I personally like it, and think it works, if it's placeboing me, it can't do too much, because I've never worn it for more than two hours at a time. Anyways, back to the topic, anyone else use it for paintball?

You've never worn it for more than 2hours? If I got it, I would mainly use it for paintballing, yet a day of paintballing is about 6-8 hours.

[geofflodal]

Between women, school, homework, lacrosse, and all the other things that are ubiquitous in my life, paintball doesn't get too much time, but I meant that I've only worn it for like 2 hours worth of actual activity, we usually end up out playing for like 5, but I'm not always playing.

[DagNasty]

underarmor is awsome. I live in Baltimore, they're based out of Baltimore, it's a big thing here. I use the sleveless shirt every weekend. The material is very breathable and you do physically stay cooler.

[iTz NyaGo]

i use under armour shorts, not really sure if they're really effective or not though :|

[legendaryloser]

Oh, and Hockeyfreak, which do you think hits harder, lacrosse or hockey? I personally think lacrosse because we have less padding and we hit with sticks, but then again, I've never played hockey. Just curious.

heh..i go to a private school :-\...and all they talk about and do is lacrosse. its like the big sport i guess..... i guess lax it fun to play, but personally the guys at school have given it the image of like a rich prep sport....anyway...from my experience i would say hockey is a lot more physical than lacrosse. ive seen guys get hit in both sports but ive never seen someone get run over in lax like ive seen in hockey.

and about the under armour...last year my school bought the whole lax team under armour...bleh

[CKYshane]

Having played both Lacrosse and Hockey, I'd say they are about equal when played fairly.

Trust me, it only takes one boarding penalty to change that opinion, though.

[xLiLHockeyFreak]

Originally posted by geofflodal
Oh, and Hockeyfreak, which do you think hits harder, lacrosse or hockey? I personally think lacrosse because we have less padding and we hit with sticks, but then again, I've never played hockey. Just curious.

I'd say both, in hockey, when you get hit hard you don't really feel it because you are too into the game, unless you get injured, then you really feel it.

[geofflodal]

Yeah, lacrosse is the same with hits, unless you get hurt, you don't feel it until later. Also, lacrosse isn't really preppy unless it's a preppy school. My school is ghetto, and we have a pretty normal, but really hard-hitting team, we have all the penalty records.

[Enjoipaintball0]

I might get the Turf slide shorts. Way better than the Dye crap because this actually has padding.