Loop-wheeled What is it?
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I have 80's and 90's Hanes, Champion, Russel, Jerzees, anvil 'cotton deluxe' and some other ones all made in usa probably on more modern knit machines. They are mostly falling apart. Sure the fabric is soft and the shirts are still wearable. I guess I will have to wait and find out how loopwheeled shirts hold up over time. I think a lot of the PRICE has to do with nostalgia but also because of how slow the machine is. Sometimes technically things are the same but actually they are different
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i guess "better" is also subjective. I def. like the idea of a slower, more controlled weave. I guess time will tell if it resists the typical holes or stretching that curse just about every regular t-shirt I own. we will see
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I have yet to read or see any concrete evidence that supports that they are a better fabric.
This is something you can look forward to in a year's time if you pick up some loopwheeled goods now. I've been wearing an IH loopwheeled T every week since last June and not only is the fabric clearly in another league to most of the other shirts I own (the weight and the texture of it is superb), it has kept its shape perfectly, including the collar. Likewise, the Strike Gold sweatshirt I own is in a league of its own. So fleecy and thick while also super soft. I've never had another garment like it.
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@Sugar:
I have yet to read or see any concrete evidence that supports that they are a better fabric.
This is something you can look forward to in a year's time if you pick up some loopwheeled goods now. I've been wearing an IH loopwheeled T every week since last June and not only is the fabric clearly in another league to most of the other shirts I own (the weight and the texture of it is superb), it has kept its shape perfectly, including the collar. Likewise, the Strike Gold sweatshirt I own is in a league of its own. So fleecy and thick while also super soft. I've never had another garment like it.
I will just second this and say that I could close my eyes and pick out my Loopwheeled shirts and sweats out of wardrobe no problem.
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I dont doubt it guys. I have an IH tee and that Strike Gold sweatshirt and the construction is flawless. They both are new though, so only time will tell.
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