Top Rated: Saxx Quest, Löffler Midway, Odlo Active F-Dry (8.3 / 10)
Category: Baselayer Bottoms (All Season), Half-Shorts, Leggings, Tights
We'll end this review by saying we're genuinely confused as to why half shorts like those made by Spaio (the Relieve W04) aren't commonplace and standard in the outdoor world. Why Rab, Mountain Equipment, Odlo, Megmeister, Sub Zero, Mammut and on and on, all don't offer some variant of this item (a polypropylene, polyamide, elastane mix half-short with mesh elements) in their trekking baselayer catalogue.
The Spaio Relieves worked across all seasons and ticked all the boxes (set out at the very beginnng of this review) for high performance baselayer bottoms. Yet, finding such a pair, in a domain normally so abundant with options, is like finding a needle in a haystack. How this has become the outdoor world's status quo, we genuinely do not understand. If anyone has any insights, feel free to drop us an email. In the meantime, we're quite happy with the products in this review, we just feel we could be happier.