MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CCC Outdoors have/had Regatta ones for £3 each. They have some cotton in the weave, but I've not found their performance to be any worse than any other t-shirt. I tend to overwhelm all anyway and it's not that unusual for me to have to cope with ones that are still wet the next morning - though that can depend on temps and RH overnight.

No, wicking t-shirts draw moisture by absorbing water progressively through the fibres and weave of the fabric. Materials like lifa and versa have, in effect, tiny tubes caused by the polypropolene filament that suck water through the garment using surface tension.

It ain't cheap but it works! I've been running in a lifa and had sweat droplets beading on the outside with dry skin underneath. It absorbs nothing perhaps you should try it 'skanky'

Thanks Jim, I might well do.

I hate dryflo. I got a dryflo top cheap from an outlet. I got a craghoppers one even cheaper.

The craghoppers one is far superior-it feels nicer against the skin and doesn't smell as much.

I think most sports baselayers will wick well enough. Brand name doesn't necessarily count for much. I think the real test is how easily they smell-some of these things smell awful after a days use-and I never normally suffer much from this kind of problem. This is where more expensive wool and x-static tops might be worth it, but depends on your budget.

But for bog standard polypro top, I say there is little difference between the more expensive branded ones and cheaper ones. Choose one that feels nice agains the skin.

Dryflo is a rip-off.