Gear

So, having finally bought a bottle of Woolite (thanks, Poundland), I decided to wash my new merino layers at last (TehcnicALS and Powderhorn).

40C, machine washable wool cycle.  No problems; no shrinkage, no stretch.  Hung up on hangers to dry over the radiators.

Then I decided I needed to update my kit databases with details of latest purchases, which includes weighing.

TechnicALS top weighed 239g.  But I thought that it seemed a little damp, so left it on the radiator for a couple of hours.  Re-measure, now 220g.  So, yes, it was a little damp.

So far, nothing unusual.  However, I then decided to weigh it again, some time later, when the heating had been off for a while.  Now weighs 225g.

So yes, the living, breathing merino is releasing water and absorbing it from the air as it is warmed and allowed to cool...

Glyn wrote (see)

did you also get your scales from Poundland by chance?

captain paranoia wrote (see)

Then I decided I needed to update my kit databases with details of latest purchases, which includes weighing.

Scales are from TK Maxx (where else?), and are repeatable to 1g.  And I used a reference weight to check (i.e. a handy lump of metal).

So yes, I'm pretty sure it's due to the wool absorbing and releasing moisture.  Most things do it; nylon does, for instance, but not to the same extent.

Multiple databases? Well, yes: one for clothes, one for kit, one for climbing stuff, one for cookware, one for foodstuffs, etc...  Not to mention the activity check lists...