Something I learned recently that I anecdotally believe based on my own experience is that synthetics get smellier faster, trap body odor and enable some types of odor producing bacteria to grow better than most natural fibers which I found interesting as all the exercise materials that are marketed as breathing better are synthetic or blends. I am not certain if there is a specific way to clean these materials to to avoid that but I have always found that if anything starts to smell ensuring that I hang it outside and let the UV go to work always helps but I am in Australia so our UV punches above many other parts of the world from what I have been told.
I just wear my synthetic workout clothes into the shower every day, hang them up, and I get several uses out of them before they start to smell and need to get properly laundered. Synthetic dries quickly, there’s no reason not to just give it a rinse every time you use it. Other than starting to smell faster, it’s vastly superior in performance to hydrophilic fibers like cotton. Only thing better is wool, but that requires cruelty, violence, and other abuses of vulnerable individuals.
Something I learned recently that I anecdotally believe based on my own experience is that synthetics get smellier faster, trap body odor and enable some types of odor producing bacteria to grow better than most natural fibers which I found interesting as all the exercise materials that are marketed as breathing better are synthetic or blends. I am not certain if there is a specific way to clean these materials to to avoid that but I have always found that if anything starts to smell ensuring that I hang it outside and let the UV go to work always helps but I am in Australia so our UV punches above many other parts of the world from what I have been told.
I just wear my synthetic workout clothes into the shower every day, hang them up, and I get several uses out of them before they start to smell and need to get properly laundered. Synthetic dries quickly, there’s no reason not to just give it a rinse every time you use it. Other than starting to smell faster, it’s vastly superior in performance to hydrophilic fibers like cotton. Only thing better is wool, but that requires cruelty, violence, and other abuses of vulnerable individuals.