Oneten merino baselayer review

We test the merino baselayer from Chainreaction's in-house brand Oneten. It's got all the benefits of merino at a really good price.

Cycling Weekly Verdict

Comfortable merino baselayer with good features and cut at a very competitive price.

Reasons to buy
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    Comfortable

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    Odour free

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    Good value

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    Washes up well

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Reasons to avoid
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    Quite a loose fit unless you size down

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    Quite heavy for a baselayer

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Merino wool has become the fabric of choice for winter baselayers. It’s got a lot of warmth for its weight, manages moisture well and unlike synthetic baselayers is odour resistant. It’s also very comfortable. On the down side it’s usually quite expensive and has to be washed more carefully.

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Paul Norman

Paul started writing for Cycling Weekly in 2015, covering cycling tech, new bikes and product testing. Since then, he’s reviewed hundreds of bikes and thousands of other pieces of cycling equipment for the magazine and the Cycling Weekly website.

He’s been cycling for a lot longer than that though and his travels by bike have taken him all around Europe and to California. He’s been riding gravel since before gravel bikes existed too, riding a cyclocross bike through the Chilterns and along the South Downs.