CarharttMen's Base Force Midweight Classic Crew

When it's cold, I think a smart move is to dress in layers. This winter is colder than usual. Which is why I ordered this base layer shirt. I'm glad I did. It fits well, is comfortable, and keeps me warm! And it looks great. So when it warms up I'll wear it as a stand alone shirt.

The fit of the shirt is perfect; this is the happy medium between loose fitting and skin-tight clothing. I'm wearing a medium size, and I'm 5'9" tall, 165 lb, 39" chest, 32" waist for reference. I was worried that the shirt was polyester and NOT cotton. A lot of polyester clothing has a tacky shininess to it. However, if you see this in real life, and maybe you can tell from the pictures, but it looks like it can pass for cotton. The shirt is pretty low friction, and combine that with the thumb loops, and it makes it really easy to slip outerwear on top. The thumb loops are stretchy/elastic, and they retract back into the sleeve when not in use. In terms of looks and fashion, the shirt exudes a simple, no-nonsense, clean dad sort of look. The seams look nice and add character to an otherwise plain shirt.One important thing to note is that there are two VERY DIFFERENT styles to choose from: the square waffles, and the diamond waffles. The negative reviews all seem to stem from the diamond patterned waffles. The one I have on is the square patterned waffles.The one thing people have been saying negatively about this thermal, and it's true, is that the cloth is relatively thin and lightweight. However, it still somehow does a surprisingly good job of keeping warm air in and cold air out. I've tested this outdoors while running, and while my hands were getting numb from the cold, I was still warm. I'll update this review later if the shirt gets any wear and tear over time.

Thin enough to wear as a regular shirt. Too expensive. Probably because of the brand name.

Nice fit and material feels good but for a carhartt product the material is pretty thin I would expect it to be made thicker.

First, I've tried to attach a few pics to generally show what the fit is like -- a little loose for a thermal layer but in a comfortable way while still being plenty warm. I'm built a little big right now, and please forgive the blur, it was tough to get a good angle and take a pic the shirt on myself. That said, I also included two pics, flash and without, to show the waffle pattern. I saw a few reviews which mentioned that this shirt no longer was shipping with with waffle pattern and instead some cheap poly-based material. This is false, at least for the black one I ordered.This is by far the most comfortable base layer shirt I've ever owned, I want to wear this all day, every day. The only reason I haven't gone back and bought literally five more of these is because I'm in the process of loosing weight and not sure if I'll still be an XL or go down to an L when I'm finished. Otherwise, if you're looking at this shirt, just buy the damn thing. The fit, material, quality of build, price for what you get... everything I could comment on is 10/10. One of my favorite shirts in my wardrobe, and will be buying enough for me to wear one every day of the week once I get down to my weight goal. LOVE THIS SHIRT!

Perfect for cool summer ,fall and winter day-nite 😎 don't shrink last about a year with heavey use kinda over price for the Materials an thickness of it. Mainly paying for the name .

Size L fits well as you can see in my picture I am 5'10 170 lb. The only thing that I don't like is that it seems to run about a whole inch shorter than other brands that I have purchased in the past while this isn't the deal breaker I would like there to be a little bit more to tuck in so that it doesn't come out so easily but it's polyester and that's a plus because it dries easy. I found that it also looks nice enough to wear it as a standalone winter shirt as opposed to only a base layer. I highly recommend this product and I would also rate the matching bottoms the same.

Great fit, feel and look

great

Excelente material y terminado del producto

This is for my partner to use while riding an ebike in the colder weather.

Husband works outside this is brilliant for him

Loved the quality of Carhartt and my husband especially loved the loops at the base of the sleeve to keep the shirt from slipping upward. And perfect for layering too!