Montane
Montane Men's Alhena Long Sleeve Merino Blend T-Shirt (drirelease WOOL, 11% merino)
- Weight: 6/10 How much it adds to your pack.
- Warmth: 5/10 How much the fabric insulates next to your skin. Heavier fabric is warmer and slower to dry.
Lowest price we found
£44.99 at Ultralight Outdoor Gear
Go to Ultralight Outdoor Gear Compare 2 shopsCool-weather hillwalking and scrambling, where Montane pitches it as a soft, fast-drying top
- Weight
- 200 g (not stated)
- Fabric weight
- Not published
- Fibre
- Blend
- Merino
- 11%
Where to buy
Ultralight Outdoor Gear £44.99 In stock. Free delivery. Size M out of stock in both Black and Ridge (the page's list of sizes in stock leaves out M). Its RRP is £49.99. Free tracked UK delivery.
View at shop: Ultralight Outdoor GearMontane £50 In stock. Free delivery. Ridge, size M in stock (16). Free UK delivery over £25 (its banner).
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Our ratings (out of 10)
1 to 10, compared with the whole market. Each says what it's based on. How we score
Weight
From maker's figures 6/10How much it adds to your pack. 6: A bit better than average.
Montane's UK and EU pages give 200 g with no size. 200 g is in the 200–239 g band, which is the 3 band. Ultralight Outdoor Gear lists 207 g for size M (199 g in S, 224 g in L), a shop figure that scores the same.
Warmth
Estimate from maker's specs: fibre (no fabric weight published) 5/10How much the fabric insulates next to your skin. Heavier fabric is warmer and slower to dry. 5: Does the job. Average for wild-camping gear.
Estimate from maker's specs
In short
Good for
- Cool-weather hillwalking and scrambling, where Montane pitches it as a soft, fast-drying top
- Camp and travel wear that also works as a base layer, with some merino in the fabric
- Three-season trips as a mid-weight next-to-skin layer
Strengths
- Blend with 11% merino (non-mulesed) in mostly recycled polyester, per Montane
- Merrow-stitch seams and deep folded cuffs and hem, per Montane
- Covered by Montane's lifetime guarantee against faults in workmanship and materials
Weaknesses
- Montane publishes no fabric weight, so warmth is an estimate, not a reviewed score
- Mostly polyester (84%): it behaves more like a synthetic top than a merino one
- No independent hands-on test found, so comfort, odour and durability are estimates, not reviewed scores
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.