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[729 fx]

Which would you prefer - a 100% cotton shirt or a 100% micro-polyester or a 80%cotton/20%polyester when playing tabletennis?

For me due to the nature of the climate in my country, I will go for the 80/20 cotton/polyester type because cotton (even though it will absorb sweat) is comfortable while polyester will drain the sweat away.

[ejunkie]

Shirt? We don't need no stinking shirt!!! (spit)

[729 fx]

I meant T-shirt. Or do you normally play without shirts?

[varghese]

Good topic 729.

When I was growing up in India, my parents always bought for me 100% cotton shirts. There is a cool feeling to the 100% shirt. My father was in the middle east, and he used to bring shirt with cotton and polyester mix. When everyone else like that combination, I preferred 100% cotton. I carried that tradition until I started working and doing things of my own. When things got busy, I had no time to worry about what I was wearing.

I feel the positive energy when I wear a 100% cotton t-shirt. The cotton absorbs sweat as you have said. To me, cotton shirts keeps my swear away. Sure, I have to change it after a while to feel fresh. I really stink after few matches with cotton-polyester shirts.

Now I search around the net and stores for 100% cotton shirts. I could find only one line of shirt from XIOM which is 100% cotton. Everything else is a mix of cotton and polyester.

eJunkie, do you know any brand in America making 100% cotton t-shirts?

[ejunkie]

We at the club level normally don't wear tt clothes to attract attension, but there are a few who wear the old cotton tt shirt from years ago. I saw an old Yasaka shirt with Yasaka on the back. I had a few Butterfly shirt from those days that is similar with "Butterfly" on the back. There isn't much after that. We do wear some warm up suits or track suits however.

[729 fx]

What I meant here is not necessary tt shirt. It could be any T-shirt that you wore when you play tt.
I have a couple of old T-shirts like a Hard Rock Cafe Guangzhou 100% cotton T-shirt which I wore mostly when I played tt. Occassionaly I will wear the club's T-shirt which is (30% cotton and 70% polyester) and sometimes I wore a football (soccer for the Americans) jersey (either the Chelsea FC or the Man United one) which is 100% polyester when playing tt.

But because of the high humidity factor and the climate in my country, for me the cotton shirt is still the best when playing tt.

[ejunkie]

Because we sweat so much we usually bring three T shirts to the club and has to change at least once during club night......

[729 fx]

Yes, here I am 100% agree with your statement on bringing 3 T-shirts for change after a hard days work-out at the club. We sweat alot, especially now, which is the hot/dry season (till end Aug) and 2 shirts just ain't enough.