★★★★★ 3
Great fit and comfort, tho large variation in fabric features concerns me UPDATE 2Y LATER
Size: X-Large, Color: Academy Blue (408)/Graphite
Have bought a dozen of these, and for the most part aren't disappointed: exactly what I want in a moisture-wicking workout shirt: sturdy enough for weekly machine washing (front-loader, no agitator btw) but light and enough airflow to cool when hot, but still comfy down to high 60F w/o an add'l layer.
Am a massage therapist so constantly work in conditions of strenuous physical activity for some parts of my work, in an office w/ A/C temps set to 68 -- cotton is pitifully bad at meeting comfort requirements for my use case; only wicking synthetic wear makes any sense.
However... one thing I do notice about this shirt, which retails for $25 -- not cheap -- is the fabric seems outsourced to many suppliers, who all have their own idea of how to manufacture the base fabric. Some are more translucent than others, some far more stretchy and Lycra-like, and a variety of what 'navy blue' is.
Largely this doesn't matter for me, as the dark colour reveals much less than lighter ones or white... but for anyone trying to conceal scars, tattoos, body hair or other physical traits you want concealed under clothing... the random chance you may receive a shirt with so much see-thru, one can easily make out physical details of the body underneath (especially in bright light as outdoors)... this may turn you off this UA line -- one star taken for QC issues.
Four stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ _
UPDATE 26 MAY 2026:
Have been wearing this set of shirts for 2y now, so can confidently claim pros and cons about the product.
Pros:
- generally consistent after weekly washes over 2y (front-loading machine-washed warm, and machine-dried moderately warm w/ dryer sheets)
- colour has stayed very colourfast
- surprisingly resilient to both constant on-off during the day (switching shirts between clients when heavy client load to help prevent perceptible body odour) and hanging on hooks to dry what perspiration does absorb into them
- very resistant to pilling -- which is not something I can claim with a lot of other wicking activewear
- logos even in second-to-hottest dryer setting have not melted or worn at all -- whatever formulation UA uses for its silkscreened logos, needs to be an industry standard
- does not in any way retain odours thru a wash (again, unlike many other brands of activewear I used to wear regularly)
Cons:
- the variation in type of fabric used as the base for this shirt, is the biggest criticism I have -- some wick moisture so well (probably UA's original spec) that it performs perfectly as claimed, with no apologetic action from me to compensate for... but others actually insulate -- causing a pool of perspiration to form between fabric and skin, negating its advantage over cotton blends. Inconsistency means it's a lottery on which of these shirt types you receive... which at $25 a pop is money I don't have, to spend for a company's lack of proper QA with overseas suppliers
- Related: some shrink, most don't. But again, the one that does shrink (esp if it comes already small as quality control drift within UA's already proven to me), is a $25 penalty per against this shirt, perhaps shopping elsewhere would solve. Can't face clients with the bottom of my belly sticking out, when it fit perfectly first bought
So more more pros than cons, but the cons are both showstoppers. Hope UA takes this criticism and actually improves the product as global nonsense jacks prices up everywhere, as over 2y they haven't changed much.
Taking a star for two showstoppers unaddressed 2y, so lenient demotion to 3 stars, since their pros don't require me throwing away *all* their shirts for showstoppers above, just $100 - $125 worth ⭐️⭐️⭐️ _ _
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Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2025
