Formidilosus Thanks for the reply and all I can say is "well crap".
I thought that the easy solution for me was to add a synthetic layer (like the patagonia capiklene crew) under my smartwool or other merino wool layer and be good to go. But I see that is not the case.
So would wearing merino over synthetic totally neglect the benefit of the synthetic?
The best place for merino is as a second layer. If you don't care about it drying, than it is "warmer when wet" than synthetics and if you have a light synthetic next to skin then it's not bad.
