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Anyone else hate the feel of fleece or micro-fiber materials?
December 13, 2025, 06:54 PM
honestlouAnyone else hate the feel of fleece or micro-fiber materials?
I can’t stand it. My wife and two boys (grown) all love these super soft to the touch microfiber or fleece blankets, jackets, etc. I can’t stand to touch them. I mean I can do it but it’s an immediate feeling of “yick”! Very uncomfortable for me. And I’m sure I can feel a residue in my fingertips after touching one. My whole life I’ve disliked the feeling of velvet couches and clothes- way before microfibers were a thing.
In searching online I’m clearly not the only one with this issue, and I see some talk of it being being an issue when you’re “on the spectrum”.
December 13, 2025, 06:56 PM
OttoSigYes!
I hate fleece blankets and jackets. I use quilts for blankets and some other form of jacket.
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sjtillI have quite a few fleece jacket. They're practical, but I've never been wild about them.
A couple of years ago I discovered some sweaters from Columbia that are different. They don't feel like regular polar fleece; they have a kind of heather pattern on the outside, maybe fleecy inside. But warmer than regular polar fleece, MUCH more stylish; still washable, and they wear well without needing special care. I have two of their quarter-zip sweaters.
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December 13, 2025, 07:05 PM
pedropcolaJust call it turtle fur and it feels better.
December 13, 2025, 07:24 PM
vthokyTurtle Fur keeps a bald noggin mighty warm!
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whanson_wiI'm not a fan of fleece at all. I like the Michelin-Man looking down jackets.
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December 13, 2025, 07:31 PM
nhracecraftquote:
Originally posted by vthoky:
Turtle Fur keeps a bald noggin mighty warm!
AND, it sticks to your head like velcro!
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December 13, 2025, 07:40 PM
hudrAnd here I was thinking I was just weird.
Fleece I don’t mind so much, usually, but microfiber is horrible.
I was recently gifted some pajama pants. “They’re just so soft!” I was told. Yeah….i don’t care much for the texture. They also just do not feel … substantial? Maybe?
I dunno. For most of these applications I usually just prefer merino wool.
And I somehow inherited a microfiber washcloth. I do not like it.
December 13, 2025, 08:06 PM
400mI don’t recoil from touching fleece or microfiber but I’m not a fan. Velvet sucks. I’m sure I could come up with other things I don’t like touching.
Oh, I don’t like holding chalk.
Also, when I was dating my wife, it took her a good while to realize that she couldn’t lightly touch my arm or leg. Moving the hair itches like crazy
December 13, 2025, 08:10 PM
parabellum"
Just like I am with antique furniture and midgets. You know that, I can't so much as drink a damn glass of water around a midget or a piece of antique furniture."- Doyle Hargraves
Fleece, I like, don't mind it at all, but the microfiber stuff, I can do without.
December 13, 2025, 11:37 PM
XLTI can't stand microfiber towels.
December 13, 2025, 11:51 PM
12131quote:
Originally posted by XLT:
I can't stand microfiber towels.
Yup. They feel like you’re handling spider web.
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December 13, 2025, 11:58 PM
sigmonkeyHate it!
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xd45manI thought I was the only one! I also hate cardboard. I used to stock grocery shelves as a young folk and I hated the way cardboard felt. I wasn't smart enough back then to wear gloves.
My wife has been great about my dislike of those materials. She used to wear them, but she hasn't in a long time.
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December 14, 2025, 12:53 AM
ftttuMy main winter shirts are fleece and micro fleece. When I don’t like the cold SPF fishing shirts I wear during warm weather, it is time for the fleece and micro-fleece.
FYI, there are micro fleece shirts with the soft side on the inside or out. I have Eddie Bauer quarter zips with the soft side inside/smooth side out, and I my Melanzana and Lightheart hiking hoodies with the soft on the inside. The other regular fleece are Eddie Bauer and Columbia - a camo Columbia is doing duty right now.
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December 14, 2025, 01:43 AM
charlie12quote:
Originally posted by honestlou:
I can’t stand it. My wife and two boys (grown) all love these super soft to the touch microfiber or fleece blankets, jackets, etc. I can’t stand to touch them. I mean I can do it but it’s an immediate feeling of “yick”! Very uncomfortable for me. And I’m sure I can feel a residue in my fingertips after touching one. My whole life I’ve disliked the feeling of velvet couches and clothes- way before microfibers were a thing.
In searching online I’m clearly not the only one with this issue, and I see some talk of it being being an issue when you’re “on the spectrum”.
Louis I'm with you on this.
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December 14, 2025, 08:39 AM
Patriotquote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
Fleece, I like, don't mind it at all, but the microfiber stuff, I can do without.
This is where I land as well…
I find the microfiber catches on my dry skin…gives me the heebie-jeebies.
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December 14, 2025, 08:45 AM
83v45magnaIt does. If you work at all with your hands, chances are your skin there is fairly rough. Microfiber towels are great for polishing stuff, But I hate the way any damaged skin on my hands catches on it. It IS creepy.
December 14, 2025, 10:14 AM
pedropcolaFleece I like. Microfiber has its place. For me its place is moisture wicking shirts. That is it. I love those long sleeve fishing/swimming shirts. I hate putting in suntan lotion and those shirts are great at keeping the sun at bay.
December 14, 2025, 10:44 AM
oddballI love fleece sweaters/sweat jackets. Better than the old-fashion cotton sweats and hoodies that I used to wear, they're lighter and warmer. It's all I wear (with a t-shirt underneath) 5 months out of the year. But I've always hated knit sweaters, could never wear them, even as a child. Relatives would gift them to me, my mother bought some, even knitted me some, but I wouldn't touch them.
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