Post #117237 by RevBambooBen on Thu, Sep 30, 2004 9:57 AM

Here is an article that came out today in our local paper The Wave (Huntington Beach)
http://www.ocregister.com/huntington

BOOGIE IN DA BOO ~ The Wave, 09-29-04

By Corky Carroll

Today I am boogying in da boo. No, I am not talking about Mali-boooo as some of you might be thinking. I am talking about the BAM-boo. Yeah, bamboo. No kiddies, it’s not a bamboo chair. Nabas. Not a bamboo swing either. Mush nay. Nor a bamboo recliner, bamboo bed or even on a bamboo bike. O.K. shut up, and not with a bamboo walker either....you guys think you are so funny. Humph.

What I am talkin about is this nice new bamboo t-shirt that I just got. That’s right folks, I did say T-shirt. You didn’t know that they made clothes out of bamboo didja? Well, I just found that out myself.

A few weeks ago I got an email from my pal Bamboo Ben. As most of you know Bamboo Ben has an extremely cool bamboo store over on Yorktown, just west of Beach Blvd., right here in Huntington Beach. Ben of da bamboo is about the most deeply into bamboo dude that I am aware of on the planet Earth, and maybe a few other neighboring orbs. He wrote to clue me in on a new product, bamboo t-shirts. Said that I had to get one because they are really, really cool and if I was to be the same then I had better be the first on my block. So I did.

I took his advise went to the website he gave me, http://www.BambooTextile.com, and ordered my brand new bamboo T-shirt. And then I kicked back and waited to see what this new wonder fiber was gonna be like. I imagined something stiff. O.K., well at first I imagined something made out of bamboo, like the wood bamboo. Then I thought maybe it was gonna be like a silk screened image of bamboo on a regular cotton shirt. But when I got to the website I saw that it actually is a new fiber that is woven from bamboo and cotton. The following information is taken directly from the website:

“Bamboo T-shirts are the most comfortable and softest textile product. Once you wear one of our Bamboo T-shirts you will never want to wear another 100% cotton T-shirt. Bamboo T-shirts are 70% bamboo fiber and 30% cotton.

Bamboo clothing will never stick to your body or skin even on the hottest of days and will always make you feel extremely cool under any condition. Our T-shirts have much better moisture absorption with ventilation and are known for their breathability.

Bamboo T-shirts will spark new interest in the everyday-consumer that has only experienced cotton, nylon and "special" blends that cause odors and harbor bacteria. It is beautiful to the eye and nothing can adequately describe how wonderful Bamboo T-shirts are to the touch.

Bamboo fiber clothes are the world's most comfortable clothes, natural anti-bacterial, biodegradable and extremely soft. Our Bamboo fiber T-shirt is destined to revolutionize the T-shirt industry!!!

Bamboo fiber is made by grinding, wringing, and then combing the actual pulp from bamboo plants. Bamboo fiber is 100% made from bamboo only, a high-tech process that includes refining bamboo pulp through hydrolysis-alkalization and multi-phase bleaching. Nothing else is added to the fiber….. just bamboo! In hand, this fiber is cool, silky, and spins easily.

Bamboo fiber is a natural cellulose fiber, can achieve natural degradation in the soil, and it won't cause any pollution to the environment. Bamboo can be spun purely or blended with other materials such as cotton, hemp, silk, Tencel and Modal.”

O.K. so I was keen with interest in if all this was going to be true or just blah blah to get me to buy one. You never know what to believe these days, ya know? In fact I wouldn’t even be believin’ this if it wasn’t me tellin’ it. And even then.....?

Anyway, believe it or not, my shirt came in the mail yesterday and today is trial day. I can honestly say that it is really soft and really comfortable and it feels very nice on my delicate body. And I have had it on for about 6 hours today and it is pretty hot, yet I am still smellin’ sweet and nice. Not bad. I wonder if this baby will work as kindling for my habachi at the beach later?

So, all in all, I have to give this product a two fins up on my official Corkometer rating scale. I likes it. I don’t loves it, but I likes it a lot.

Go to http://www.corkycarroll.com for further info on him if you don't know who he is. His articles will crack you up! He has "Lot's o Wisdom!"

p.s. I wore a few of them down in Fl./ Hukilau and I have to say, I did not sweat. I even wore the socks on Hurricane " Mai Kai" Night. I do think they improved my dancing!