Alessandro

Toplace sell a particular base design which is actually branded as "the exercise base". I haven't tried that. However, I have designed my own base for exercise, which may be similar. Basically it is all lace with a thinskin perimeter on the back and sides, some additional thinskin tape patches in the middle, and a thinskin strip which runs parallel to the hairline but about one-and-a-half centimetres back from it. I was originally experimenting with a base I could use to go trekking in Nepal with some friends. I wanted to be able to keep my piece on for 3 weeks if there was nowhere with privacy to do maintenance, but also not to have to wear a cap all the time. I reckoned I could touch up the front one-and-a-half centimetres of the hairline quickly in a bathroom if need be. Anyway, it works well for trekking or watersports or cycling.

I don't remove my piece every night - usually once a week. If I am doing something strenuous at the weekend I use my exercise unit as described, and do an extra change into a lace unit for work.