Runderwear Merino Running Hipster

ITCHY. This one attribute of the Runderwear Merino Running Hipster, which I have in size small, is enough to make them a deal breaker. 

Yet, as if ITCHY weren't bad enough, there’s more… 

First, what lured me to Runderwear is the fact that the company has won awards for running underwear (who knew there was such a thing?), and that this particular style had “merino” and “hipster” in the name, usually two of my favorite characteristics when it comes to underwear.

However, I have never been more disappointed in underwear in all my life, let alone underwear designed for running. Maybe the let down was amplified because of the unfulfilled promises of being the best.

When I  initially put them on, I thought I had put them on backwards, because the front was too high, the back too low. So, I put them on the other way, the incorrect way, but that didn’t remedy the problem. Then I went back to putting them on the correct way, and they still felt oh so wrong.  

In addition to the awkwardly high front waist and unusually low back waist, the leg seams are rough and stiff and sit in on the crease where my hip bends while I’m merely sitting, and of course, while running,  making them, if you can imagine it, more uncomfortable in a seated position than while running. I thought that a larger size might work, which is odd, given that my hips are 34 inches and waist 27.75 inches, and that I wear either small or extra small in every single underwear I've ever owned in my life, besides when I wore mediums toward the end of both of my pregnancies.

Regardless, the front hip area comes down lower than other hipsters I own while the back butt area has less fabric than other hipsters. Proportionally, they are off. 

Even if I did size up, I'm afraid they would be too wide. Besides, the itchiness paired with ROUGH, STIFF, non-stretchy fabric makes these absolutely un-usable. 

Despite the message “Don’t Run Commando” stitched on the inner waistband I would, indeed, rather run commando than in these. 

Even worse, when I emailed customer service about my dissatisfaction, they offered no money back and said they’d send me a G-string, which I declined. A G-string!? Really?! Then they promised to send a brief, which I never received.