Polar Buff - How to wear it?

Judith said:

I wore it at the football (as a spectator) this afternoon and it was
quite cosy but I was wondering is there a "correct" way to wear it
when out in the hills in windy/snowy conditions?

If it's pretty bogging I have the fleece around my neck and the thin
material over my ears and top of my head (basically as a balaclava) with
a Mountain Cap to round it off. This means those bits that the MC
leaves are still covered, and it keeps your neck warm.

Default for me is Bandana mode, but if it's colder (though not needing
the Mountain Cap) then I'll use it in Hat mode, on with the fleece band,
a half turn with the thin section to seal the hole at the top and turn
it down over the fleece.

Quoted message said:

Does it make more sense to have the thinner material at the bottom, so
that the Polartec can be pulled round your ears? Does the thinner
material keep your ears warm from the biting wind?

Like the weather, it changes...

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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In article <[email hidden]>, Peter Clinch
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Default for me is Bandana mode, but if it's colder (though not needing
the Mountain Cap) then I'll use it in Hat mode, on with the fleece
band, a half turn with the thin section to seal the hole at the top and
turn it down over the fleece.

The Bandana took a bit of working out from the diagram on the card.:-)
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

In article <[email hidden]>, Judith
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

I've recently treated myself to a Polar Buff. (Tubular scarf thingy
that you pull over your head/neck).

I wore it at the football (as a spectator) this afternoon and it was
quite cosy but I was wondering is there a "correct" way to wear it
when out in the hills in windy/snowy conditions?

Does it make more sense to have the thinner material at the bottom, so
that the Polartec can be pulled round your ears? Does the thinner
material keep your ears warm from the biting wind?

I know this is a completely trivial question, and that I will figure
out my own way, but I was just interested in what other people do.

Judith

take a look at:

http://www.stockshotshop.co.uk/index.cfm?Object=Catalogue&Mode=Products&C
ategoryID=10#

Click on the top image (the grey coloured buff) for another page to
appear with tips.
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

W. D. Grey said:

Click on the top image (the grey coloured buff) for another page to
appear with tips.

That's the same as the pictures on the card. There are a couple that
I can't make any sense of!

Judith

In article <[email hidden]>, Judith
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Click on the top image (the grey coloured buff) for another page to
appear with tips.

That's the same as the pictures on the card. There are a couple that
I can't make any sense of!

O.K. I was wondering if you still had the card. Which are the tricky
ones, and do you really want to sue them?

I don't wear it correctly but if I need it just as an ear warmer/hat, I
pull the fleece down over my ears and stuff the lighter material in on
itself somehow. It looks a bit daft but out in the wilds does that
matter?:-)
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

Judith said:

That's the same as the pictures on the card. There are a couple that
I can't make any sense of!

I don't use them all (the "Blind Chicken", for example, not striking me
as especially utilitarian...) but the ones that involve any jiggery
pokery, IIRC, are the Cap/Hat and Bandana, for which I found the card
diagrams okay. The hat is slightly harder to get right, and is actually
easiest to make while starting with it on your head IME. You only need
a single half turn between the two layers, btw.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

* The air of uk.rec.walking was filled with the delicate perfume
* of violets, as Peter Clinch <[email hidden]> descended on a shaft
* of golden sunlight, and announced:

<Big snip of weekend magazine fashion column>

Shouldn't this thread be posted in uk.fashion.primping?

I'm a bit disillusioned now with some of the folk on here - particularly
with 'Hard Man' Clinch. I've got an image of him leaning out of his canoe to
catch sight of his reflection in the water, in order to re-adjust his 'Polar
Buff'! ;^}

Jim Ford

Jim Ford said:

I'm a bit disillusioned now with some of the folk on here - particularly
with 'Hard Man' Clinch.

I think you must have me mixed up with someone else. Someone who's
hard, for a start...

Quoted message said:

I've got an image of him leaning out of his canoe to
catch sight of his reflection in the water, in order to re-adjust his 'Polar
Buff'! ;^}

I'm a terminally sad gear junkie. What did you expect? ;-)

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

* The air of uk.rec.walking was filled with the delicate perfume
* of violets, as Peter 'Polar Buff' Clinch <[email hidden]> descended
* on a shaft of golden sunlight, and announced:

Quoted message said:

Jim Ford said:

I'm a bit disillusioned now with some of the folk on here - particularly
with 'Hard Man' Clinch.

I think you must have me mixed up with someone else. Someone who's
hard, for a start...

Quoted message said:

I've got an image of him leaning out of his canoe to
catch sight of his reflection in the water, in order to re-adjust his 'Polar
Buff'! ;^}

I'm a terminally sad gear junkie. What did you expect? ;-)

I'm beginning to suspect that the nearest you've come to a Munro, is going
up Law Hill to eat your sandwiches at lunchtime!

And Judith - don't think I haven't noticed that you started this 'How to
wear a Polar Buff' nonsense - drop it, or I'll tell PW when she comes back.
You'll be asking for recommendations for Gortex Push-Up Bras next!

Jim Ford

Phil Cook said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

You'll be asking for recommendations for Gortex Push-Up Bras next!

That's ridiculous! It's /obvious/ that Schoeller Dryskin would be
*much* better suited to the job! ;-)

Quoted message said:

What does Roos prefer? :-)

Actually, I have never owned a push-up bra. Or even considered buying one.
I do have one with CoolMax though.

And I'd like to put forward http://www.lessbounce.com/ as the bra company
with best name and logo :-)

Roos

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...

Quoted message said:

Judith said:

That's the same as the pictures on the card. There are a couple that
I can't make any sense of!

I don't use them all (the "Blind Chicken", for example, not striking me
as especially utilitarian...) but the ones that involve any jiggery
pokery, IIRC, are the Cap/Hat and Bandana, for which I found the card
diagrams okay. The hat is slightly harder to get right, and is actually
easiest to make while starting with it on your head IME. You only need
a single half turn between the two layers, btw.

I knew here was a reason I had a balaclava instead of a Buff. By the
time you've got the damn thing arranged you've already got 3rd degree
frost bite.

--
Darren
mail to darren not ng

I noticed that Message-ID: <[email hidden]>
from Phil Cook contained the following:

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Translation for those outwith Scotland:

piece = sandwich

Though not common now, I remember my mother using the term when I were a
lad. That's in the Potteries.

--
Geoff Berrow (put thecat out to email)
It's only Usenet, no one dies.
My opinions, not the committee's, mine.
Simple RFDs http://www.ckdog.co.uk/rfdmaker/

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 19:15:53 -0000, Darren G <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

I knew here was a reason I had a balaclava instead of a Buff. By the
time you've got the damn thing arranged you've already got 3rd degree
frost bite.

I wore my Buff today together with a mountain cap. I didn't go up any
mountains but it was very windy and the buff seemed to stop my ears
getting cold and stopped the wind going down my neck.

My balaclava is quite a tight fit. It's OK when it is on, but it's a
pain to roll up if the weather gets warmer. The Buff seems more
flexible ..... but perhaps I'm just trying to convince myself that my
new toy was worth the dosh!

Judith

I noticed that Message-ID: <[email hidden]>
from Judith contained the following:

Quoted message said:

I wore my Buff today together with a mountain cap. I didn't go up any
mountains but it was very windy and the buff seemed to stop my ears
getting cold and stopped the wind going down my neck.

My balaclava is quite a tight fit. It's OK when it is on, but it's a
pain to roll up if the weather gets warmer. The Buff seems more
flexible ..... but perhaps I'm just trying to convince myself that my
new toy was worth the dosh!

I could do with something better than a hat. I was out today and
everything was toasty apart from my face, which was really hurting from
the wind.

--
Geoff Berrow (put thecat out to email)
It's only Usenet, no one dies.
My opinions, not the committee's, mine.
Simple RFDs http://www.ckdog.co.uk/rfdmaker/

Geoff Berrow said:

Quoted message said:

My balaclava is quite a tight fit. It's OK when it is on, but it's a
pain to roll up if the weather gets warmer. The Buff seems more
flexible ..... but perhaps I'm just trying to convince myself that my
new toy was worth the dosh!

I could do with something better than a hat. I was out today and
everything was toasty apart from my face, which was really hurting from
the wind.

Vaseline (tm).

Slap it all over. It works for me.

Judith

Judith said:

Geoff Berrow said:

Quoted message said:

My balaclava is quite a tight fit. It's OK when it is on, but it's a
pain to roll up if the weather gets warmer. The Buff seems more
flexible ..... but perhaps I'm just trying to convince myself that my
new toy was worth the dosh!

I could do with something better than a hat. I was out today and
everything was toasty apart from my face, which was really hurting from
the wind.

Vaseline (tm).

Slap it all over. It works for me.

Judith

STOP!!!

druidh

Darren G said:

I knew here was a reason I had a balaclava instead of a Buff. By the
time you've got the damn thing arranged you've already got 3rd degree
frost bite.

For balaclava mode, pull tube over head and, errrr, that's it.

I don't use a [Polar] Buff as an Only Hat, but it's a very handy
supplement, useful as scarf, balaclava, a hat in its own right or a
supplement or liner to another. They're really very handy.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

There is a video of a guy showing how to use Buffs (sales promotion
thing), I saw it in Cunninghams in Ambleside but it can`t be the only
copy.

Roos Eisma <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

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And I'd like to put forward http://www.lessbounce.com/ as the bra
company with best name and logo :-)

Roos

Should have been an animated .gif!

(Ahem. I'll get me coat!)

--
Brian