I discovered a new use for a Buff!!

Ok, so I raced this last weekend in Havasu lake (can you say HOT??) and I got really really hot on the run part of the triathlon.

So I was doing research on the cool-collar thingys that have the gel inside them, trying to find an easy way to keep cool in hot races, and found a type that you put ice in (I bet you can see where I'm going with this).

So I thought why not roll ice cubes up in my buff?? And so I tried it and it is amazingly cold! As the ice melts, it just drips and helps cool you off more :D
It just flops right down onto your neck, and seems to stay put just fine.

Another reason why buffs rule. :D

Thanks for the tip!
It will come in handy when summer comes around these parts again.:)

What's a buff?

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Originally Posted by tulip

What's a buff?

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More than you possibly ever wanted to know :)

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Hey snap, where did the picture of Chloe in her buff go?

I call that a neckwarmer. How would you put ice inside it? This has me curious.

I kinda put the ice in a row, and started to roll the buff so that it made a kind of circular tube.

This is a buff:


http://www.buffwear.com/

They are so so useful.

Great idea! I use one in the winter to keep warm, but I can certainly see how you'd just roll up the ice cubes inside and pull it over your head. I'll be trying that for sure. Tulip, they're made of like a microfiber fabric. I love mine.

That is so cool! I love my buff, and use it almost daily.

Now that my hair is shorter & I can't pull it back in a ponytail, I like to wear a buff under my helmet to keep my hair out of my eyes & to minimize the scourge of helmet hair.

A full size buff is a bit bulky now that the weather is getting warmer, but I cut one in half and the half-width one works great. The cut microfiber doesn't fray in the wash.

I have a fleece neckwarmer that looks similar except thicker--too thick for the helmet. But I really like the idea of having one to wear under your helmet. I have a skull cap but the seams make terrible marks on my forehead.

Thanks for teaching me something new, everybody!

anytime. :cool:

Even if you don't have ice - a wet buff under the helmet (particulalry if you have short hair) is a welcome thing in the summer heat. :)

I cut my buff's in half, too...except for my AV one, of course. ;)

I thought you were gonna show us a photo of you wearing it as a tube top :rolleyes:

Love my buff! And cutting it in half, wetting it and loaded up with ice are great ideas :-)

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Originally Posted by jobob

Hey snap, where did the picture of Chloe in her buff go?

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Ask and you shall receive

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