What do you use for ponytails?

[Zen]

http://www.drugstore.com/products/pr...andFilter=9578

[trista]

http://www.drugstore.com/products/pr...andFilter=9578

That's what I use too. They last till I lose them.... so i guess I don't know just how durable they are, LOL

[sjane]

I use Goody StayPut Elastics. My hair's fine and super straight, and these stay in really well.

[badgercat]

I use Goody StayPut Elastics. My hair's fine and super straight, and these stay in really well.

I second these. There was a 2-pack of them in the rider packets for the Arizona Bike MS a couple years ago. I loved them because my hair is very fine and slippery and would always end up a mess during exercise. Those things would just stay put without me having to keep cinching up my ponytail.

I don't use them anymore, only because I hacked off about 10 inches of my hair for donation this past spring and have been keeping it trimmed to above-chin-length since then.

[badger]

yeah, I've migrated to the Stay-Puts, too. I wore the ouchless for a number of years, but they do stretch out/break, and I have really thick, heavy hair so they just didn't stay in place for long. Stay-Puts will stretch out, too, but not as badly as the ouchless.

One thing I don't like about Stay-Puts is that they DO snag my hair. Other than that, 99.9% of the time I'm either wearing one on my head of around my wrist.

[Aggie_Ama]

I like the Ouchless by Goody, my hair is fine but I have a ton of it. The Stay Put ones end up getting uncomfortable for me. The Ouchless are not that durable but I find I lose most of them before breaking them.

When my hair was really long (was mid-back until last winter) I favored the neoprene Hair Glove. I have a long one and it is simple, fuss free. I did not like the leather one my mother first gave me, the leather was too stiff.

[m.eliza]

I use the Scunci ones that I find at CVS. The fat ones since my hair is pretty thick. A problem I used to have on my bike was that I had to put my ponytail or bun below the base of the helmet, and it would always loosen while I rode and I'd have loose hairs going all over the place. Super annoying. I recently discovered I could pull the plastic inside thing of my helmet down (not sure what that's called) and readjust the straps to create a nice little hole above the plastic thing and below the acutal helmet that I can stick my ponytail through. It never falls out anymore!

[nscrbug]

Yup...I use Goody "ouchless" bands...the "medium" thickness ones. I usually don't have problems with them breaking...but they do stretch out after awhile, which renders them useless for me so I just toss 'em when they reach that point.

[oxysback]

We buy the ouch-less ones, too. Only the thick ones work for us, though!

[limewave]

You're serious?

I bought the new package yesterday and have so far thrown away 2 broken ones.

Happens every time.

Maybe I'm just rough

I can't use those either. Break all the time for me too. So annoying. I have to get heavyduty bands.

I have had success with these.

[arielmoon]

I use a scrunchy. I found some made of antibacterial material at Ulta. They are also pretty small and tight for my fine hair. Most of the time my pony tail becomes a bun at the back of my neck and these go around the bun and keep it tight.

[Owlie]

I use the thick Scunci ones I find at Target. I haven't found one that I don't break or stretch beyond usefulness after a month or two. (I have lots of very thick hair.)

[Miranda]

I use the pony-tail holders mentioned already that are without metal.

But, to add one other tip on preventing damage that my hair stylists gave to me... try adding a braid also.

The hair stylists said that if the pony tail is lose that the wind blowing & hair thrashing might add to the damage.

So, I pony-tail at the base of the skull through the retention portion of the helmet... single long braid the hair out the back... and one more pony-tail holder at the end of the braid.

It also helps with wet sweaty hair not sticking to your back as well. It's just a bit heavy feeling tho is only draw back.

Good Luck.