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Sorry cant resist to start a thread for this since there is everything else under the sun on here.
After standing out in the cold waiting for Emi to come sprinting in like Bolt, and after running with my hat on with the hud of my OMM tightened as much as possible....it made me think "Why dont i get a balaclava".
But i know F.A about them....so where and which one should i buy.
Get a Buff and pull it up around your head like a hood then wear a normal hat on top :) Works for me and you're not stuck with a bit of kit you only wear a handfull of times whenever we have a cold winter ;)
Get a Buff Al, you can use it as a neck gaiter, beany, head band, balaclava snood or if you become a real student with long hair a scrunchy!Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Ian
Doh!
Beaten to it by DT
It's also easy to store by wrapping it around your wrist making it easy to put back on rather than having to search for it in a bumbag whilst running.
Where can i purchase a buff....everyone seems to have buffs there days...they look complicated to get into all their different uses.
Every outdoor shop in the land seems to have them Al. You got a Blacks in Preston? They'll stock them. There's instructions on the packaging as to how to make them into beanies, pirate-style bandanas, snoods etc. Brilliant bit of kit, epecially for guys like me with slightly thinning hair ;):D
Buffs website, theres even a video showing you all the possible combo'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
My daughters got one of the fleece buffs for skiing.
Watch out for cheaper brands which look as good but at 60% of the cost.
They are alot more than i thought they would! £12.:eek:
£12's a snip for a muliti-purpose bit of kit;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
spend some of that grant money.....;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
The grant is all going on my bed and board. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
True yeah. Are there any other 'animal' ones merry, as i dont want to be seen to be copying you by getting a sheep buff.Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
You live at home!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Students Eh! next he'll want all his assignments written for him...:rolleyes:;)
https://www.buffwear.co.uk/catalog/i...sort/2a/page/5
A good layer of Goose fat will keep the cold out
Why does he need a balaclava :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
i thought all students ligged it out in bed until it warmed up around noon :D during winter and then planted themselves in the college bar at sun down
Well lying in bed is a hobby of mine yes - but noon is too soon!, but being stood out on Leg 2 yesturday at the relays and running for the first half - it would of been more sensible to wear one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slippery Stones
Buff's are ok if it is not too cold, and they are definitely versatile. But for cold weather running , xc skiing, etc, I like the Craft balaclava - thin enough to breath through if necessary, wicks very well. For really cold weather I add the Craft WS skullcap (if windy) or race hat. I've tried lots of headgear over the years and a lot of it is too warm for running or absorbs too much moisture. Temperature is a relative thing though (how cold do you feel) - what I just listed takes me from +40F (hat only) down to -15F (WS hat + bala).Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Well i dont know what the wind-chill was yesturday on the leg1/2 change-over but that was the short of weather personally i dont feel comfortable to be out in just a hat and hud because of the cold/wind battering your face.Quote:
Originally Posted by dogrunner
I sound like a total softie and Amex will proabably remind me that i need to HTFU..
I use two buffs if it is really cold... ne around the head balaclava style and the other on top around the forehead and ears to provide extra warmth and windchill protection...
I like these.
Would these cut it in a kit check for certain events that required hat/balaclave?
Piece of cake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ady In Accy
As kit checker (usually) for the skyline and TT this year I would pass a buff, If the weather was looking very severe like 'that' skyline I would reccomend extra head gear but not in force it given you have a hood on your jacket.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ady In Accy
Could you have a bala rather than a hat?Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
These ones are going for a song.Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
yes, I used to use a power stretch bala which you could convert in to a beanie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Al, buffs are very versatile bits of kit. I own one myself. However, the best item of headcover that I have ever owned (particularly for heavy weather, such as this w/e) is my "Running Bear Storm Cap". Pertex outer and a thin microfleece lining, with earflaps. You don't know that you are wearing it...until you take it off and realize just what it has been protecting you from.
I've sewn some small toggles to the outside of the earflaps (with small buttons on the inside so that the thread does not pull through the material - 21st century metro-sexual male, me, you know). I then attach some thin bungee cord to the toggles, as a chin-strap. Been with me through thick & thin over the last 10 years, just brilliant. See the Running Bear ad in the FRM - about £14.:D
Cosmic Hillbashers have had an order of Buffs specially made up with the club logo on.
And they've been put to even more uses than the official Buff site shows from the photos I've seen.
"Extremeties" brand balaclava has always served me well... :rolleyes:
Here is a fell runners version of Balaclava.
Quote:
Forward, the running brigade!
Was there a man dismay'd ?
Not tho' the athletes knew
Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do & die,
Into the valley of death
Ran the six hundred
i got a perfect balaclava from aldi-its thin fleece, and is fab to put under your bike helmet as well as running in-about £3 or £4
from memoryQuote:
Originally Posted by XRunner
Bogs to the left of them,
Bogs to the right of them,
Bogs in front of them,
shattered and red faced,
ran the six hundred,
That takes me back, I had to recite The charge of the light Brigade from memory at a speech day at school in front of the local dignatries inc the lord mayor of Leeds,
Thanks for the trip Xrunner
I'd rather be consulted first though!!!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by skennaugh
I have a thin HH balaclava that works well, despite making me look like a total plonker. Taking it for an airing on the Trog tomorrow.
I cant believe that someone would actually initialise a post on which and wear to buy a balaclava (and that anyone would seriously reply to it or that I would even consider making this post ).........sad sad sad
Rumage through the lost property up in Rossy harrier club room sorts me out with kit..............
That's old hat...Quote:
Originally Posted by john doe
If it fits......Quote:
Originally Posted by Mud
Went to get my old caving balaclava out of the garage tonight, ready for rombalds in the morning. Apparently it made a very comfy field mouse nest. Also Petzel caving oversuits are very tasty if you are a rodent.
Join the club! - the whole idea of adults corresponding about mincing up and down hills whilst wearing gaudy vests and polyester tights is sad, sad, sad.... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Norman Bates
I love it! :)
Poor Norman obviously takes himself way too seriously. Either that, or he has a bottomless money mine that enables him to buy any and every bit of kit on the market, without asking anyone else what works for them.