Shemagh or Buff

[Mancunion Productions]

Hey guys, what do you carry or what would you rather carry, a tradition a shemagh or a modern buff? also which way do you wear them?

p.s

sorry i would do this as a poll but i am new so do not know how

 

[spiritwalker]

i use buffs got 3 normal ones and a polar one mostly i use them when cycling as a neck gaiter but in summer on walks i tend to wrap one on each wrist and one as a pirate style bandana amazing bits of kit with many uses. I want a merino wool one next hoped to get some cheap at the outdoors show but they where the same price as normal. I like the Shemagh but after seeing ben fogle in one ill give it a miss, only jesting hes a nice bloke really i went to same uni as him he dated my wifes roomate

 

[phill_ue]

No polls please! The are a nuisance!

I wear a buff, but it is an old army wool headover but it can be used in exactly the same way. I own shemaghs too, and often wear them in the way I was shown in Oman.

 

[Mancunion Productions]

haha i am looking at getting a new buff, i lost mine and out in civi life you get funny looks when wearing a shemagh :s

 

[phill_ue]

haha i am looking at getting a new buff, i lost mine and out in civi life you get funny looks when wearing a shemagh :s

Buffs are good. They are very versatile.

 

[Shewie]

Wool army headover worn around the neck for me

 

[TinkyPete]

I have both and use both for different things. Buff I use as a hat or sweat band (either on wrist or round head) but as a hat I do find them close to my head and a bit tight. Shemaghs I use alot as neck scarf, head scarf, or tradition desert fashion, filter and for a hide/shelter part (can tie a couple together) or to help with personal cam to break up my shape, something that you can not do with a buff, but they are great things. If i am ultra light and have no space it is the buff, but if I have any free space you can bet I have both. I know this might not help you out if you are thinking of only one, but I would advise both as they both have their uses and you can put a buff almost anywhere.

 

[helixpteron]

I use a black, and a neon Buff for Packrafting and really like them, warm, comfortable and both 3M Scotchlite Hi Viz reflective.

My only experience of a shemagh is that they can protect from injury if used as a neck wrap.

 

[Barn Owl]

As stated before, get both.

You'll find uses for them easily.

Compared to the prices of the Buff,a shemagh is great value.

The army headover is very tight I find,ok in winter but restricting when it's warmer.

I seem to lose my buffs' very easily

A good size cotton bandana is cheap and works too.

Shemaghs are good towels and arm slings,cotton bandanas are good for bandages too.

Buffs won't double as well for first aid duties.

 

[Melonfish]

Oddly i carry both
i carry my shamagh as standard because its a great bit of kit and has many uses, i also carry my "Buff" although actually mine is a Recon Wrap, which is a gucci military version of the humble buff by spec-ops and its in a nice plain FG colour (foliage green)
i rate em both as fantasticly useful and defo to be carried whenever possible.
Pete

 

[Prawnster]

Being a baldie I find a shemagh very useful for keeping the chill off my head while I sleep. I doubt if a buff would fit my huge cranium

 

[SimonM]

Having used shemaghs for years, I'm a recent convert to Buffs as my kids bought me the merino wool version for Christmas last year.

Having said that, I think I'll still take both.

 

[boland magyar]

buff all the time. got so many uses and you dont look like a terrorist

 

[JohnC]

Go for a shemagh, (though my son swears by his buff)

 

[Tengu]

No, no no, a Shermagh.

can be used as a towel and a furoshiki.

 

[McShug]

I love my buffs they're small and convenient they get used as a sweatband, facemask, neckwarmer etc.. and they dry really quick. I bought my first one back in Austria during a skiing trip in 2004 and its still going strong. It has been on every trip I have been on in the past 6 years including Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia and recently India, where it was invaluable due to the really hot & dusty road conditions.

 

[maddave]

I have both but prefer a shemagh

 

[McShug]

No, no no, a Shermagh.

can be used as a towel and a furoshiki.

I had to look up the defination of furoshiki - that is so cool.

 

[Miyagi]

No, no no, a Shermagh.

can be used as a towel and a furoshiki.

I had to look up the defination of furoshiki - that is so cool.

Using a shemagh as a Fundoshi though, would raise a few eyebrows!!

Snigger.

Like Barn Owl, I found the issue headovers a bit too tight.

Liam

 

[Mancunion Productions]

buff all the time. got so many uses and you dont look like a terrorist

this is so stereotypical but it makes the buff work for me