The Original Buff® is THE foundation of the Buff® success story. Under permanent development since 1991 it incorporates the latest technologies in performance headwear.

• 12 ways to wear around your head
• Highly wicking
• Highly breathable
• Extremely soft feeling
• Ultra thin
• Kills Germs and Odour
• Free of Harmful Substances - Certified

Probably the easiest way to discover the Original Buff®

Pull it over your head and have it cover your neck

• Sits nice and snug around your neck
• Stays where it is
• Change the warmth by the way you wear it
• A fraction of the size of a normal scarf

Pull it over your head and have the top cover you nose (and your ears if you like)

• Extremely breathable
• Stays Germ Free
• Fine enough to filter sand, flies,...
• Stays where it is
• Comfortable to wear all day

• In one layer it cools you (sweatband)
• In 2 or more layers it warms you (ear warmer)
• Make it take your hair away from your neck to reduce the heat

Put it inside out on your head, give the top a twist to close the tube and then flip it down to have two layers on your head

• Probably the lighest and most comfortable Beanie available
• Absolutely itch free even with wet hair
• Creates perfect warmth

Simply keep all your hair in the tube

• Protects the hair from dust, sun,...
• So comfortable that you hardly feel it
• Prevents your hair from getting tangled by the wind
• Dry hair straight without hair dryer

Just pull the tube over your head

• Eases wind-chill
• Feel dry under your hood
• Keep your helmet clean & fresh

Cover your head and back neck

• Stop sweat in your eyes
• Protect neck from the sun
• Increase wearing comfort under helmets, hats

Give it a twist to create a hair band

The Original Buff® fabric is under continuous developement. If new technologies become available they are trialled and tested for possible improvements.
Original Buff® is the only headwear manufacturer in the world to engineer, test and manufacture performance headwear in-house

Professionals have embraced Buff® efforts from the start. Their ongoing support is feedback. Today the Original Buff® is:

• Standard issue for Himalaya and North/South pole expeditions
• The choice in desert competition like the Marathon des Sables
• Preferred head wear in prof. Adventure Racing

Polygiene technology is used in hospitals to control germs. It is part of the Original Buff® fabric.

The fabric passes the most stringend Oekotex test for babies. 100% free of anything toxic or irritating. Allows us to give you a 100% satisfaction guarantee on being itch-free.

Free of Elastics
The stretch is all in the knitting process and the yarn quality. This ensure that your Buff® always fits perfectly even with speed up to 350 km/h (skydiving or motorbiking). We are talking about 5-10 years of daily use.

Seam Free/ Fray Free
Sound trivial but seams cause irritation, gunk build up and can break. A Original Buff® avoids all this by just having none. The fabric also does not fray. I punched a hole into mine as test and it is still going strong after 4 years.

Feathery
60 grams. That's all a Original Buff® weighs. It also packs smaller than a chocolate bar.

Wear the tube in one layer on your skin. The Buff® fabric then makes the moisture evaporate. The performance fits into the Coolmax Active (Standard) cooling bracket.

• Takes the moisture and spreads it evenly over the outside
• Fabric thin enough to feel the cooling effect (heat relief)

Wear the tube in wrinkles on your skin (still only one layer).

• The fabric touching your skin wicks the moisture away
• The little air pockets created give you chill protection
• The 'spikes' divert the wind further away from the skin

Wear the tube in layers on your skin. Adjust the warmth by folding in more layers.

• Moisture and air is trapped between the layers (wetsuit effect)
• Works even when wet (beanie over wet hair,...)

We had 2 cases of people complaining about pilling. Pilling is a catch22 with premium microfibres. It is unavoidable.

Of course we refunded them too.

Best way to make sure that it fits is to measure the circumference of your head above your eyebrowes. If the result is somewhere between 53 and 62 centimeter it will fit perfectly.

As a rule of thumb it will fit you as long as you don't need a size S (small) helmet or hat.

The official instructions of the US cardboard we use in Australia are shown on the left. We personally wash our Buff® when we wash our hands. From time to time we put them into a softbag and into the washing machine. We also put them into the dryer (on low temp setting) after mashine washing. Most people we talk to do the same.

Just stay away from softeners, bleach,... because they impact the function of the fabric.