High UV BUFF® Guide

The High-UV Buff® in a Nutshell

The High UV Buff® was replaced by the Coolnet UV+ Buff® in 2019. The High Buff® was designed for high-impact activity in the heat and sun. So running or cycling in the summer heat for example. It’s also became really popular as a cooling face mask with fishing pro’s.

It set benchmarks for performance headwear with it’s introduction in 2006.

The High Buff® is a 51 cm (20 inch) long tube knitted out of 100% Coolmax. It stretches to fit adults with a head circumference of 53-62 cm
  • A 51 cm long, knitted tube of 100% Coolmax Yarn
  • Popular in high intensity activities & skin cancer protection
  • Replaces 10 different types of head wear
  • Cooling – Created the Coolmax® Extreme Rating
  • Odour & Germs – Premium Polygiene™ Technology kills both
  • Skin Cancer Protection – 95% UV blockage
  • Ultra thin – Fits nicely under any helmet
  • Chill Protection – Can keep the chill away
  • Free of Harmful Substances – Certified
  • Lasts several years of daily use
  • Fits Adults with a head circumference 53-62 cm
  • Weighs 43 gr (1.517 oz)
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The most popular ways of using a High-UV Buff®

There are a lot of  ways to wear a High-UV Buff®.

Most people find ways to make it cool or give sun protection or both.

I hope you find some inspiration in the listing below.

A side landscape shot of a woman and a man in front of a 4WD. The woman is wearing a High Uv Buff® as alice band. The man is wearing a Cap Buff®. It looks as if they are travelling and on an adventure. Photoshoot for Buff® summer catalogue with models. Source: buff.eu © Distributed for the promotion of the High UV Buff® in outdoor / adventure

Heat Relief for Long Hair

It’s hot & you’ve got long hair. Especially your neck starts sweating. Here you use the Buff® Coolnet UV® as headband / alice band. You pull the back up to get your hair off your neck. You pull the front

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The photo shows a saltwater fisherman holding up a great catch. He is smiling at his catch. He is wearing a High UV Buff® and Angler Gloves. The scene looks hot & sunny. The man is wearing the High UV Buff® as a half balaclava. The face is entirely exposed. This and the shadows indicates that the sun is behind the man. Source: buff.eu Copyright: Unknown. Distributed for the promotion of the HIgh UV Buff® in fishing.

Full Head Protection on the Ocean

Your neck gets burned and is hot. The sun is right in your back. You put your Buff® Coolnet® on as a half balaclava. Now you’ve got cooling and skin cancer protection on your neck. Do you have a trucker

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Man driving a car. Photo is taken from behind. It shows the left arm holding the steering wheel. A High Uv Buff® as wristband is the main element. Photoshoot for Buff® summer catalogue with models. © Original Buff S.A

A Wristband

You don’t really have a use for your Buff® at the moment. Why not wear it as wristband. This way nobody can nick it. Tutorials Coming. Recommended Product The Buff® shown is a Buff® Coolnet® in a camo pattern. Here

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Key Features a High-UV Buff®

It’s technical features that make a Original Buff® so popular and set it apart from other head or neckwear.

Here are the most important ones.

Photomontage: Left image Cutout of a man with a severely sunburned face. © Jonny Hunter, Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0), https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnyhunter/3565036940/in/photostream/ Right image A flyfisher proudly displaying his catch. He is standing waist deep in salt water and he is wearing a High Uv Buff® as face mask. © Pat Ford

UV/Sun Protection

Ouch. That must hurt. The Buff® fabrics protect. (Jonny Butler / Pat Ford) Sunburns hurt. Skin cancer can kill. The Original EcoStretch and the Coolnet UV fabric give you UPF50 excellent protection (98% UV/Sun protection). This is an example of

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Photomontage Left image: Stock photo - A woman in a desert looking overheated, thirsty and close to a heat stroke. Copyright: maridav / 123RF Stock Photo Right image A participant of the Marathon Des Sables running through the desert. He is wearing a custom made BUFF® Coolnet UV+ as face mask. Distributed by Original Buff® S.A. for the promotion of Buff® products

HEIQ® Cooling Technology

Extreme Heat. The BUFF® Coolnet UV+ fabric cools you. So good you can use it as a face mask whilst running. It’s hot. So hot that heat exhaustion or stroke are a real danger. Add some activity and you need

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Photomontage Left image: Stock photo - A woman in a desert looking overheated, thirsty and close to a heat stroke. Copyright: maridav / 123RF Stock Photo Right image A participant of the Marathon Des Sables running through the desert. He is wearing a custom made BUFF® Coolnet UV+ as face mask. Distributed by Original Buff® S.A. for the promotion of Buff® products

Cooling

It’s hot. So hot that heat exhaustion or stroke are a real danger. Add some activity and you need some serious cooling. The head is a great place to cool. That’s why you sweat so much there. The High UV

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Photomontage Left image Stock photo. A grey t-shirt with sweat stains under sleeves and through the torso. Copyright: mjdphotography / 123RF Stock Photo Right Image A participant of an Adventure Race in Patagonia hikes up a mountain in full alpine gear. He is wearing an Original Buff® as beanie. You can see sweat on his face but the Buff® looks dry. © Unknown. Released by Original Buff S.A for the promotion of Buff® products.

Moisture Management

A wet T-shirt in the cold is so nasty. Moisture managed fabrics like Buff® keep you comfortable (123rf.com / buff.eu) Cotton is horrible when wet. It gets heavy, feels wet and clings. Add cold weather and your wellbeing goes south.

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Photomontage Left image. Stock photo. Exhausted sweaty young woman after a long run. Peter Bernik © 123rf.com. Right image. Photoshoot. A male and a female model jogging. They are wearing Buff® headbands. © Original Buff® S.A. Released for the promotion of Buff® products

Anti-Odour

Imagine having something smelly around your face. Buff® fabrics prevents this. Permanently. The smell of your T-shirt is caused by bacteria. The better the living conditions the quicker it starts smelling. That’s why it’s always your armpits that smell first. Wonderful warm

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Photomontage Left image. Stock photo. Exhausted sweaty young woman after a long run. Peter Bernik © 123rf.com. Right image. Photoshoot. A male and a female model jogging. They are wearing Buff® headbands. © Original Buff® S.A. Released for the promotion of Buff® products

Anti-Odour Polygiene

Want to feel smelly or fresh? Buff® fabrics keep bad odours away Imagine having something smelly around your face. Buff® fabrics prevents this. Permanently. The smell of your T-shirt is caused by bacteria. The better the living conditions the quicker it

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Photomontage: Front left image This 2009 photograph captured a sneeze in progress, revealing the plume of salivary droplets as they are expelled in a large cone-shaped array from this mans open mouth, thereby, dramatically illustrating the reason one needs to cover his/her mouth when coughing, or sneezing, in order to protect others from germ exposure. 2009 Brian Judd source: James Gathany / CDC Public Health Image library ID 11162 / public domain Front right image This is a "How-to-wear" image for the official 2011 Buff® catalogue 2011 Original Buff, S.A. Spain source: buff.eu / copyrighted - only to be used for the promotion of Original Buff® products Background image Crowded marketplace 2006 James Creegan source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lostseouls/133418446 / Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

Anti-Bacterial

You are in a crowd and people are coughing and sneezing around you. Didn’t used to be a big thing. Now Drug-resistant germs are on the rise International travel is spreading infectious diseases worldwide really fast There are more people

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Product Details of a High-UV Buff®

Want more details? Just post a comment and I will answer.

It's not for you if...

The Original Buff® is designed to smoothen the edges of the cold and the heat. This makes it great if you don’t know what weather to expect.

But then of course there are reasons to go for a different fabric. Here are reasons to have a look at different products.

You expect to get hot & cold weather. The Original Buff® will suit you better.

Collage of an Original Buff® used in Motorcycling, Jogging, Marathon des Sables, the desert, in the snow, snowboarding
Collage showing people wearing the Wool Buff® in cold weather

You feel cold most of the time. The Wool Buff® will suit you better.

Design Collection

There are no High-UV Buff® available any more. Below are the 6 most popular Coolnet UV+ Buff® designs since 2019. For all designs click here

Browse entire Coolnet UV+ Buff® Collection

6 comments

  1. Paul

    G’day buff do you do a extra large in the high uv INSECT

    Reply
    1. Edward

      Hi Paul,

      Unfortunately not. We only have the XL in the Original Buff® in stock.

      Regards,
      Edward

      Reply
  2. Steele

    Hi do you do custom prints for businesses?

    Reply
    1. Edward

      Yes, that is possible. A minimum run is 25 pcs and the lead-time for delivery to your door is on average 8 weeks. I’ll send you some details via email.

      Reply
  3. Phyllis

    I recently bought a national geographic UPF 50+ buff headgear. It does not say UV high under the buff logo, however, printed at the side says@ 2019 National Geographic Partners LLC. All rights reserved. On on of the tags has TEST NO:HL 17.1.14.0179
    Please are you able to tell me if this is a genuine buff headgear?
    Many Thanks

    Reply
    1. Edward

      Dear Phyllis,
      If there is a Buff® logo on the fabric, you can be assured that it is a genuine Buff®.

      They just come in many variations.

      The High-UV Buff® is now discontinued and replaced by the Coolnet UV+ Buff®.

      I assume that you bought an Original Buff® as they come in a National Geographic Design Collection.

      Regards,
      Edward

      Reply
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Only Non-Toxic and Non-Itchy Ingredients – Oekotex Certified

8 December 2018 No Comments

The most dangerous way for a toxin to enter the body is not through the digestive system, but through the skin

Andreas Schimkus, former senior industry adviser to the Council of Textile and Fashion Industries of Australia's (TFIA)
A toddler wearing a Baby Buff® as a face mask. The toddler looks happy. Source: buff.eu
A Buff® passes the most stringent test for fabrics. Free of anything irritating or harmful for babies.

Did you know that fabric ingredients are grouped into toxic or safe and non-itchy?

The difference in costs is huge.

This article shows you how to spot the safe products and why Buff® headwear ticks the right boxes

What makes you itch?

There are 2 main reasons for fabrics itching.

The first is bacteria. Call it bad hygiene or simply fabrics that make you sweat and breed bacteria (cheap polyester beanie hat for example).

The second is toxic and irritating ingredients in making the fabric.

There are ingredients available that can not only make you itch but also severely impact your health.
These ingredients are on a list and banned in most 1st world countries.

How safe are we in Australia?

Not at all, unfortunately.

Australia has no tests or regulations regarding safe textile ingredients. You can import into Australia whatever you like.

This leads to Australia being the only 1st world country supplied with 3rd world quality clothing.
Whenever we mentioned in China that we are from Australia and want headwear that passes the Oekotex test, we heard something like, “Why do you want to waste money on Oekotex. You are from Australia. You do not need this …”.
We were quite shocked at first but got used to hearing it all the time.

Here is a nice article from Choice that goes into more detail
https://www.choice.com.au/shopping/everyday-shopping/clothing/articles/chemicals-in-clothing
My favourite quote is

Products that are made in China for the Australian market could not even be sent back to China, as many of them would not meet the Chinese product safety standards but are acceptable here.

Andreas Schimkus, former senior industry adviser to the Council of Textile and Fashion Industries of Australia's (TFIA)

How do you find safe and non-itchy clothing in Australia?

You look for the Oekotex® certificate.

Oekotex® is a worldwide testing standard for classifying the safety of clothing.

Just look out for something like the logo below. If you spend more money to make your product safe, you will have it tested. If you can’t find it, assume the worst.
Especially if it’s our beloved “The same, just cheaper…” products.

The logo of the Oekotex® 100 certification for babies (class1). Source: buff.eu
The logo of the Oekotex® 100 certification for babies (class1)

You can always go to the AITEX website and enter the test number. That will give you all the details of the test.

So what are Buff® tested to?

The more intensive the skin contact of a product and the more sensitive the skin, the stricter the human-ecological requirements that need to be complied with.

Oekotex® 100 website

All adult products are rated to class 2. This is the class for adults close to the skin clothing (underwear, socks, headwear,…)

All baby products are rated to class 1. The most stringent class.

You can find the logo of the Oekotex® 100 certification on the back of the Original Buff® packaging. Source: buff.eu
The logo of the Oekotex® Certification on the Original Buff®

Sources

Choice – Chemicals in Clothing

Oekotex® 100 webpage

Wikipedia – Oekotex® 100

UV/Sun Protection

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Photomontage: Left image Cutout of a man with a severely sunburned face. © Jonny Hunter, Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0), https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnyhunter/3565036940/in/photostream/ Right image A flyfisher proudly displaying his catch. He is standing waist deep in salt water and he is wearing a High Uv Buff® as face mask. © Pat Ford
Ouch. That must hurt. The Buff® fabrics protect. (Jonny Butler / Pat Ford)

Sunburns hurt. Skin cancer can kill.

The Original EcoStretch and the Coolnet UV fabric give you UPF50 excellent protection (98% UV/Sun protection).

Scan of a UPF report issued by ARPANSA
Skin Cancer aware? If it’s not rated it will not protect you.

This is an example of a UPF report. It was performed by the founders of the UPF rating ARPANSA. Nowadays both Original EcoStretch and CoolnetUV fabrics are constantly monitored for their UPF rating at the factory. The testing company is Aitext Textile Research Institute.

BUFF® Original EcoStretch and CoolnetUV multifunctional headwear comes with a label stating the standard (AS/NZS 4399:1996), the UPF Rating and the testing laboratory.

Beware of UPF Claims without reference to the test!

We see a lot of tubular headwear that advertises sun protection claims but has no labels or mention of the test standard. Those claims are bogus. Why?

A thin fabric without a UPF rating cannot protect you from skin cancer.

For example, a T-shirt is only around UPF 6. That’s because it just filters out enough UVB to stop a sunburn. It will not stop you from getting skin cancer because it doesn’t filter out UVA enough.

UVA is harder to filter, and it goes deep into your skin, so the damage is not visible.

That’s where special dyes and other ingredients that absorb UVA and UVB satisfactorily enter the game. This function can only be tested and proven in a laboratory.

That’s why sun-protective clothing is more expensive than non-protective clothing.

So, if you see a tube with a UV protection claim that doesn’t clearly state the UPF rating with the testing standard and the testing laboratory, do yourself a favour and walk away.

Most Popular Use

 
Fly fisher holding a catch in the flats. He is wearing a High Uv Buff® as face mask. The cooling effect makes the face mask comfortable. © Pat Ford http://www.patfordphotos.com/. Licenced by Original Buff S.A for the promotion of the High Uv Buff®
Intense sun and heat. The BUFF® CoolnetUv fabric cools to make your sun protection comfortable (Pat Ford)

Fishing

The most popular application so far for sun protection. A face mask that you can wear in the heat.
All fishing professionals now wear the BUFF® CoolnetUV for this one reason: Replace sunscreen and still be skin cancer protected.

 

In the Snow

A man wearing a High Uv Buff® as face mask in the snow. He is in a ski resort. © unknown
Forgot your sunscreen? A BUFF® Original EcoStretch helps you out.

How often did you forget your sunscreen? I have tons of times.

  • Wear it as a face mask and you’re protected
  • Not sweating – It eases the biting wind

 

Travel

Halong Bay in Vietnam as seen from a kayak. The kayaker in front is wearing a High Uv Buff® as legionnaire style cap. Submitted to us as part of a testimonial. Copyright unknown
Long sun exposure during a great adventure. Good to have a protective and cooling BUFF® CoolnetUV as legionnaire cap with you.

You’re travelling and you have this opportunity to go on a tour. No cloud in the sky, and of course, you didn’t bring some specialized headgear with you. The BUFF® CoolnetUV tube as a legionnaire-style cap will give you protection.

 

Endurance Sports

A participant of the Marathon Des Sables running through the desert. He is wearing a custom made High Uv Buff® as face mask. Copyright is unknown. Distributed by Original Buff® S.A. for the promotion of Buff® products
Sunscreen sweating out, and there is no time to replace it. The BUFF® CoolnetUV protects. The fabric cools enough to wear in a desert.

Running events in the sun are a prime example. You’re sweating throughout the day, and no sunscreen will work for long. You also don’t have any time to apply sunscreen constantly.

Events like the Marathon des Sables have their custom-made BUFF® CoolnetUV for their participants. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than burning to crisps.

 

Limitations

They are thin fabrics so stretching them too much or wearing them thin over several years reduces the protection.

Sources

ARPANSA Resource Guide for UV Protective Products

Wikipedia – Ultraviolet

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