{"id":3582,"date":"2015-02-17T18:17:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T23:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/?p=3582"},"modified":"2015-02-17T18:20:07","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T23:20:07","slug":"polar-buff-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/2015\/02\/17\/polar-buff-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar Buff Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I r<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3583 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/files\/2015\/02\/TB_PMO_A1.jpg\" alt=\"TB_PMO_A1\" width=\"262\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/files\/2015\/02\/TB_PMO_A1.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/files\/2015\/02\/TB_PMO_A1-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/>emember the first time I saw a Buff. \u00a0I thought it was ridiculous. &#8220;You expect people to wear these stretchy bandana things in public?!&#8221; I think I exclaimed. \u00a0The saleslady assured me that yes, they were already doing so in (where else) California. \u00a0I skeptically accepted a sample model which I waited a couple years to wear.<\/p>\n<p>I admit I am still a little dubious about the fashion sense on display here. \u00a0I can&#8217;t help but feel that in twenty years we&#8217;ll look back on all the Buff-wearing photos of 2015 from our hoverboard heads up displays and have a little chuckle. \u00a0Nevertheless, I have become completely sold on the usefulness of these versatile, although admittedly somewhat ridiculous scraps of fabric. \u00a0I recently had occasion to use the Polar Buff, a double-barreled affair which is a normal Buff on top (or on bottom depending on how you flip it ) stitched directly onto a super burly wind-blocking Buff. \u00a0I use the windproof side as a neck gaiter and the normal side as a facemask, which works especially well on open water runs in skiffs&#8211;even better when paired with a second buff above to hold your hat on and provide ear protection. \u00a0Is it a good look? \u00a0Is winter clothing *ever* a good look? \u00a0It works, and that&#8217;s what counts.<\/p>\n<p>Price: $35<\/p>\n<p>Rating: 4 stars out of 5 (demerit for ridiculosity).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember the first time I saw a Buff. \u00a0I thought it was ridiculous. &#8220;You expect people to wear these stretchy bandana things in public?!&#8221; I think I exclaimed. \u00a0The saleslady assured me that yes, they were already doing so in (where else) California. \u00a0I skeptically accepted a sample model &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gear-reviews","column","onecol","has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/files\/2015\/02\/TB_PMO_A1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3582"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3587,"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582\/revisions\/3587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itinerantangler.com\/blog\/podcasts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}