 Poster: A snowHead
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Anything out there that is particularly recommended that doesn't have a picture of chewbacca or a kitten's face on it?? I've always just pulled my buff up when it's been really cold but tends to get wet and soggy if used for any length of time so looking for something with a mouth hole that I can use for longer periods.
Thanks in advance 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Airhole - yes, ok, some have stupid designs on them, but every one of their products comes in plain black or some sensible colourway... Not used personally but others I know rate them as essential kit. I'm normally more worried about losing heat as quick as possible rather than retaining it.
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Airhole or nothing in my world. They do plain ones if you are boring and that. Mine has been used for entire days at minus whatever, and easily pulled on and off as required.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Why would you need one? I always have a jacket with a collar that can come up to my nose if required, but not required all that often.
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| under a new name wrote: |
| Why would you need one? I always have a jacket with a collar that can come up to my nose if required, but not required all that often. |
When, for example, it's so cold that your jacket/buff is pulled high enough to direct your breath through the vents in the bottom of your goggles where the moisture freezes onto the lenses. More of a problem with goggles with a larger field of vision which fit lower down the face.
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Exposed skin... if it's below minus 20 or so most people use something. Personal choice, but even with a high collar I find something useful - I use the Dakine things which are more trad I suppose. Not sure I need magnets, although that's an interesting Rurock competitor.
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@under a new name, you're Scottish, right?  I'm only half Scottish, but still seem able to (smugly) just deal with the cold when mates have to resort to bitching about it and fannying about with buffs and extra layers.
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My face masks only tend to come out at around -15C, when the wind chill makes it below -25C. What amazed me was my first time in Whistler, where when the temperature was about -3C, at least 1 in 3 had full face masks or full balaclavas.
Then again it is all down to body physiology, I mountain bike with someone who wears shorts, and complains of sweating when there is snow on the ground. I also understand that once your skin has suffered cold damage it is more susceptible to it in future.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@clarky999, ha ha yes, I'm Scottish so a right softy compared to most Newcastle clubbers f'rinstance... 
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I use the winter version of the buff, you could always pop a spare in your bag if it's wet.
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You know it makes sense.
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@@Dr John, these looks very interesting. Thought I had tried everything--full face masks, masks with vents, air holes, and even the Cold Avenger. http://coldavenger.com/. Also tried them all of these options with different goggles. I've never really had much success in very cold temps. Skied yesterday in -20 and it was a choice between frostnip or fogging. What sort of temps and conditions have you used these in? I am very tempted to give them a go.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I've never needed one in the alps, then again I'm Scottish and live in a farm house with no central heating...
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Poster: A snowHead
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It's been 8C this afternoon in Baqueira and there's still some that are rockin' face masks 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I blame Candide
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| spyderjon wrote: |
| It's been 8C this afternoon in Baqueira and there's still some that are rockin' face masks |
Ha ha! Same in Les Arcs last week. You could tell them from a distance as they were constantly stopping to clear their goggles.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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^oh, and I use a buff at the same time around the neck.
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I carry a Cold Avenger for when it's really extreme. It works but is no miracle cure. The air-gap for the nose and mouth area is effective at stopping your breath condensing directly into liquid on your mask, but it can't cope when working hard. Other than that, I use a merino buff when the weather's not so extreme.
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| flicky wrote: |
| Plain black, cheap neoprene does the job for me....... |
and me....!
Aldi do one for £6.99
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I find a scraggly beard works wonders and doesn't cause your goggles to steam up. It looks awesome when encrusted with icicles too. 
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I can understand why some people choose to cover their faces when skiing on sunny days, the UV exposure is fierce out there and does little for your skin, even with SPF50. If it wasn't for goggle foggage I'd do the same.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@mcspreader, I'm capable of being a beard but I can't grow a beard...
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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This is what I'll be wearing this season, curtosy of my neice. She misunderstood my request for a Panama Hat.
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| Zero_G wrote: |
| I can understand why some people choose to cover their faces when skiing on sunny days, the UV exposure is fierce out there and does little for your skin, even with SPF50. If it wasn't for goggle foggage I'd do the same. |
That's one of the reasons that I wore mine during Christmas week. Although I'm not ginger my skin is quite susceptible to burning so seemed the easiest way to avoid a goggle tan. Also found that in the shady, windy spots it was quite useful to have a buff to pull up over my mouth. I don't like being cold and don't get why there's a bravado about it with some people, it's like blokes that refuse to carry an umbrella if it's raining, what's so manly about being wet?
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