Paging Buff/Cold Killers users

I went shopping for a(nother) new Buff today, but Powerhouse
Motorcycles in Ashford didn't have any, instead they pointed me in the
direction of "Cold Killers" by Knox. Having faith in the Knox brand I
thought I'd give it a go.

While I haven't been out in it it feels very warm. Properly
windproof, water repellent and contoured to fit the face as well as
having a mesh breather panel in it.

It looks like a piece of quality kit cost me £9.99 (Although the Knox
website states £12.99) for a Cold Killers Mini Tube (Large).

If this is any good then I may well invest in their Cold Killers
Gloves to wear under my normal gloves throughout winter.

<http://www.planet-knox.com/detail2.aspx?ID=18>

 

BGN says...

I've got some of those and they are very comfy, as well as doing what
they are meant to.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
GSF600SW (broked)
'I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking.
But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they
are still going.' William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, Oct 1960.

 

These work quite well. As do the Gericke ones with Goretex's
"Windstopper" membrane in them.

--
Dnc

B12, ZZR11
A6 2.5TDi V6 Quattro Sport
MIB#26 two#54(soiled) UKRMMA#26 BOTAFOT#153 X-FOT#003

 

So you want to Ashford today and didn't even check if the kettle was on
here?

 

While it sounds very nice, half the point of a Buff is the fact it's
not just a neck warmer. I wear mine as a beanie more.

 

I don't like dropping in uninvited.

 

Then just invite yourself the next time, OK? I'd tell you if it was
inconvenient...

 

Is the wife still working overseas?

 

Fairy nuff.

 

I've used the Cold Killers neck tube and their polo necked shirt for the
last 3 years and they've been great, but the inner gloves require a size
bigger outer gloves to be effective and they feel "wrong". I also have their
socks, but the cuffs were so tight (and on my sparrow legs too) they made my
feet cold before I even got outside, so they've sat in the cupboard for
ages.

Reading "Bike" this week, I see they rate the "Polar Buff" highest in a
comparison of a fairly big selection of neck tubes and the Cold Killer (and
their ilk) come somewhere close to scratching the bottom of the barrel. I
don't fully understand how they can be down the list like they say, but what
the **** do I know, I only ride year round like you and a few others.

I'm going to get 2 Polar Buffs tonight though, (on th'interwebby thing) just
to see if the mag actually speaks the truth or speaks with forked tongue.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I bought the Cold Killers balaclava today, having survived this far
with just a buff. Having a round-necked jacket meant I was really
feeling the cold, and felt I should give something else a try.
Fan-flipping-tastic it is... not even a hint of the wind getting past
it. Well worth the £15...

 

Beav says...

I've got one of those too. It absolutely rocks when the weather is
really cold, but in anything resembling sunny weather you cook like a
christmas turkey, which is why I always carry a buff or suchlike if the
weather looks changeable.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
GSF600SW (broked)
'I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking.
But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they
are still going.' William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, Oct 1960.

 

*Those* invites are handed out with a bit more finesse, old chap.

Oh, and she's not my wife. Let's just say that there are a few
unresolved issues before that can happen.

 

"It's the bike or me"?

 

More like "It's the bikes, cars and computers or me"

 

No, that has an easy answer anyway, plus the two- and four-wheeled toys not
a problem (she likes going pillion on the bikes, and she likes the cars).

It's related to alcohol intake, to put it charitably. I'm trying to avoid
finding myself in a similar situation as a certain Mr Hewitt of this
parish.

 

Paul Corfield says...

"And you can stop apologising for the bloody war on behalf of your
countrymen"

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
GSF600SW (broked)
'I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking.
But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they
are still going.' William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, Oct 1960.

 

Timo Geusch says...

Good luck to both of you on that score.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
GSF600SW (broked)
'I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking.
But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they
are still going.' William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, Oct 1960.

 

Thanks, we'll need a lot of that.

 

But I'm a mard-arse when it comes to wind down my neck, but given what you
say, a spare non Polar will travel with me too now.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19