Junk Headbands

I’m going to start by saying I have now rode twice with a Junk headband and it has yet to get saturated with sweat, and not one drop of sweat in my eyes. And, I can’t explain it.
They are very popular out here, and when I first looked at one I thought, man this really is junk!

But other mountain bikers swear by them and since CJ is a lot more open minded than I am, she bought two. Swore it worked fantastic. So I tried one on a ride. Thought it was a fluke and rode again today with one. Perfection. When I pulled it off, it was damp, by the time I set it down it was feeling pretty dry. How is that possible? Apparently the trick is you make sure it has no folds or has wrinkles while wearing it, it must go just above the eyes and lay flat all the way to the top.

Doubt me please! But I sure would like to know if some one else has had the same results as I or if someone is willing to give them a try and report back. Logo is linked to their website.

 

If'n you gotta put your junk on your head, well....

Cain't remember the two brands I have and use, but both work effectively and keep the sweat off my glasses. Just about anything will work, including a rolled up chamois.

 

Hey I was making fun these as well. I have been wearing Halo skull caps for years and I come back with the saturated and dripping in my eyes. These are not saturated and no drips. In fact it “appears” to evaporate the sweat before it can get saturated or drip.

 

I have been using Headsweat skull caps for spring , summer and fall. I use a Pearl Izumi for winter riding. These look nice since they look like they won’t trap the heat in.

 

Looking at them now... I sweat like a pig and usually go through a couple of the Halo bands per ride.

I carry a plastic baggy to carry the wet gloves and headbands...

 

I also sweat like a pig, especially during the first 30 minutes. I might try this Junk.

 

Jesus Harold Christ, there's literally 6,243 headbands to choose from before I even move on to the neck gaiters, which I also need to update.

 

Head bands / skull caps are especially important to those of us who are follicly challenged!

 

I don't need to know nothing about nobody's junk.

 

I didn't realize my hands sweat so profusely until I forgot my gloves and was struggling to grip my grips last week.

IDK, I'm not experiencing that yet and, the cold clammy drop of sweat coming off my hair is what is commonly referred to as Icky. It gives me shivers.

 

Just say bald. You will feel better.

Jokes ... no reason for that these days. Cash fixes everything. We are not living in the 90's.

 

Bald is beautiful, baby!

 

Oh man, a friend of mine posted video of him surfing that wave park about a year ago on IG, it looks amazing!

 

What, that's not Chris in his younger days? I say false advertising!

 

Younger days? I look like that now!

 

They probably wick sweat around the back of the head.

Halo bands a garbage. I sweat like a pig too and used to bring 3 of them on rides. They'd get saturated quickly and become useless, so I'd swap them out and hang off my pack to dry. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

A guy on MTBR makes the sweatbuster. I've been using it for years now. It's a pad that velcros in the front of the helmet and absorbs sweat. It takes much longer to saturate. When it does, wring it out and keep riding. This has been by far the best product I've found so far, and you can find them on Amazon now or order off his site with the discount code on mtbr. It won't cover the top of your head like a skull cap but I just put a bandana under the helmet, problem solved.

 

I guess I'm the only one that still finds Halo headbands acceptable. Mine might be soaked at the end of a ride but I've never had to carry an extra one.

 

That sounds great, if they truely do what you say. I have yet to find something that keeps sweat out of my eyes or off the sunglasses lenses. I have this problem no matter what. I will try them out.

 

Keeping the sweat off my lenses would be perfection. I usually have to wipe them down multiple times per ride.

 

Yeah a lot of people who claim to sweat a lot seem to like halos. But I don't think they actually sweat near as much as some of us. Once those things get truly saturated the sweat just gets drawn around that seal and drips right down. For me the halo was completely useless. Once it's saturated you can't wring it out enough to make it function again. That's what I like about the sweatbuster. It does eventually get saturated too but you can wring it out and it works great again.


Another reason I'll never buy a halo again... The owner of the company bought a house a few years ago in Pine valley near the lower Noble trailhead and has been busted a couple times sanitizing the trail. Screw that guy and his company and it's inferior products.

 

I have been wearing a Mandana since time immortal. It is cotton and works excellent. Plus it is the same material as my cotton shirt and the mandana I carry to use on my nose when required. My head one gets wet sometimes but I never get sweat in my eyes, magic? I have lots of them of different themes. Mostly I wear American flag based styles. I have lots of them going back to when I was 5 years old. All of us rancher types carry one always it's what we do. Nothing like offering a clean mandana to a cute filly at just the right time.
Happy American Trails

 

Okay so a heads up! Third times the charm. I have to admit I made the JUNK headband cry today. A couple times on the trail I got it to leak like a drippy faucet. But it did seem to recover well once I got some speed going it appeared to dry up fairy quick. Just wanna be as honest and as accurate as possible for the hommies!

 

Now you know one of the reasons I wear a bandana. I never get sweat in my eyes. The bandana combined with the halo or what ever soaks it all up.

 

I believe I have the best solution of all. Stop riding when you break a sweat! Or at least turn around and go downhill.

 

I’ve been heading downhill for years - no matter which direction I’m pedaling.

 

Halo works pretty good for me. I have the Axl Rose headband version and it covers enough of my receding hairline/expanding forehead to keep me from getting sunburnt. I must sweat just the right amount as it's always really wet at the end of the ride, but doesn't drip in my eyes.