So much more than a doo rag; It's cheap, it comes in a couple of sizes, and a million colors. I know you have one.......what uses have you found for your Bandana?

It can be dipped in cool water to cool my bald head.

Lets see, off the top of my head:

1. Water filter
2. Bandage
3. Sling
4. Oven mitt
5. Dew collector
6. Edibles basket
7. Distress signal
8. Dust mask
9. Sun screen
10. Neck cooler
11. Dish rag

Lots more that I just can't bring to mind right now. When I am in the woods I always have one on me and at least one in my pack.

Four corners tied together hung on belt = carry bag for a water bottle

Too numerous to mention them all.

This week's critical bandanna function is clearing my camera lens (the UV filter, to be precise) of snow and ice.

Excellent subject. Love my bandannas, each and every one -- camo, hot pink and every hue in between. I hardly go anywhere without at least one -- they're in all my backpacks, purses, the car....

Since we are on the subject of bandanas, does anybody have a Survival Bandana? I am trying to find one to wrap around my PSP kit. I know most, if not all the info on them, but if i am in a high stress situation, i will most likely forget. I go Morel hunting with my cousin alot and he has some survival knowledge, not alot. I am getting him to read the Army Survival Manual! but i am afraid we will both forget something, or lose something, like my PSP.. not good!!

I have seen them for $5 on the internet, but i do not have a great enough allowance <--($1 a week!!!) to pay $5 S&H for one item, anyone have one i can buy for $5-$6 without S&H?

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Believe it or not, there are no bandanas for sale in Argentina! You can get the silk handkerchiefs that ladies wear but not cotton bandanas. I've been checking the web and all the bandanas measure from 20 to 22 inches. Is this size OK? because I heard an expert say that he likes them to be 30 x 30". I am going to have a seamstress make a dozen and I'd like to get the right size. Can anyone help?

Bigger is better for many applications. but there are limits. I EDC a bandanna in my hip pocket, finding it tremendously useful in all the cited applications, even in urban settings. But eventually it becomes too big and bulky to keep conveniently at hand....

If you have a custom maker available, just get an assortment of sizes, using whatever scraps of cotton cloth are available. It isn't like there are ASTM standards.

You can blow your nose with a bandanna, but that tends to decrease its applicability for other usages, like filtering water.

It is common knowledge that red bandannas are more efficacious in all applications, than any other color.

Funny. I carry a bandanna AND a buff headwear. I tend to use the Buff for everything and my bandanna is the backup. I love both but if I only have room for one, its the buff.