The folks at Bondi Band recently gave me an opportunity to try out one of their headbands. I selected a moisture-wicking headband in a light blue color. Before I tell you more about what I thought of the headband, here’s a little about Bondi Band:
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From their site:
“The simple premise of Bondi Bands is to offer comfy, colorful, and creative headbands to fit every lifestyle and personality. By using stretchy and breathable material, we allow Bondi Bands to fit virtually every head size comfortably and fashionably. Our buyers constantly search for the newest and trendiest fabric designs and complement them with traditional craftsmanship to bring our customers the best product available on the market.”
Bondi Band not only makes headbands for women, men and children — they also sell dog collar bands, moisture wicking hats, swim caps and more! They also offer custom orders and various other headgear products.
They offer hundreds of headband designs on their site: solid colors, patterns and tons of running and other-related sayings. Headbands run about $8 each. In addition, Bondi Band donates 10% of all profits to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
THE REVIEW:
I wore my Bondi Band on my 6-mile run this week. I wanted to wear it on a longer run to see how it held up through my sweat.
Somewhere between 5 and 6 miles it was fully soaked.
At that point I took the band off and put it back on bunched up a bit
just along my hair line to hold onto the ever-flowing sweat.
Comments:
• The headband held the sweat. If you place it near your brows like I did it prevents most of the sweat from entering your eyes. I think if it got any sweatier I would have wrung it out and put it back on.
• I think it will take some getting used to for me to wear. I am not used to having fabric on my head. Previously I have worn thin rubbery bands but nothing on the forehead.
• The other option would be to try what I did and roll the band up. Find the fit that works best for you.
• The headband fit good. No worries about size here with the stretchy fabric. And it covered up all my “fly-away” hairs good.
• I haven’t had a chance to repeatedly wash and wear the band yet. I hope it holds up. The edges of the fabric are not sewn shut, only sewn in the back. It has a “raw edge” if you will.
• I loved the color. And judging by the other designs, the headbands are definitely fashionable!
hi i just wondered if you had a problem with your bondiband sliping off of your head at all. I can’t get mine to stay on for more than 5min.
Hi Jen. Initially the bands fit pretty snug. I would say they are more stretched out now that I have been using them for so long. So I think they do stretch over time.