Bandanas are one of my must haves on backpacking trips let me go over some of the uses:
- Facemask: Look like a thug but maybe keep dust, cold, sun away
- Bandage: Good material for a night tight bandage in a pinch
- Trail Marker: Colorful bandanas can be tied around trees to mark a path
- Cloth Napkins: wash it in a stream and you are set
- Tissue: intended use
- Pillow-ish: A few times I have tied it around my head to my backpacking frame to prop up my head so I could sleep-hike on long days or early mornings.
- Use it as a thin layer to protect your hands when cutting small objects or veggies
- Scarf
- Hair tie
- Ice Pack: Just add ice
- Cool wet cloth: Just add water
- Lamp/Flash light shade: Tie it over your light source to get softer reading light etc
- Hobo-basket: Tie all corners together to make a pouch
- Different colors can help identify different people / teams
- Water filter: Sift out large particles
- Sling: Not comfortable
- Sleep mask
- Picnic cloth
- Dog Accessory
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