Outdoor Research

Essential Lightweight Ubertube Kit

great for dusty projects and sun

Familiarity:

I've put it through the wringer

We are all so over masks for COVID but when I'm out in the dust on my tractor this mask FITS my face without flattening my nose and it can lightly hang on the ears but not cut into them in addition to the drawstring creating the tension you want around the top. It keeps the sun off of your neck too! Breathing through the fabric is easy. The mask stays in place around the nose with a wire (that our great surgical masks have) so overall it's like wearing something MADE to fit a face that keeps the Great Outdoors out of my lungs. Well done, Outdoor Research! I now have 4 of them so I can keep washing them.

Great product with much greater use than usual

Great product and material. Very useful when you have to cover yourself while driving in a car and the sun is hitting from the side or directly in front of you. A hat and glasses protect the top part of your head, but the bottom part is left vulnerable to UV rays without this one.

Great all-day mask

The Ubertube is a great all day mask that stays in place thanks to the handy ear loops. In spring sessions a balaclava is too hot, but I still like to have a mask. This thing is THE TICKET!

I love this mask for skiing.

I use this as my mask when skiing. It stays up, doesn't pull on my ears, and stays away from my face. I don't think it offers as much protection as a paper non-medical mask.

Useful for mask requirements but also a great neck warmer.

Used at the ski resort for mask coverage and a neck tube all built into one. Comfy and great product.

Better than a normal neck gaiter

Familiarity:

I've put it through the wringer

I bought this as an alternative to a mask for lifts and inside the lodge. I agree with the other reviewer that the filter doesn't work that well. I do really like it as an alternative to a neck gaiter for colder days, the nose wire and shape makes for a much better fit.

Very versatile protection

I love having a lighter weight option for covid protection while skiing, especially one that does not need go around or over my ears. I know this comes with ear loops, but I ignore them and never use them. If the synch in the back is tight enough, the mask stays in place. I only wish the filter area was bigger (this uses OR's smaller filter size) and that there was some way of helping the filter stay in place. If you're constantly pulling it up and down throughout the say, sometimes the filter can bunch up.

Looks good - feels good

Super comfortable - stays in place and perfect for having an mask ready for quick stops on the mountain

this thing works!

Used the Ubertube in Aspen for 5 days straight. Easy to wear and comfortable. Stays up where it's supposed (masks don't work if they don't cover your nose people,,,) to. Worth the money.

Love it! But use with "3D" PM 2.5 filters instead

Wonderfully light weight and flexible with a touch of extra warmth. Very comfortable ear loops even for my big head and ears (unlike on the Essentials Bandana where the loops are too tight). The problem with the filters bunching and sliding out of position is resolved by the use of shaped "3D" PM 2.5 filters instead, you know: the ones that look like the OR medium filters but have an activated charcoal layer. The stiffness of the PM 2.5 3D filters works to hold the filters more firmly in position.