Buff

Buff is an item of clothing that the contestants of Survivor wear to identify which tribe they are a member of. They are a spandex tube which can be worn in a variety of ways including as a scarf, headband, tube-top, skirt, bracelet, hair tie, arm band or bow tie. One of the rules of Survivor states that the contestants must wear their buffs 24/7 unless they are told to take them off by the host during tribe switches and mergers. Buffs are mainly used to represent the tribe a player belongs to and that was their sole purpose until Survivor: Redemption Island, where losers of the duels on Redemption Island, upon losing their duel, drop their buffs in a fire wok, symbolizing their elimination from the game.

Replica buffs can be purchased from CBS.com or the official shop.

Gallery
All pictures are credited from Planetbuff.com

Trivia

 * Since Survivor: Nicaragua the starting tribes had their tribe names on their buff.
 * Reebok, who sponsored the series from Survivor: Borneo to Survivor: Marquesas used to have its logo on the buff. Recent replicas do not have such addition anymore.