diff --git a/fetch.js b/fetch.js
index 091b3f3e..bab3c089 100644
--- a/fetch.js
+++ b/fetch.js
@@ -184,12 +184,24 @@
     return fileReaderReady(reader)
   }
 
+  function bufferClone(buf) {
+    if (buf.slice) {
+      return buf.slice(0)
+    } else {
+      var view = new Uint8Array(buf.byteLength)
+      view.set(new Uint8Array(buf))
+      return view.buffer
+    }
+  }
+
   function Body() {
     this.bodyUsed = false
 
     this._initBody = function(body) {
       this._bodyInit = body
-      if (typeof body === 'string') {
+      if (!body) {
+        this._bodyText = ''
+      } else if (typeof body === 'string') {
         this._bodyText = body
       } else if (support.blob && Blob.prototype.isPrototypeOf(body)) {
         this._bodyBlob = body
@@ -197,18 +209,12 @@
         this._bodyFormData = body
       } else if (support.searchParams && URLSearchParams.prototype.isPrototypeOf(body)) {
         this._bodyText = body.toString()
-      } else if (!body) {
-        this._bodyText = ''
       } else if (support.arrayBuffer && support.blob && isDataView(body)) {
+        this._bodyArrayBuffer = bufferClone(body.buffer)
         // IE 10-11 can't handle a DataView body.
-        this._bodyInit = new Blob([body.buffer])
+        this._bodyInit = new Blob([this._bodyArrayBuffer])
       } else if (support.arrayBuffer && (ArrayBuffer.prototype.isPrototypeOf(body) || isArrayBufferView(body))) {
-        if (body.slice) {
-          this._bodyArrayBuffer = new Uint8Array(body.slice(0))
-        } else {
-          this._bodyArrayBuffer = new Uint8Array(body.byteLength)
-          this._bodyArrayBuffer.set(new Uint8Array(body))
-        }
+        this._bodyArrayBuffer = bufferClone(body)
       } else {
         throw new Error('unsupported BodyInit type')
       }
@@ -233,37 +239,39 @@
 
         if (this._bodyBlob) {
           return Promise.resolve(this._bodyBlob)
+        } else if (this._bodyArrayBuffer) {
+          return Promise.resolve(new Blob([this._bodyArrayBuffer]))
         } else if (this._bodyFormData) {
           throw new Error('could not read FormData body as blob')
         } else {
           return Promise.resolve(new Blob([this._bodyText]))
         }
       }
+    }
 
-      this.text = function() {
-        var rejected = consumed(this)
-        if (rejected) {
-          return rejected
-        }
-
-        if (this._bodyBlob) {
-          return readBlobAsText(this._bodyBlob)
-        } else if (this._bodyFormData) {
-          throw new Error('could not read FormData body as text')
-        } else {
-          return Promise.resolve(this._bodyText)
-        }
+    this.text = function() {
+      var rejected = consumed(this)
+      if (rejected) {
+        return rejected
       }
-    } else {
-      this.text = function() {
-        return consumed(this) || Promise.resolve(this._bodyText)
+
+      if (this._bodyBlob) {
+        return readBlobAsText(this._bodyBlob)
+      } else if (this._bodyArrayBuffer) {
+        var view = new Uint8Array(this._bodyArrayBuffer)
+        var str = String.fromCharCode.apply(null, view)
+        return Promise.resolve(str)
+      } else if (this._bodyFormData) {
+        throw new Error('could not read FormData body as text')
+      } else {
+        return Promise.resolve(this._bodyText)
       }
     }
 
     if (support.arrayBuffer) {
       this.arrayBuffer = function() {
         if (this._bodyArrayBuffer) {
-          return consumed(this) || Promise.resolve(this._bodyArrayBuffer.buffer)
+          return consumed(this) || Promise.resolve(this._bodyArrayBuffer)
         } else {
           return this.blob().then(readBlobAsArrayBuffer)
         }
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 1cbdcfce..4a4e03ad 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -118,16 +118,80 @@ exercise.forEach(function(exerciseMode) {
               assert.equal(text, 'hello')
             })
           })
+
+          test('consume as array buffer', function() {
+            var obj = factory(new Blob(['hello']))
+            return obj.arrayBuffer().then(readArrayBufferAsText).then(function(text) {
+              assert.equal(text, 'hello')
+            })
+          })
         })
 
         featureDependent(suite, support.arrayBuffer, 'type ArrayBuffer', function() {
           test('consume as array buffer', function() {
             var original = arrayBufferFromText('name=hubot')
-            return factory(original).arrayBuffer().then(function(buf) {
-              assert.equal(
-                readArrayBufferAsText(buf),
-                readArrayBufferAsText(original)
-              )
+            return factory(original).arrayBuffer().then(readArrayBufferAsText).then(function(text) {
+              assert.equal(text, 'name=hubot')
+            })
+          })
+
+          featureDependent(test, support.blob, 'consume as blob', function() {
+            var original = arrayBufferFromText('name=hubot')
+            return factory(original).blob().then(readBlobAsText).then(function(text) {
+              assert.equal(text, 'name=hubot')
+            })
+          })
+
+          test('consume as text', function() {
+            var original = arrayBufferFromText('name=hubot')
+            return factory(original).text().then(function(text) {
+              assert.equal(text, 'name=hubot')
+            })
+          })
+        })
+
+        featureDependent(suite, support.arrayBuffer, 'type Uint8Array', function() {
+          test('consume as array buffer', function() {
+            var original = new Uint8Array(arrayBufferFromText('name=hubot'))
+            return factory(original).arrayBuffer().then(readArrayBufferAsText).then(function(text) {
+              assert.equal(text, 'name=hubot')
+            })
+          })
+
+          featureDependent(test, support.blob, 'consume as blob', function() {
+            var original = new Uint8Array(arrayBufferFromText('name=hubot'))
+            return factory(original).blob().then(readBlobAsText).then(function(text) {
+              assert.equal(text, 'name=hubot')
+            })
+          })
+
+          test('consume as text', function() {
+            var original = new Uint8Array(arrayBufferFromText('name=hubot'))
+            return factory(original).text().then(function(text) {
+              assert.equal(text, 'name=hubot')
+            })
+          })
+        })
+
+        featureDependent(suite, support.arrayBuffer, 'type DataView', function() {
+          test('consume as array buffer', function() {
+            var original = new DataView(arrayBufferFromText('name=hubot'))
+            return factory(original).arrayBuffer().then(readArrayBufferAsText).then(function(text) {
+              assert.equal(text, 'name=hubot')
+            })
+          })
+
+          featureDependent(test, support.blob, 'consume as blob', function() {
+            var original = new DataView(arrayBufferFromText('name=hubot'))
+            return factory(original).blob().then(readBlobAsText).then(function(text) {
+              assert.equal(text, 'name=hubot')
+            })
+          })
+
+          test('consume as text', function() {
+            var original = new DataView(arrayBufferFromText('name=hubot'))
+            return factory(original).text().then(function(text) {
+              assert.equal(text, 'name=hubot')
             })
           })
         })
@@ -144,6 +208,12 @@ exercise.forEach(function(exerciseMode) {
               assert.equal(text, 'hello')
             })
           })
+
+          featureDependent(test, support.arrayBuffer, 'consume as array buffer', function() {
+            return factory('hello').arrayBuffer().then(readArrayBufferAsText).then(function(text) {
+              assert.equal(text, 'hello')
+            })
+          })
         })
       })
     }