[at-l] What's your favorite plastic hat?

[bradleybishop at sbcglobal.net (Bradley M Bishop)]

It's not "plastic" as your subject line reads, but I like my Columbia
"Bora Bora" booney hat. Great protection from sun, folds up easily and
regains its shape fairly easily.

I don't wear it in rain (I put the hood up on my jacket), so don't know
how it would do. Would probably soak up water.

Brim is not stiff, so a strong headwind will bend the brim up or
sometimes down over my eyes. (This actually gets quite annoying)

BB

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-----Original Message-----
From: W F Thorneloe [mailto:thornel@attglobal.net] 
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 5:45 PM
To: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: RE: [at-l] What's your favorite plastic hat?

David wonders about hats for a planned Florida Trail hike.

There are plenty of brimmed nylon hats that will cover face and ears
from 
the sun. Baseball caps are popular, but don't cover the ears. Most folks

will use the hood from your shell as the best rain hat. There are very
nice 
Panama style hats, but the ones that are easy to fold and stash are
pretty 
expensive.

OrangeBug