Do you wear a hat?

[+nctreker]

I'll generally wear a floppy brimmed hat to protect my face and neck from the sun. Although, lately the caches i've gone after have had so much canopy I'm not sure the sun is even there.

 

"When action grows unprofitable, gather information. When information grows unprofitable, sleep." - Ursula LeGuin

[+Eric K]

I keep my head shaved and when hiking and I get sweaty the hat mainly keeps the gnats, sweat bees, and mosquitos away from my head.

 

Get your trackable USA geocoins at http://www.usageocoins.com

[+Mark 42]

If you sew Velcro (hook) to the top of the hat,

and then glue velcro (loop, pile) onto the bottom of your GPSr, you can put it atop your head.

It continues to receive sattelites, and doesn't get lost, unless you stick your head into tight spaces.

 

"I'm not Responsible... just ask my wife, She'll confirm it"

[Team Titus213]

I never leave home without my Resistol. The working hat or the Sunday-go-to-meeting clean one: http://www.resistolhat.com/straw.htm

 

What are you looking for?

[GlfWrVt]

Topic resurrection!

 

I just ordered a Tilley TH4 Hemp hat.

 

I have been wearing my Army issue desert boonie or my OR Seattle Sombrero for a while now and would like something a little more "classy". I think the Tilley will fill the bill.

 

-Mark.

[+Userzero]

During the summer, a Tilley is hard to beat. In winter, you need better head protection than that. Proof of that is this unauthorized picture of the Tilley Innovation, Research, and Evaluation Detachment (TIRED) during a very secret testing session here in Quebec.

 

 

 

 

JK! It's a silly hat contest we held last winter. I'm the guy with a replica of the moon (complete with LEM and command module orbiting) in the last row.

Edited January 14, 2009 by Userzero

[+Prime Suspect]

So, this is photo of what happens when people fail to protect their head?

[+StarBrand]

Link to a slightlly newer version of same topic.......

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=135773

[+The Hipster]

I love hats - My current favorites:

Late Fall/Winter/Early Spring - Filson Wool Packer Hat

Late Spring/Cool Summer/Early Fall - Filson Tin Cloth Packer Hat

Hot Summer - Tilley TM10 Mesh Hat

Semi-Dress - Tilley Fedora

[GOF and Bacall]

Tilley TM10 Mesh Hat. I have one of these, love it. Not warm enough in the winter but mid to late spring to mid to late fall it is my caching hat of choice.

[+deadcowboy]

i always wear my cowboy hats, i have a straw for the summer, and felt for the winter, i even have a nice beaver pelt for special occations.

[+BlueDeuce]

Tilley TM10 Mesh Hat. I have one of these, love it. Not warm enough in the winter but mid to late spring to mid to late fall it is my caching hat of choice.

 

I keep thinking about spending the little bit extra and buying a tilley. My birthday's in March so maybe I'll just do it then.

[GOF and Bacall]

Tilley TM10 Mesh Hat. I have one of these, love it. Not warm enough in the winter but mid to late spring to mid to late fall it is my caching hat of choice.

 

I keep thinking about spending the little bit extra and buying a tilley. My birthday's in March so maybe I'll just do it then.

 

Worth it. You wont regret it. If you can, try to find a local retailer and check out the different models and sizes.

[+wavector]

I wear a toque! A Thinsulate toque no less!

 

It isn't fashionable but when the mercury hits -25 or -30 fashion is forgotten, I see a lot of people wearing toques lately.

 

It is a toque kind of year.

[GOF and Bacall]

I wear a toque! A Thinsulate toque no less!

 

It isn't fashionable but when the mercury hits -25 or -30 fashion is forgotten, I see a lot of people wearing toques lately.

 

It is a toque kind of year.

 

-13c and dropping here in Buffalo. We don't average as cold as you but when the mercury falls the ears get covered. Now days my "toque" is covered by my hood. I find if my ears are warm and my toes are dry the rest of me is happy.

[+catsnfish]

This is my event cache hat, otherwise I wear a ball cap and when it is cold a watch cap over that. Notice the yellow headed pin on the left. It is my nano log extraction tool.

[+anakerose]

Depends on the time of year. I usually wear at least a ball cap when we go and sometimes a bucket hat if it's really hot out. Winter I always wear a toque.

[+Colonial Cats]

I have 2 Tilley hats. Wear them all the time. One is a T3 that has snaps like the Aussie hats. Quite dashing! The other is a T4 with wide brim. It is also great for driving to cut down glare. I hardly use my visor it the car. <BR>Tilley has new hats with vent mesh aroubd the brim to reduce heat. Called Airflo models.<BR>I am saving for one.

 

I have a Tilley Airflo and it is the best hat in the world. Remember that the proper fit for a Tilley is not to have a tight fit. On windy days just use the chin straps. Here is the link to my hat. My Tilley Airflo

 

You can't go wrong!

[+BadAndy]

A hat? Only when the sun is bright (sunburn) or when it's really cold (frostbite).

 

[+SkellyCA]

I'm generally not a hat person unless I'm in direct bright sunlight; then if hiking or that kind of thing, it's a boonie hat; if I'm sitting at say a baseball game, I'll ware a ball cap.

 

ever hear of the Red Hat Society?

[+TrailGators]

I always wear a baseball cap. I have tons of them. If I don't wear one then taking a shower is very painful after a long day of caching. Grass doesn't grow on a busy street!

[+JohnnyVegas]

98% of th etime I wear the Tilly, you can not do better than a Tilly hat

The other 2% of the time I might wear a fleece cap, but only when it is very cold.

I also find that my Tilly hat does not go with my Tux.

Edited January 15, 2009 by JohnnyVegas

[+Colonial Cats]

98% of th etime I wear the Tilly, you can not do better than a Tilly hat

The other 2% of the time I might wear a fleece cap, but only when it is very cold.

I also find that my Tilly hat does not go with my Tux.

 

You just need to coordinate with the right cuff links.

[+fox-and-the-hound]

I wear a tilly as well and just soak it in streams we cross over to keep my nugget nice and cool.

 

edit to add: the bonus is you can spray repellent on your hat instead of your head and avoid the nasty taste in your mouth of overspray.

Edited January 15, 2009 by fox-and-the-hound

[+JohnnyVegas]

I wear a tilly as well and just soak it in streams we cross over to keep my nugget nice and cool.

 

edit to add: the bonus is you can spray repellent on your hat instead of your head and avoid the nasty taste in your mouth of overspray.

Here is a tip on Tilly hats. while Tilly says if the hats get stained from perspuration that the staine cannot be removed. Well I found that Oxy-CLean will leave my Tilly hat looking like new.

[+joranda]

Baseball style!

 

[+WeeWillie]

I didn't used to wear a hat. I have had 3 face/head skin cancer removals in the last 4 years. Now I wear a hat.

 

What is the #1 souvenir most tourists return with from Arizona? - Sunburn

[+komatsu200]

I never wore a hat until my wife bought me a camouflage Komatsu hat. When it wore out I ordered 3 more in camo, 1 in red, and 1 in white. Now I feel naked without one.

[+komatsu200]

I never wore a hat until my wife bought me a camouflage Komatsu hat. When it wore out I ordered 3 more in camo, 1 in red, and 1 in white. Now I feel naked without one.

Oops double post

Edited January 16, 2009 by komatsu200

[+StumpWater]

I look funny enough without wearing a hat (they truly look strange on me).

[GlfWrVt]

I got my Tilley TH-4 Hemp hat the other day. My intitial impression is that this is one well made hat. I love the pocket in the top and it feels soooo comfy sitting on my grape. It sits low on my head and shields my eyes and back of the neck very well. It sure looks miles better than my old Army issue Desert boonie hat and the Seattle sombrero. I'll post again later with further info if I can remember to do it.

 

-Mark.

[+fox-and-the-hound]

I wear a tilly as well and just soak it in streams we cross over to keep my nugget nice and cool.

 

edit to add: the bonus is you can spray repellent on your hat instead of your head and avoid the nasty taste in your mouth of overspray.

Here is a tip on Tilly hats. while Tilly says if the hats get stained from perspuration that the staine cannot be removed. Well I found that Oxy-CLean will leave my Tilly hat looking like new.

 

That's not a stain, that's a badge of honor! And if you wear it long enough, it's all one color! I kid, I kid, but I've dipped into so many lake and streams that it's more or less all one dingy mud color nowadays.

[+Aix sponsa]

In the wide - open nothing. In the woods - a bandanna. Keeps the bugs out of my hair, and there isn't much for low hanging balsam and black spruce branches to catch.

 

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

~Robert Frost

[+wkmccall]

I was wondering if anyone wears a hat in the heat. Evertime I go out geocaching I wonder if I will get hotter as they say a hat holds the heat in your body or does it shade the sun? Let me know what you think.<BR><BR>"WITHOUT GEOGRAPHY YOU'RE NOWHERE....Jimmy Buffett

 

Usually a gray fadora (Raiders of the Lost Arc type) when I'm doing photography or my boonie

[+Haferle]

The definite answer is Tilley T3. Period.

[+Haferle]

The definite answer is Tilley T3. Period.

[+wesleykey]

I wear hats in the rain as well as in the extreme cold.

[+gdpsych]

Tilley T4 with insectshield (it works) and a Tilley LTM6 "AIRFLO". Tilley makes the best hats in the world. The foam in the top of the hat has saved me from alot of pain geocaching from many over head obstacles.

[+jmd65]

Tilley LTM3. Never leave home without it.

[Jantaculum]

*now going shopping to look for a Tilley*

[tttedzeins]

I wear a Akubra Cattleman. We don't have use for rain hats as it does not rain here.

One of these

[Jantaculum]

*now going shopping to look for a Tilley*

 

So now I'm the proud owner of one of these - a Tilley TH8 in Mocha

 

I blame you lot for MAKING me spend £54!

 

Seriously though I'm delighted - been looking for a good quality hat that actually suits me for quite some time.

[+Former Hawkeye]

I wear an Iowa Hawkeye hat in good weather and a floppy hat when we have a couple days of summer and I wear my "mad bomber" fur lined in the winter which seems to be 7+ months.

 

It might be spring by the calender, but we still are trying to melt our snow in the Red River Valley of the North, so we can have another flood.

[+KJcachers]

picked up a Tilley LTM6 at REI about a month ago!

 

[+Metaphor]

I always wear a tinfoil hat to keep the alien mind-control signals out. In winter, I line it with thinsulite.

[+jmd65]

I always wear a tinfoil hat to keep the alien mind-control signals out.

 

It's not working.

[+gdpsych]

I always wear a tinfoil hat to keep the alien mind-control signals out. In winter, I line it with thinsulite.

We know what You are thinking.

[+Pork King]

Where would a redneck be without his ubiquitous "Cat" hat?

 

 

[+mrbort]

I love me some hats... I usually wear a wool cowboy type hat but can be seen in baseball caps or even the recently purchased hard hat (along with vest and clipboard) when looking for a tough urban cache where, since i cache solo, it tends to be a little bit of an explanation for the odd poking around behavior of some random dude.

 

On tilley hats: My grandfather loved his and even formed friendships based on traveling and having other tilley wearers recognize it. My dad wears his tilley hat every single day; as a dermatologist he's keen on sun protection but this has transcended that and become more "him" than anything

 

Fun topic

[+Colonial Cats]

Here is a related thread that I started: Tilley Meet Again