One thing about Tilley hats that may not have been mentioned is that most are washable, and I like a hat that can withstand repeated washings. My Airflow (now 6 years old) gets sweat stained and generally nasty, but a quick wash in the sink and it looks and smells like new - and keeps its shape. I just wring it out and put it back on my head. It's also all synthetic materials so the size has remained constant, where some of my cotton hats have shrunk. I loved my 'Ultimate' brand boating hat, but had to soak it and stretch it over a head-sized bucket and it still shrunk back. Filson doesn't seem to make any truly well-ventilated hats and their waxed cotton can't be thoroughly cleaned; mine got pretty ripe after a year or two. There are probably a lot of good hats out there, but I'd buy another Tilley if mine got lost.
Jack "bald and with pallid cancer-prone Irish skin, so hats are my friend" On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 6:55:30 PM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: > Thanks. This looks likely: > https://www.tilley.com/us_en/ltm8-airflo-mesh-hat.html > > But tell me, why is it worth 3X the price of this one? > https://www.outdoorresearch.com/us/papyrus-brim-sun-hat-243408?cat=124,24,6,402 > > As I said at the beginning, I'll happily pay $100 for a hat if I get value > for the $$, but I need to be convinced that a $90 or $100 hat is worth 2 or > 3 times the price of the $36 the OR hat. > > What do the more expensive ones offer that the cheaper ones don't? > > As Lord Peter Wimsey so sagely and sententiously observed so long ago, "It > is not the brand that guarantees the quality, but the quality that > guarantees the brand." > > Patrick '7 3/4"' Moore > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 7:37 PM Berkeleyan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For me, it's a *Tillley*. I have two, one in a greenish tint, the other >> Johnny Cash black. The green goes camping, backpacking, and bicycle >> touring, the black is for Zoom calls and walking to restaurants before >> covid times. They are superb in all aspects of construction, give very good >> shade, are reasonably rain-resistant, have a secret pocket for C-notes, and >> best of all, come in real hat sizes. I have a size 8 head, this is >> important. >> >> - Andrew, Berkeley >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/74d696ce-9d45-4ea5-beeb-c82e3f6d7d6an%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/74d696ce-9d45-4ea5-beeb-c82e3f6d7d6an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4a829d2c-d815-4488-98b2-c9f999a97283n%40googlegroups.com.
