Henschel Aussie Breezer Cotton Hat for Outdoor & Travel

I’m rating the hat on the basis of wanting a sturdy sun hat I can wear under windy conditions. That’s because in calmer conditions I wear a larger lifeguard type sun hat, which in the wind is hard to keep on even with a good chin strap. If it’s just flat out blowing hard I’ll go down to a baseball cap but I consider them close to worthless in high sun. Here you see biking as a good example. In adjoining pix I have sewn onto the inner sweat band a double sided piece of denim. The reason is so the hat fits snugly, and I don’t need the chin strap unless the blow is fairly high. There are other ways of snugging up a hat band. Pay attention to the sizing as you want a comfortable but firm fit. Crush this hat in your suitcase and it pops right back; another reason if you need a travel sun hat but don’t see lugging a broad brim along. Another reason for this hat is avoiding a straw hat in this dimension. The big straw lifeguard hats seem to last okay but straw hats with a high crown of this type start to fray and fracture on me after a season. I’m including fairly expensive ones in this category, although they can be light and attractive. Keep a hat like that for happy hour and use this one when out for a hard day in the sun offshore fishing or skeet shooting. It’s a good midrange utility sun hat that looks decent to my eye.