What hat to get Hubby for travelling?

Lived in the tropics (FNQ, NT WA for nigh on 40 years and never found an genuine akubra too hot. Have tried a couple of other brands but the Akubra seems to beat them hands down
We use tents and a Tvan and still have lots of room
M

Hi Barbara
I have found the Akubra to be hot too so i have a full brim hat with a lot of air holes and i found this to be realy cool. i BOUGHT THIS IN Cooktown. I did not find this type of hat in Sydney
Terry

Have a look on line at Barmah hats, can screw them up, sit on them, use them as a Frisbee (grand-kids did) www.barmahhats.com.au Oz made.

BruceV

Hi Barbara,
Let him take the Akubra for when he needs to feel "Dressed Up" and buy him a wide brim soft cotton floppy for general use.
These hats are extremely comfortable and have a myriad of uses in the bush.
Inverted it makes a drinking bowl for man's best friend, you can wipe your hands with it, use it to mop up spills or wipe dust off your vehicle seat before you get in in all your finery, the're good for wiping the dipstick on when checking the engine oil. They can be squashed into small spaces and only need to be worn to resume their shapelessness.
In fact they develop a character of their own, matching that of the owner and best of all they can be washed. (That only makes them clean, it does not remove their character).

Cheers
Disco.

Hi

After having several issues with the dreaded skin cancer I was told to always wear a broad rimmed hat. Common sense really.

Anyway we spend every winter in the kimberley and after trying many different hats I found the "Tilley" brand.

Made in Canada and have a lifetime guarantee against wear and loss.

Not cheap but simply great hats, lightweight, waterproof and cool, and they wash back to like brand new.

I found a place on the net and got mine (I have two) at around half the aussie price delivered to Perth.

I have had my first one for 5 years now.

I Have no affiliation to the company but feel their product is so good.

Hi Barbara,
Just brought the Exploroz hat featured in the add next to your post and was surprised by the width of the brim. I will probably use that one for work and get another for touring.

Regards

Graham

Barb, are you VERY SURE that hubby does not just LOVE his Akubra?

You are on the right track with the broad brimmed hat.

Just in case you are thinking of getting an american yankee baseball hat don't! They only cover the nose and the bald spot.

If he is "attached" to the old one, as some men are, don't go too far from the same design and keep the new one as a dress up.

I have had akubras and feel comfortable and not hot in them.

Personally I would not put a floppy hat or straw hat on. I don't like them. Maybe he does. The only floppy hat I liked was my old one I snuck home from Vietnam, Faded, torn been under a tanks tracks and on patrol with me. Some low life stole it while I was washing my face after footy.

Phil.

If it don't have Akubra written on it, I will not wear it. The only thing I won't do is buy another black one. Not hot, but shows up every speck of dust.

If he has one of those peeked caps make certain that he wears the peek to the front otherwise people may take him for a "lovely boy"

Hats are an individual item best chosen by the wearer.
Cheers Craig.......

Wear any hat you like but just not a leather broad brimmed hat!

I brought a Tilleys Hat back from Canada for my better half nearly 30 years ago and it is still his favourite hat for beach, fishing or camping. It is still in good condition although no longer looking totally pristine even after a wash - must be those dip sticks! It certainly looks better than those cotton floppies and none of it has frayed or rotted! These hats even float when you drop them overboard. They are not Australian but they have real character and many stories attached to them. And I am quite fond of Canada anyway! He loves his Akubra but tends to keep it "for Best"! Lynne

Hi Barbara,

I reckon you must be one very brave lady! My efforts at choosing any wearing apparel for my other half are seldom successful unless he has a say in the choosing process.

When it comes to hats there is now the problem with what is comfortable given loss of thatch and the almost inevitable skin cancers or their precursors that make his scalp tender. Soft floppy cotton hats are now preferred and anything with a firm band (including his Akubra) are not comfortable.

Cheers,

Val.

Gday
I wear a some what squashed bowler hat ( akubra brand)

Hi Barbara,........What about a Hard Hat!!!!!?.. Like the foremen wear on industrial sites!....And they take some tuff love,..Besides you can belt him around the ears when your mad, and let all that stress out!, Good side is deep down you know its not hurting....LOL.

Cheers Axle.

Hi Barbara, more important than the type of hat is to have a hat holder, holds the hat flat against the roof out of the way, does not restrict access or vision

SWMBO bought me one for xmas, most excellent, could not recommend to highly

http://www.rmwilliams.com.au/home.asp?pageid=30A4383191C26B9B&departmentproducttypegroupid=FE5F8BFED1A30D1B&productid=A9CD5788637CC8DA&producttypeid=6B7907A910A4EAA5