Comments on: A well worn piece of gear over the seasons https://pmags.com/a-well-worn-piece-of-gear-over-the-seasons Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:24:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Travel Gears https://pmags.com/a-well-worn-piece-of-gear-over-the-seasons#comment-638967 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 10:34:28 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=11601#comment-638967 I do recommend the dorky chinstrap though, as otherwise it tends to achieve liftoff during gusts on windy ridges

]]> By: Nick https://pmags.com/a-well-worn-piece-of-gear-over-the-seasons#comment-588790 Thu, 14 Jul 2016 00:19:11 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=11601#comment-588790 I started wearing a boonie hat after reading your original review. I love the thing. I always take it for days outside, on the water, or working around the house to keep my head and ears from burning in the sun. Works like a champ.

If you want the solution to losing your hat in the wind, read this post I found shortly after purchasing my hat. I wear the the hat boating and it doesn’t even fly off at high speed!

http://votefordavid.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-wear-boonie-hat.html

]]> By: grannyhiker https://pmags.com/a-well-worn-piece-of-gear-over-the-seasons#comment-588382 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:01:58 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=11601#comment-588382 My favorite is the Sunday Afternoons Adventure hat, the ultimate in dorkiness. What I love about it is that it keeps the sun off my face and neck (I burn easily and am allergic to most sunscreens) and that there’s no brim in back to bang against the top of my backpack, just a drape (which can be fastened up to the back of the hat when needed. I wear it around town, too.

]]> By: Nick Gatel https://pmags.com/a-well-worn-piece-of-gear-over-the-seasons#comment-588350 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 06:16:49 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=11601#comment-588350 I wore Boonie hats for 40 years until my wife bought me a couple Tilley’s. Can’t say they are significantly better, but they are signifacnlty more expensive — so I have to now worry about losing my newer hats. Still wear my Boonie occasionally. I wouldn’t switch if I were you, and don’t let your wife see a gear catalogue!

]]> By: Paul Mags https://pmags.com/a-well-worn-piece-of-gear-over-the-seasons#comment-588346 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 05:04:27 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=11601#comment-588346 In reply to LarryBoy.

Oh yeah…I have the dorky chin strap and use as needed. Usually is behind my head under the bandanna knot. If it is very windy, well, I use it as a chin strap. The one gust in the Pecos Wilderness has made me very conservative with the chin strap use!

]]> By: LarryBoy https://pmags.com/a-well-worn-piece-of-gear-over-the-seasons#comment-588329 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 23:09:07 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=11601#comment-588329 I purchased a boonie hat a few months ago and i’m a convert! It’s like an umbrella that you don’t have to hold in your hand.

I do recommend the dorky chinstrap though, as otherwise it tends to achieve liftoff during gusts on windy ridges

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