I have a nice collection of Baseball Style caps....they usually do fine but with the heat wave we had I bought a Boonie Hat Like Kev's to keep my ears from burning while working in the yard and garden. If I am outdoors for extended periods in the summer I need Loose fitting long shirt, light long pants and a and a Boonie Hat.

I imagine it would be a must have being on foot in Texas in the summer...winter a Baclava will do nicely.

 

...winter a Baclava will do nicely.

: I am going to say that must have been a spell checker error. It's BALACLAVA or maybe you prefer to wear a sweet Turkish pastry on your head. :rofl:


Oh and keeping with the original subject. I have a collection different camo boonie hats and one rather dashing safari hat.

 

When I'm working, any knit cap will do. If SHTF and I needed to get down to business:

http://www.amazon.com/Stars-Stripes-Forever-Ruffle-Feathers/dp/B001VDVF5Y

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Summer and warm weather can't beat the good old Boonie - even in winter with a knit pull over under it.

 

merino wool buff
wool watch cap
wool scarf
plain baseball cap
sunglasses
safety glasses
synthetic buff

 

One that covers the top of my head.

 

I wear a felt hat similar to this one

wouldn't say its a "survival" hat per say but i wear it when I'm outside working in the yard or fields or just when outside really keeps the sun off my face and neck
its comfortable goes with any attire i have on it was cheap and it works

 

I wear the same hat.

 

Beenie or Boonie/with a head net/bug screen laced into the cartridge loops.

 

Well, I'm bald, so hats save my head from sunburn and heat loss Toques in the
winter, ballcaps and a bugsuit for late April to September.{ Blackflies, then Mosquitos. I love watching my city friends go for a stroll at dusk... welcome to the food chain...}
Last year I picked up a wide
brim cotton hat to protect my ears and neck from sunburn. It wicks off sweat nicely,
and doesn't fly off when I'm in the boat. Polarized clipon sunglasses are also a must because of glare off the water and all the shoals...

 

Depends. If I'm just in a bob/pack I have a beanie/boonie combination. If its winter, balaclava too. I prefer wool beanies to fleece, they hold more heat in the wind. Otherwise, ball cap, beanie, felt brim hat, theyre all good for different situations. But beanie/ boonie is great combo for sun and cold (or night)

 

I use many different hats: balaklava, baseball hat, winter hat with ear flaps, kuchma and boonie hat.
If we are talking winter, kuchma or fur hat is the top. If we are talking bush hiking, boonie hat is the one to choose...

 

I wear a pith helmet. I just need to add a strap to keep it from falling off of my head during adventures!

 

giggle hat. which is the same as the boonie hat. i go for the long brim.

Here is a hat survival tip. If you have a cord tighten it around the back of your head not under your chin. That way if your hat gets ripped off you can still find your head.

 

Indiana Jones had a manly hat. I would not wear something like it, I would stay with my issued ABU, BDU, or DCU. I've been deployed a few times and have a gang of them... somewhere in all these bags of military gear.

 

Bonnies or any other crush hats with brims would be a good choice if you could only have one. I personally don't wear them that much, I am close enough in looks and personality to Carl in Caddy Shack (Bill Murray) I don't need the visual reminder

summertime my official good time hat is a straw cowboy hat almost sombrero big. Light, carry my own shade on my head. I wouldn't want to tramp through heavy brush with it but for a hot georgia sunny day it keeps my head cool and dry when it rains. Plus it makes a handy impromptu bucket.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Palm-Leaf-S...HAT-5-BRIM-Western-Gus-Crease-/200614019295?pt=US_Hats&var=&hash=item746b757aa2

Winter I have a black felt hat with a round uncreased dome, straight brim that folks have described as either amish farm boy or creepy preacher, take your pick.

Alternately I have a black leather cowboy hat I bought for 7 bucks in one of those country convenient stores. Love the brick brack general store nature of those back wood mom and pops. The hat is kinda tacky but so am I. Tickled me because a bad guy mexican in Lone Star State of Mind wore one just like it. I know I am rambling but that was one seriously funny movie.

http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Lone_Star_State_of_Mind/60027164?trkid=2361637

Yeah I like hats. Funny part is I am getting so old I think people assume I wear them because I am bald. My hair hasn't turned gray or loose yet

 

Winter I have a black felt hat with a round uncreased dome, straight brim that folks have described as either amish farm boy or creepy preacher, take your pick.

It's called a Parson's Hat.

Trivia from the 'TV got it wrong again' department: IRL, Daniel Boone wore a Parson's Hat. He despised coonskin caps.

 

Ball cap or boonie during the day.

Out camping, I gotta have a wool watch cap to sleep at night.
Learned that one in the Army, can pull it down over my eyes and face and be completely warm.

 

Boonie hat or a bomber in the cold is what I wear.

 

I have a boonie hat, but it just doesn't feel right. It's sized correctly, but I need something that works with long, thick hair. Think I need something with a wider brim. I'd also like something that worked well in colder climates since we get down to -40 up here sometimes.

The thing that works best so far are hoods.

 

About 13 years ago I bought my son a wool hat for Civil War (civilian) reenacting. He was 14 at the time. I paid $90 for this hat as it is a true replica, handmade. Well, he decided shortly there after that he was not interested and I had this expensive hat. However .. I quickly realized just how convenient it is to wear in rainy weather pitching my wall tent at the events. It keeps the rain off my face and from going down my neck .. has never leaked water. I would most definitely recommend this type of hat. After all .. it is what out ancestors wore doing exactly what were are discussing. I also have a roller hat.

 

Oh, now that's kinda cool. I'm sure our Amish neighbors would approve.

 

-40!!!!!! here ya go.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-USS...rian-Russian-Polar-Fur-Ushanka-Hat-/250754461139?pt=US_Hats&hash=item3a62216dd3

kris that is just about identical to what I called my amish farm hat except mine has a flat brim.

I have been known to wear a ball cap with a bandana trailing down the back to keep the sun off my neck. Kind of like the wwii japanese.

 

-40!!!!!! here ya go.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-USS...rian-Russian-Polar-Fur-Ushanka-Hat-/250754461139?pt=US_Hats&hash=item3a62216dd3

Ouch! That's an expensive at. For that price it better do more than just keep my head warm.

 

survival hat??

1. Get a boonie and put ammo around it to look tacticool.
2. go google "odd jobs hat" and get yourself an Odd Jobs from James Bond hat, so you can take it off and throw it at people :thumb:

 

Tilley makes some might fine hats that won't blow off. Pricey,but they will last a lifetime.

 

It depends on what the rest of my outfit looks like, what color lipstick I have on and if it's before or after Labor Day.

 

You just said a survival hat, well it depends on where you live and the season, just like anything else.

I personally wear a boonie hat hiking in summer, spring, fall. Occasionally in summer I wear a shemagh. They really do wonders at making you cooler, even though you wouldn't think so if you aren't familiar with that type of headgear.

In the winter time i always wear a du-rag underwater other type of headgear I wear. This winter headgear is typically one of those flannel winter hats with the fur insulated inside and fur insulated ear flaps, with a strap on the earflaps to keep them from flying up. Think Russian hat.

Survival hats, think about what people that live in the type of environment you are giong to be in wear.

Russia - very cold - big furry hats with ear flaps
Middle East - shemaghs - turbans
Middle America - ball caps - lends very little to survival in the wild, but helps

 

Normally I just wear a ball cap. For hiking and such I have two others that I bring, depending on the weather.

For cold and snowy weather, I like the Blackrock hat. It's 900fp down, and since it's made of nylon the snow doesn't stick to it and melt on my head like it does with fleece hats. It blocks wind much better than fleece beanies, and it's a lot more compressible for the amount of warmth I get.
www.blackrockgear.com

The other is an Outdoor Research Nimbus Sombrero, similar to this Seattle Sombrero. It's waterproof, only the Nimbus is more breathable. This way I don't have to wear a stuffy hood when it's raining...hoods get all muggy inside, I can't hear what's going on around me as well, they don't turn with my head, etc...this hat solves all that.
http://www.outdoorresearch.com/en/or-gear/headwear/rain-hats/seattle-sombrero-23577.html

And then a good collection of BDU/DCU/ABU patrol caps, boonie hats, etc. But I think my favorite SHTF hat will be this one. I'll sit on my porch and watch it all go down...

 

I have a leather wide brim hat that I have worn I the Pacific NW for over 20 years.It's great
It's kinda like a cowboy hat but leather.