HAT FEATURES, GIZMOS, GADGETS

Protect yourself every minute you spend outdoors with UPF (Ultraviolet Protection Factor) Certified hat.

Hats provide the best sun protection for the face, ears, scalp, and the back of the neck. Hats also protect where applying sunscreen is difficult or forgotten, such as the scalp, hairline, tip of the ears. Sunburns and sun damage happen wherever UV rays can go, so guard your skin in style with our sun hats.

The Skin Cancer Foundation provides a secondary approval for sun protective hats. Hats must have a minimum of 3" wide brim to receive the approval.

UPF50, UPF50+ rated hats provide excellent sun protection, blocking 97.5% or more UV rays.

Some fabrics are treated with UV inhibiting ingredients, but most fabrics' structure prevents UV rays from passing through, such as the fibers, weaving pattern, thread count, color, thickness, and elasticity. Read more

When you love to put up your hair, wearing a hat is almost impossible. Finally, a variety of hat styles are available with ponytail hole, or high messy bun hole. Your hair is off your neck to bounce with your stride

Wide brim straw hats and safari hats have ponytail holes with hook and loop adjustment straps.

Baseball and yoga caps have zipper ponytail holes. Use it or make it disappear.

Trail hats, hiking hats are also available with ponytail holes.

Facesaver style brimless back hats will accommodate a low ponytail.

Beanies have ponytail hole have elastic toggle to adjust it.

Permethrin treated summer hats to repel mosquitoes, flyes, ticks and other insects. Permethrin is odorless and non-toxic and provides proven protections against against insects. Effectiveness is maintained even after 70 washings, giving you maximum value and performance.

Bucket hats, boonies, safari style hats are great for your outdoor adventures or sports. Styles with chin cords, neck flaps, in-crown pockets and mesh crowns are available.

Our insect repellent hats are made of performance fabrics, such as Supplex® nylon, that will not fuzz, retains its color, and stays new looking even after repeated washing and sun exposure.

Waterproof hats are impervious to water. They are made of canvas, nylon, and polyester treated to be impermeable, like rain hats. Rain hats are styled to keep water away from your face, ears, and neck. Bucket hat style is a common rain hat style as the downward brim channels the water out and away from the head.

Water repellent hats have a hydrophobic coating that repels water. Water repellent hats provide temporarily protection. Water repellent hats are perfect for any adventure. They are constructed with a variety of materials from cotton, nylon, and polyester to wool felt and palm fiber.

Wool felt hats are naturally water repellent through the felting process. They keep you warm and dry. Palm fiber hats are water repellent due to tight weaving and glazing process. They also block UV rays. Great hats to protect your from the scorching sun or summer showers. Some performance fabric and nylon hats are water repellent, and also quick drying, making them an excellent choice for outdoor activities, hiking, sailing. Waxed cotton and canvas water repellent hats are perfect for summer and winter wear. They are lightweight and naturally UV blocking. Available in every hat style, from caps to cowboy hats.

Adjustable hat sizers allow to reduce the size of the hat by just a little or up to a full size. Hats with adjustable sizers are great when you fall in between sizes, or when you need a tighter fit on a windy day. (Hats do not adjust to be bigger.)

Women's adjustable size hats most often have a drawstring inside the inner band. The drawstring can be a fabric strap or elastic ribbon or cord. To reduce the size of the hat, pull the drawstring and tie it into a bow. A hook and loop strap at the back of the crown is a good size reducing option.

Another type of hat sizing adjustment is a strap under the sweatband that may have a hook and loop or buckle closure. The strap maybe a ribbon strap, or elastic for a stretchy, comfy fit.

Flap caps and hiking hats are often adjusted by a a strap on the outside of the hat and secured by a buckle, Velcro®, or toggle cord lock. This type of adjustment can reduce the hat by over a full size.

Caps and visors are adjusted with hook and loop, snap, buckle closure, or elasticized strap closure.

Hats that do not have an adjustable feature can be tightened with hat size reducing foam tapes.

Soaker hats are made of water retaining materials. The chilling effect is provided as the material slowly releases water through evaporation. Soaker hats are made with mesh, or laser perforated crowns to add cooling ventilation.

Soakers are available in outback, safari and western hat styles. Bucket hats and baseball caps are also made from this water retaining material.

Believe us, if you have not tried a soaker hat, you cannot imagine what you are missing. The absolute best chilling hats on scorching hot days. If hats make you feel hot, this will be a hat you'll love.

Shapeable brim hats have flexible brim that hold the new style created. Some have a pliable wire is incorporated into the edge of the brim that allows shaping and styling the brim.