Headwear

[TheViking]

Sorry, if it has been discussed before, but the search engine don't take small words... :roll:

What do you wear on your head? I have 2 choices: a summer 'Boonie' hat (http://www.sams.asn.au/2004/Merchandise/Bucket%20hat.jpg) (dark navy blue) or a wool 'patrol' hat like this (http://www.pistonheads.com/shop/productpics/fleece-hat-large2.jpg) (black).

The boonie is for summer mostly. Mine is dark blue and has 2 pockets. They are big enough for watch compass, needle, thread, matches, plasters and safety pins. :shock:

The patrol hat is wool. Very nice for windy and cold conditions. My favourite of the two. :wink: It's always in the rucksack or on the head (mostly on the head). :biggthump You know the fact that up to 50 % of the body heat can go lost via the head.

[TheViking]

And yes, of course when I searched for: headwear, it came up with a thread. :roll:

[CLEM]

Ive two,a US issue olive drab boonie for summer use and a black US issue gortex/wool watch cap/beenie for winter.

[Paganwolf]

Heres my nut cover, Bush tucker man style acubra... i love this ol hat :wink:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/jlamour1/Picture1094.jpg

[tenbears10]

I've got the same croc hatband on my Akubra Snowy River Paganwolf. I love mine too. No better hat IMO.

Bill

[Paganwolf]

Top noggin cover i agree Bill! same band eh! was we all seperated at birth? or do all great mids think alike :wink:

[dtalbot]

A tilley ltm5 I picked up cheap on ebay for summer wear, whatever fleece hat I can find when I need it in winter.
Cheers
David

[hootchi]

For summer i'v got a green boonie only to keep the sun off my ears and to put it in streams and wear it!! For winter iv got a trusty wool full face balaclava (some people stare, but i just stare back and they run away :naughty: :nana: ) and if its really cold i use a fleece hat aswell

[Swampy Matt]

For spring, summer and autumn i use a Rogue Original Bush hat, waterproofed with Nikwax Aqueous Wax (it works on anything leather, not just boots!)

For winter, a trusty woolen beanie hat.

There's always a shemagh and a bandanna in my pack as well, whatever the season, 'cos they're just so useful.

[Motorbike Man]

I've got an Akubra style leather hat I picked up at The Great Dorset Steamfair. I have a larger than average size head (Have to have room for all the brains in it :wink: ) and I've been trying for years to get one that fits. Finally found one and worn it in hot and cold weather, it's great :super: I've proofed it with a similar thing to aqueous nikwax and it is more comfortable that any wooly or fleece hat that I've ever had.

[Lithril]

I've got an Aussie Swagman which I've waterproofed, never go out walking without, it'll pack well without damaging the hat, keeps the sun off and if it rains just forces out over your shoulders intead of down your neck, don't know how I got on without it.

[dchinell]

I'm in Florida, so it never gets very cold. For hiking it's an olive drab boonie. If it gets below 55 deg F (13 deg C) I carry a fleece hood for sleeping in at night. -- Bear

[RovingArcher]

I wear several different types of head coverings. Depends on time of year and what I'm doing. I sometimes wear a ballcap for summer and spring. Unless I'm out in the bush, then I wear an issue boonie in woodland camo or one of many bandanas, but usually a deep red bandana either as a headband or a do-rag. Colder times find me in a wool crusher and ear biting cold I'm wearing a wool watchcap. Been thinking about getting a Tilly hat, but just can't bring myself to pay that kind of money for a hat.

[willie]

hootchi i could just imagine walking along and seeing some dude stunding under a tree with a balaclava on lol they must think ur a weirdo lol :rolmao:

[hootchi]

hootchi i could just imagine walking along and seeing some dude stunding under a tree with a balaclava on lol they must think ur a weirdo lol :rolmao:
Yeah thats what they all say! :cry: :wink:

P.S. is this not the most harsh smilie you have ever seen :dedhorse: (not amused)

[Tyr]

Fox for the real cold, rabbit for the not so real cold, various wolly hats and a couple of balaclavas and an Accubra, a Tilly, a Gurkha slouch hat, various ball caps, a stetson, a US Marine drill instructor hat and....... I guess I have a few and it kind of depends on what I'm doing and where I'm doing it.

[Squidders]

For summer I have a cheap £1.99 desert boonie copy because I don't care what happens to it and I burn REALLY easy and for winter use I have a dull grey Lowe Alpine fleece jobby... dead comfy and warm.

[mick]

in winter i wear a wool hat and in summer i don't bother.

[arctic hobo]

Usually it's very very cold where I'm out, so I wear a thick arctic Army balaclava. It's white though, so I avoid the stares - plus you don't see it when I've my big fur hood up.