Hats for strong winds?

• Dec 1, 2016

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For Years to come, I'm going to travel To Comodoro Rivadavia. A city which characteristic are the strong winds. I don't know About miles, but almost all year the wind there varies between 80-120 KM/H. In the past i don't worry much, but now i've started wearing hats, i wondering, what hat would be suitable for that?, i imagine a hat with a very short brim, or no wear hat meanwhile i'm there. That solution taken this year, and was good because in the five days i've stayed there, even my moustaches seemed to blow up.

 

• Dec 1, 2016

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Just good old flatcap, the real universal headwear.

 

• Dec 1, 2016

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Wear any hat you want with moderate winds,( 27 Km/h today) & a Basque beret, which is the traditional headwear of Argentinian gauchos, when it's blowing a gale.

 

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• Dec 1, 2016

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Lean'n'mean said:

Where any hat you want with moderate winds,( 27 Km/h today) & a Basque berret, which is the traditional hearwear of Argentinian gauchos, when it's blowing a gale.

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Second this;the beret will work pretty much anywhere.

 

• Dec 1, 2016

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After chasing one of my prized vintage Playboy's across a busy parking lot I avoid wearing brimmed hats on very blustery days and go with a flat cap or a baseball cap

 

• Dec 1, 2016

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I have a Columbia Sportswear camo hunting/fishing cap with ears that fold down and fasten with Velcro. It works well in wind, rain and cold. I don't worry much about fashion when walking about in extreme weather conditions.

I've worn a baseball cap on windy days, too. The other hat I use is one I purchased just this year, an Outback Trading Company oilskin hat called the River Guide. It has chin straps that can be tightened up to hold the hat on your head and is pretty much waterproof as well.

 

• Dec 2, 2016

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Wear a cool hoodie.

 

• Dec 2, 2016

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Derby. Hands down.
Second... A stingy brim fedora, somewhat tight fitting.

 

• Dec 2, 2016

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• Dec 2, 2016

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sebastian czentner said:

F. . . don't know About miles, but almost all year the wind there varies between 80-120 KM/H.

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I agree I often grab a beret on a blustery day. But for the wind speeds you're quoting my vote is the flat cap ---> backwards. The harder it blows the more it just flattens down & hangs tighter to your head. Motorcycle at highway speed and it stays tight (very aerodynamic). Picked this one up at Hats Plus last trip to Chicago. . . I'm sure you could find similar locally or on-line.

 

• Dec 2, 2016

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Stingy brim Cavanagh. Not enough brim to catch the wind, and you still look cool!

 

• Dec 2, 2016

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Winds today in Comodoro are 18 Km/h max., 27 Km/h yesterday, so you see, it ain't always a wind tunnel.

 

• Dec 2, 2016

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Lean'n'mean said:

Winds today in Comodoro are 18 Km/h max., 27 Km/h yesterday, so you see, it ain't always a wind tunnel.

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Yeah sure not always, but most of the time is, in summer it was normal winds, but another season's almost it´s insane. I've traveled there in summer once, but most of times i'll go on autumn or early spring, and the wind is crazy, strangely at same time at Puerto Madryn wind isnt a issue or i´ve yet had to had troubles in that city.
Another side i'm glad i´ve found this forum.

 

• Dec 3, 2016

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A nice bowler/derby. But I don't know where you would get a nice fitted one nowadays. sorry. Maybe a Tilley T3 that you can tie on.
Johnny

 

• Dec 3, 2016

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A nice soft felt fedora from Art or Tony B would work just fine. Old cowboys often worked in high winds without taking their hats off, because the brims were not stiff like today's production hats. Some may have started stiff, but a good rainstorm or a dunk in a stock tank takes care of that. Get a hat made in the style you prefer, ask the hatter to use thinner felt or use less stiffener. I ride often in places where the wind comes howling down the canyons, and never had my hat blow off yet. Just my opinion, but then I look really dorky in any kind of cap, so my options are limited. Frank

 

• Dec 3, 2016

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I'm with Frank. A PROPERLY fitted soft felt fedora has served me well thus far, even on NYC's West Side Boulevard where winds come of the Hudson like through a canyon. Turn INTO the wind, and your hat will even seat more firmly on your head. My .02.

 

• Dec 3, 2016

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hatsRme said:

I'm with Frank. A PROPERLY fitted soft felt fedora has served me well thus far, even on NYC's West Side Boulevard where winds come of the Hudson like through a canyon. Turn INTO the wind, and your hat will even seat more firmly on your head. My .02.

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That's been my experience too, properly fitted is important and more fun. Where the leather sweatband is touching your head, it makes a kind of "stick" that simply holds the hat in it's position and onto your head. As I arch my eyebrows a few times my hat sort of drops down in back a little and just stays on in the wind. I do get a little nervous on occasion crossing that bridge over the river though

The OP mentions some pretty stiff winds and I imagine a nice felt hat fitted with a chin strap of some sort might serve and be enjoyable when out of the wind. Or one of the ackubras that accommodate a chin strap might work and be enjoyable. Also there is the "stampeed string" from David Morgan for hats that don't accommodate a chin strap.

 

• Dec 4, 2016

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Hard to believe nobody has mentioned a hat with a wind cord. I have also utilized one of my lids so equipped, and although it didn't blow off as I rounded the corner to West Side Boulevard, I felt more secure knowing it was connected. It even stayed on as I bent over to catch and return a younger gentleman's hardhat that was blowing by me. Now THAT felt great!

 

• Dec 4, 2016

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Bob Roberts said:

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