Photographs Of Hats Fresh From Surviving The Elements

[Woodtroll]

I haven’t had a chance to wear my Territory in a real deluge yet, but I assume it would be good, as long as wind didn‘t blow water in the vents.

I've always been curious how much water would actually come in the small grommet vents, such as the one Akubra uses, in a hard rain. I've always avoided vented hats for fear they would leak badly. Anyone have actual experience with this that they would share?

 

[Who?]

The guy in the video with the garden hose didn’t take in any significant water through the vents, but there was no significant wind.

https://www.youtube.com/

 

[CKC]

The guy in the video with the garden hose didn’t take in any significant water through the vents, but there was no significant wind.

https://www.youtube.com/

I clicked the link and it just went to You tube and not the specific video. When you said "guy... with the garden hose", I think I know exactly the video you meant.

Here's another link.

 

[Who?]

I clicked the link and it just went to You tube and not the specific video. When you said "guy... with the garden hose", I think I know exactly the video you meant.

Here's another link.

That’s the one. I’m not sure what’s going on with the video link. YouTube may have tinkered with something.

I was somewhat mistaken about the water coming straight down.

But in any event, his head stayed relatively dry.

 

[Woodtroll]

Thank y'all for the responses and for the video link, I enjoyed it! He mentioned several times getting "sprayed" through the vents, which makes sense based on the angle. And I had to laugh when the little one got the "horizontal rain" involved!

 

[Happy]

Even some older cheap hats performed well in rain.
This old thing is a 1972-1973 Circle C Brand. I wore it as I guided in Colorado up between Creede and Lake City. It was rained on and snowed on many times and never leaked through. The sweat band rotted and the hat is loose but not floppy. I can not remember how much I paid but it was affordable to a 9th grader.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Glenn family era O’Farrell 50X, a prime example that X’s don’t mean a damn thing.

 

[BlackSmp]

Akubra Leisure Time

Blew off my head and into the nearby river. Had to jump into it to save it. Knee high into water but I got it

 

[StoryPNW]

My Akubra Angler back in the office after working out in the rain this morning.

 

[M Hatman]

Well....we have had SLUSH from the sky here yesterday.......

 

[ILB Frank]

A grey day walk under the Crash Test Catera.

 

[ILB Frank]

There hasn't been sunshine in maybe two weeks. I would have expected a lot more action in this thread because of that (so maybe it's just too depressing to post wet hats?)

Had to do a walk-through on a misting morning in my Major Moore Buckaroo.

One good thing about wet hats is you can fine tune the shape of the crown and/or brim.

 

[StoryPNW]

I got caught in the rain on my way back from dinner tonight in my John Batterson.

 

[BlackSmp]

we got a backlash waiting for spring to arrive but…

I got to take some photos