Sunday Afternoons Sun Tripper Cap

This is a great cap. It's cool, comfortable, and is foldable to pack anywhere. It also stays on my head which is always an issue with my small head. i work horses all day long and am constantly dismounting to pick up my cap that always flies off. But not with this one! It stays on. You can also soak it in cool water to keep your head cool. I highly recommend.

Wanted a lightweight hat for travel and didn’t want a baseball cap. This hat has it all! Adjustable, lightweight, foldable and even has a hidden pocket inside! Looks great on and the bill is just long enough to shield eyes from sun.I really like the shape which is flatter on the top. considering I have a small head the pull cord in the back helps to tighten to fit my head since they don’t offer size small, I had to get the medium… works though there is a little more excess fabric created in the back.

It's a solid hat. I bought the cream, which is light enough to keep the sun a bay but not so bright as to attract attention - for that one, the underside is a medium blue. I've worn it for a couple hours walking in the sun in 85F weather and did not have any trouble with my head becoming too hot, and the material dries quickly. The hat collapses easily enough to stow away in a pack and unfolds without trouble. It has a squarish design vaguely resembling a US military cadet cap, though not overly so.I'm a 5'10" male and first bought the medium, which was too tight. It may fit you have a small head, but I would recommend the large instead, as with that one, I was in about the middle of its sizing range.My only real complaint is, as other reviewers have said, the plastic nub on the back doesn't let you easily lay down - it's basically impossible to get comfortable because it's drilling into the back of your noggin. I'm going to try some modifications myself and see if I can manage to improve that part of the experience, because otherwise it's a great hat.For someone who only occasionally wears hats and doesn't look particularly good in them when they do, this one is relatively inoffensive, if nothing else.EDIT: It's been about a year or so, and the hat is still going strong. What I ended up doing is fitting the hat to my head, marking the elastic, cutting the little plastic slider off with a pair of scissors and sewing the two ends of the elastic together. Now I can lay back quite comfortably.EDIT2: So I do have that same problem that other people have mentioned, the dark stain that forms around the place where the hat meets the brim. Seems to be a sweat stain, though it might come from having sunscreen/bugspray on my skin, I can't really tell. Most washing methods don't get rid of it - including bleach and spray-n-wash, oddly enough - but I found oxyclean to do the trick, if you let it soak for a bit. I don't like this part of the hat, and would like to see an improved model where it doesn't happen anymore.EDIT3: So I bought a second hat, because the first one stains so easily. Here's what I think: because the hat is mostly nylon, bleaching it makes it more susceptible to staining (bleach attacks nylon, weakening it). My alternative was to use detergent and very hot water instead. Really, I actually heated some water in a pot (one I don't use for food) and washed the hat in nearly boiling water with some detergent, being sure to scrub it with the rough side of a dish sponge. This worked even better than the oxyclean at getting the hat stain free, though it did shrink by just a little bit, so be careful.

This cap is just about perfect! It folds up small, it’s made of material that doesn’t soak up water and get heavy, the brim is plastic under the fabric so it doesn’t weigh ten pounds and deform when it gets wet, it’s got airflow and a small pocket on the inside. I wear them almost every day and when one gets too beat up I buy another.This is the first of the new style for me. I just put it side by side with my old one and looked closely, they are nearly identical. Another review said they changed it drastically, that is just factually incorrect. The measurements are identical, the materials appear the same, the underside is the same darker color to limit reflection. The one difference is that a dart has been sewn across each of the four vents so it can double as a sun glass keeper. Since I don’t wear sunglasses (transition lenses on my eyeglasses) I did a little precision razor blade work and removed the darts. Only took a minute, now it’s identical to my previous ones. Can’t say enough good things about these great hats! I’ll buy another one in a few years when this one wears out.

I wore this hat for nearly 8 months at work on a lake and I loved it. Lost it in the lake because of a fault of my own and realizing how much I loved that hat when I came back to my old Amazon purchase history. Let me tell you about this amazing hat.This was a perfect hat for the lake because of its easily adjustable shock cord. We got micro bursts that rolled through occasionally and with a quick pull at the back of the hat I had it cinched down nice and tight so the wind didn't send it into the depths. If I ever worried the hat wasn't going to stay on my head I could just fold it up and shove it in my back pocket!The vented sides also helped considerably in the 100+ degree summer heat. Though I did have to wash it a few times in the 8 months of ownership. The tan hat I had did start to show some sweat stains after awhile and I would imagine this might be worse or start sooner with a darker colored hate. (I see the come in many colors now, which is nice.)The hat also weighed next to nothing so you barely even notice it up there. I also like a good baseball style hat over the very touristy looking outdoor hats some people wear. If you don't want to look like a goober, and also don't want to ruin your favorite baseball caps this hat is perfect for those outdoor adventures.Glad I looked back in time here cause I think I'm going to pick up another one of these. The only decision now is what color!