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Where to find a plain old hat?

Bill Kirby · · Keene New York · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 480

Here's a normal style hat

strictlyfitteds.com/blog/wp…

teece303 · · Highlands Ranch, CO · Joined Dec 2012 · Points: 596

Kuhl, despite the douche name, makes an awesome ballcap. No big logo, no words, longer brim, no button on the top (nice for climbers: that button is an amazing concentrator of force if you bump it on a rock),

I can show you mine. It's a decent hat, REI has them.

teece303 · · Highlands Ranch, CO · Joined Dec 2012 · Points: 596

Ha! Different hat, Locker!

Nic the brit · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2012 · Points: 0

How about the coolest and undouchiest thing out there, something mother nature provided. NO HAT! You can't be stereotyped or mocked or ridiculed because your just a normal guy/girl with a normal head. I don't want to be a hat-er but what is it with you guys and hats?

teece303 · · Highlands Ranch, CO · Joined Dec 2012 · Points: 596

My head can get sunburned something fierce, even through my hair, Nic. Damn Northern European ancestors and their skin evolved for the cloudy, Arctic doldrums...

Bill Kirby · · Keene New York · Joined Jul 2012 · Points: 480

The hat keeps rain off my glasses.

Besides I don't mind being a walking billboard for a climbing shop thats answered hundred questions/visit. Plus its nice to be able to call them to see if it rained there before I drove an hour. Finally, a couple guys I know tell me the ice is in. I get there and it's in but takes no screws. Its nice to get the mortals ice reports from the Mountaineer.

mattm · · TX · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 1,885
nicelegs wrote:The standby, super basic, ballcap has been douched. I want a basic ball cap. My last favorite one was made by Kavu. It didn't sit so far down on the head to mess with glasses. Other than that, it was a plain old hat, semi cool in dull tone plaid. Kavu doesn't have anything like that on their website anymore. It has long since worn out and isn't really wearable anymore, though I try. In shopping for new ones I can't find anything that doesn't scream "Look at me for I am a giant douche". They all seem to be trucker, climber logo, flat billed, 80's neon, or corporate logo, in many cases, a combination of all these. Where are you non douche types buying hats? Seems simple. It isn't. Not looking for running or athletic styles. Not looking for sports teams.
Had this same issue. Wanted a hat to keep the sun of my lack-of-hair but nothing fancy.

Love this hat and have it in more than one color.

Head Sweats Hat
1Eric Rhicard · · Tucson · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 10,126
summithut.com/search/?q=bal…
They might have an cactus, snake, lizard or other thing embroidered on them and cost more than you want to pay but other than that I think they have what you are looking for.
Donovan Allen · · Soft Lake City · Joined May 2012 · Points: 356

Locker man, I totally scored my hat on the freeway. Boy Scout jamboral circa 91! It was free the best four letter word

teece303 · · Highlands Ranch, CO · Joined Dec 2012 · Points: 596

Locker, you can't onsight 13a unless you have a Guide Hat. You should know this...

Any old hat just won't do!

(But seriously, I have hats that I've owned for 20 years. I really don't mind paying $30 if I like it. They last for me.)

Gordon L · · Saint George, Saint George, BM · Joined Apr 2014 · Points: 5

gooutdoors.co.uk/baseball-cap-with-sanwich-peak-p152788

logos:

gooutdoors.co.uk/mammut-baseball-logo-cap-p266410
madrockclimbing.com/products/product.asp?_item=100141

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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