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This hat is the best hiking hat I've found. It keeps the sun out of the eyes and off the neck for most of the day. Although there is room for improvement, I have yet to find a hat that does the job better. However, for the instruction of those who in the future will be designing hats for hikers and fishermen, here goes.

1. There should be a bright white version of this hat. There isn't.

2. This hat is over-dyed. The dyes used to color this hat will wash out, up to a point. I bought a blue version of this hat from Simply Fashions (via eBay), and after a half-dozen washes blue dye was still oozing out during the rinsing and wringing. So I steamed the hat in Rit dye remover to get out as much of the dye as I could, and in fact a lot more dye did come out. But after doing all that, the hat was a nicer, somewhat lighter shade of blue than it had been before. Why the (Chinese) manufacturer used so much dye is a mystery.

3. The brim could be perhaps a half-inch wider. More brim is better, at least until the hat starts looking silly.

4. The fabric on the flat top of the hat is too thin. Around the sides of the crown, it's OK. But if you hold the hat up to the light and look at the top, you can see pinpricks of light where the fabric weave holes are. Those holes are big enough to let the UV pour through. So the new, improved version of this hat should have a double layer of cloth there, and not merely a single layer.

Note, added 24 February 2012. I've discovered an even better hat of this type. It's the ADAMS BLUE DENIM BUCKET HAT (RN61999). Unfortunately, I don't see a listing for it on Amazon.com. There are other Adams bucket hats, but the blue denim one is the exceptionally good one.

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I'm not a fisherman, just a hiker that doesn't want to get sunburned. This hat was inexpensive and does the job.

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100 percent cotton, Made in China, ordered 18 Jun, recieved 29 Jun, really floppy/soft.

Ordered size L, which is a snug fit for my 7 1/4 head.

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I wish it had some wire embedded in the rim so it could be adjusted. It's very floppy and sometimes interferes with my vision. Otherwise, it's perfect.

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Great for hiking and rafting (or anytime you want to be outside and not get sunburn). It doesn't look too bad. Oh, and it is cheap. Buy it.