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bladerique

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What's your favorite survival hat? What do you like for shade, fanning as well as holding water or anything else you can list?
 
bladerique said:
The problem with boonie hats is the holes, which makes it harder to move water.

Do you have a pic or link to your felt hat?
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Holding water? Are you saying that you carry water in your hat? You know, Nalgene makes a neat product that will do a better job than your hat.
:D

Seriously, I don't think any hat out there is particularly well-suited for carrying water in an emergency (unless you wear oven-bags or condoms as hats). In most emergencies, I'd likely want to stay-put and that's doubly true if I had a water source so not much of a need to carry it anyway. Still, I've got 2 55-gal bin liners in my PSK that is on my person more often than a hat and they'd do a much better job.
When I'm choosing a hat, things like comfort, durability,water-resistance, breath-ability, etc are a little more important that how well they hold water.

To answer your question, I keep a boonie either folded up in my pack as a back-up or on my head for woods outings. There's a few others I wear, depending on the weather and I'd like to buy a tarp hat this spring.
 
the new issue USMC Boonie hats do not have holes but you will be hard pressed to find a real USMC Boonie hat in surplus I have a desert and a woodland both in MARPAT that my friend gave me. nice hats!!
 
Slip two non-lubricated condoms inside your hat. Now it will do a great job of carrying water if you need it to ;-)
 
Tilley T3 for me! Awesome hat! Beats the sun, rain, and bead head. Very stain resistant too, these pics are after a week in dusty Havasu Falls, plus they encourage you to throw it in the wash often.
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I typically wear a shorter brim felt hat most of the year- blocks sun, sheds rain and provides a little warmth w/o being too warm in the heat, a pretty good all around hat

I added a cinch strap to keep it on when worn at 10,000' with a 40 mph wind :)

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I always carry a light wool beanie (and light wool gloves) when hiking- regardless of weather

as the weather turns towards winter, the wool beanie become the de facto worn hat and a balaclava is carried in the pack
 
If it's really cold and I'm not planning on sweating a lot I wear one of these. Or I'll bring 2. one to hike in and sweat and one to put on once I stop.

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For me it's a wool beanie in the pack and a wide brim columbia hat for summer and a ball cap to wear with a rain coat for the rest of the year.
 
I wear a boonie myself in desert camo. Does a great job keeping the sun off my face and since its made of cotton, its great in the heat, all i have to do is dunk it in the lake or river and it keeps me cool for a while.
 
Blais said:
Holding water? Are you saying that you carry water in your hat? You know, Nalgene makes a neat product that will do a better job than your hat.
:D

Seriously, I don't think any hat out there is particularly well-suited for carrying water in an emergency (unless you wear oven-bags or condoms as hats). In most emergencies, I'd likely want to stay-put and that's doubly true if I had a water source so not much of a need to carry it anyway. Still, I've got 2 55-gal bin liners in my PSK that is on my person more often than a hat and they'd do a much better job.
When I'm choosing a hat, things like comfort, durability,water-resistance, breath-ability, etc are a little more important that how well they hold water.

To answer your question, I keep a boonie either folded up in my pack as a back-up or on my head for woods outings. There's a few others I wear, depending on the weather and I'd like to buy a tarp hat this spring.
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This was a good write-up. I think you're focusing too much on "will my hat double as a pot, for survival?!" Get a good, comfortable hat that suits your needs... and then get a pot. In reality, there are numerous, superior ways to "carry water" around in an emergency. A non-lubricated condom in your pocket tops the list.
 
Call me crazy (you won't be the first!) but I have an aluminum hardhat that has a removable harness. I can boil water in it and the harness keep it off my head so I get great ventilation. :)
 
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