Patrick, forget the Papyrus, the brim is weak and floppy, like all their hats, wind or no wind. I tried that hat, own a few others, and returned many. OR is always about saving weight, saving it for what ? How can you save something that is at best, relative ? Oh but I digress.
I suspect the Tilley or Filson will hold their shape better, me having no first hand experience with them. On Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at 9:55:30 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > Thanks. This looks likely: > https://www.tilley.com/us_en/ltm8-airflo-mesh-hat.html > > But tell me, why is it worth 3X the price of this one? > https://www.outdoorresearch.com/us/papyrus-brim-sun-hat-243408?cat=124,24,6,402 > > As I said at the beginning, I'll happily pay $100 for a hat if I get value > for the $$, but I need to be convinced that a $90 or $100 hat is worth 2 or > 3 times the price of the $36 the OR hat. > > What do the more expensive ones offer that the cheaper ones don't? > > As Lord Peter Wimsey so sagely and sententiously observed so long ago, "It > is not the brand that guarantees the quality, but the quality that > guarantees the brand." > > Patrick '7 3/4"' Moore > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 7:37 PM Berkeleyan <asht...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> For me, it's a *Tillley*. I have two, one in a greenish tint, the other >> Johnny Cash black. The green goes camping, backpacking, and bicycle >> touring, the black is for Zoom calls and walking to restaurants before >> covid times. They are superb in all aspects of construction, give very good >> shade, are reasonably rain-resistant, have a secret pocket for C-notes, and >> best of all, come in real hat sizes. I have a size 8 head, this is >> important. >> >> - Andrew, Berkeley >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/74d696ce-9d45-4ea5-beeb-c82e3f6d7d6an%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/74d696ce-9d45-4ea5-beeb-c82e3f6d7d6an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/52613ab1-ed0f-4b77-b960-bb9335702b6bn%40googlegroups.com.
