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Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2024
I was hesitant to order this because my husband will share it and he has a very big skull LOL. He's about 24.5" around the forehead and it says it fits up to 24" but I gave it a try... fits him great!I combed through a lot of similar hats, and I'll tell you why this one's best: Mesh over your face can be very disorienting. If you are walking through brush it messes with your depth perception so you may bump into branches and stuff like that. Wrinkles make it much worse, so the hoop in this to hold the mesh smooth is a big help. And dark mesh is MUCH easier for the eye to ignore, so I have learned to not even bother with anything but black or maybe dark green. Most hats make the mesh the same color as the fabric which is a bad choice. Of course you want a pale hat to keep cool in the summer sun, but if that means getting pale mesh, your vision will be too obscured. This combo of a pale hat and a black mesh is ideal! Note there are also vents to the sides of the hat which is great because synthetic hats don't breathe. I'd rather a cotton hat but these days it's all synthetic so vents are as good as you're gonna get. The price is great! I've paid this much for just the mesh hood, no hat, and those are inferior because the holes fit a proboscis, they just don't fit a whole mosquito, so if the mesh is within proboscis length of your skin you'll get bitten. The hat holds the mesh out from your scalp, ears etc so you're nice and safe. The only way this could improve is to have a skirt sticking out around the base to avoid any gaps between it and your shirt. Overall we are delighted with this purchase!I will try to remember to update this in a few weeks once we've both done enough pet walking and garden tending in it to judge whether it keeps out no-see-ums and everything or just bigger bugs. Looks just as fine a weave as our other stuff that does keep everything out though so I am expecting full protection.
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