Tilley type hat but cheaper

[cagey]

About 3 years ago someone on here recommended a cheap canvas sun hat similarish to a Tilley it was fantastic, comfy and stylish in a roguish way. Found it today,I’m trying to save it but I don’t think it will saveable
My plea is can someone please recommend their favourite and perhaps I will find its replacement, I’ve done all the search methods I can think of and this is my final attempt.
please and thanks
K

 

[northwind]

And that's why you buy a Tilley.. Worn out they will replace it, Lost it they will give you a good discount on a new one.

 

[Jungle Jim]

I have one of these

Mens Outback Classic Hat

I can't fault it.

 

[johnalison]

My Millets' pseudo-Tilley works up to F3 but above that the lid flops down over my eyes and I am blinded. I should have forked out for the real thing.

 

[TC Tuckton]

My Millets' pseudo-Tilley works up to F3 but above that the lid flops down over my eyes and I am blinded. I should have forked out for the real thing.

If it has press studs on brim and crown you can clip up the port and/or starboard brim to convert it to "wide awake" style and stiffen the fore and aft brim.

 

[MADRIGAL]

If it has press studs on brim and crown you can clip up the port and/or starboard brim to convert it to "wide awake" style and stiffen the fore and aft brim.

I do that with my Tilley and it works out just fine. Unfortunately, there is a hole worn through just above the headband and I’ve had no luck getting a reply from the Tilley website other than, effectively, “There is a pandemic on. Don’t call us; we’ll call you”.

 

[[2574]]

My Tilley isn’t waterproof now and no matter much Fabsil I paint on it it doesn’t deal with the Scottish summer “showers”

 

[Slowboat35]

I have one of these

Mens Outback Classic Hat

I can't fault it.

What earthy use is sizing a hat by S M L XL?
What the digamma does that mean?

 

[MADRIGAL]

My Tilley isn’t waterproof now and no matter much Fabsil I paint on it it doesn’t deal with the Scottish summer “showers”

Mine isn’t either. You need a good old waxed cotton job for that. Perhaps a sou’wester?

 

[Frank Holden]

I have one of these
https://www.bivouac.co.nz/headwear/outdoor-research-helios-sun-hat.html
Its my second one... I had about 7 or 8 years constant use out of my first one before it ceased to be presentable.

Re sizing... I'd be wary of buying this sort of kit online.... my first was shop bought and was an L.
Bought the next one on line, it came down over my ears and I don't think my head had shrunk. Next time in NZ I took it in to a physical Bivouac shop and changed it for an M.

Waterproof?? Its a sun hat. Who goes out in the rain?

 

[Frank Holden]

And that's why you buy a Tilley.. Worn out they will replace it, Lost it they will give you a good discount on a new one.

Full marks to Tilley for marketing, pay three times the price of a perfectly good equivalent hat and if you wear it out we will give you a free one.
They are still well in front.
In fact a Tilley is four times the cost of my OR.
Tilley Hats | The Hat Store

 

[Dan Tribe]

My Tilley isn’t waterproof now and no matter much Fabsil I paint on it it doesn’t deal with the Scottish summer “showers”

Traditionally sailors hats were painted with tar.
That might make you unpopular in the soft furnishing department.

 

[Jungle Jim]

What earthy use is sizing a hat by S M L XL?
What the digamma does that mean?

I just went into the Cotswold store and bought the one that fitted! Cotswold reckon I'm a big head but I didn't take it personally

 

[Alfie168]

The best way to get a cheap Tilley hat is either to steal somebody else's, or tow a small net behind you when sailing in the Solent. There must be undreds out there ?

 

[Kukri]

I have one of these
https://www.bivouac.co.nz/headwear/outdoor-research-helios-sun-hat.html
Its my second one... I had about 7 or 8 years constant use out of my first one before it ceased to be presentable.

Re sizing... I'd be wary of buying this sort of kit online.... my first was shop bought and was an L.
Bought the next one on line, it came down over my ears and I don't think my head had shrunk. Next time in NZ I took it in to a physical Bivouac shop and changed it for an M.

Waterproof?? Its a sun hat. Who goes out in the rain?

I have a confession to make: I bought a Tilley Hat yesterday. In my defence it was at a sale price, in Fox’s chandlery, and I did make sure it fitted. It can replace the cotton slouch hat that I bought in a Beijing street market 25 years ago which has disintegrated.

The Tilley is much nicer, though.?

 

[westhinder]

I have a confession to make: I bought a Tilley Hat yesterday. In my defence it was at a sale price, in Fox’s chandlery, and I did make sure it fitted. It can replace the cotton slouch hat that I bought in a Beijing street market 25 years ago which has disintegrated.

The Tilley is much nicer, though.?

You may find you’re approached by perfect strangers who start talking to you about your Tilley hat and have a nice conversation and a drink together. Happened to my on a pub terrace in Stavanger.

 

[srm]

After about 16 years of seasonal use I took my original Tilley into their store in Toronto. Just to make the point I had spinnaker repair tape over the hole in the front. I came out with a new hat, that still looks good after 10 years.

My Tilley isn’t waterproof now and no matter much Fabsil I paint on it it doesn’t deal with the Scottish summer “showers”

Incidentally, I think you will find that Tilley say their hats are not waterproof, though mine did quite well over a number of years in the far north of Scotland.

 

[Buck Turgidson]

Gill.
4 seasons and going strong!

 

[Bajansailor]

I had a few of the original cotton Tilley hats, but they all fairly quickly rotted / disintegrated.
I now have two of their white polyester (I think) hats - one a standard brim, and the other a wide brim, almost like a sombrero - and these are now about 8 and 10 years old, and still going strong.
Admittedly I wear the smaller brim one most days, and it is looking a bit tatty (but still intact), and the sombrero is only used for occasions when I need a sun umbrella but none are to hand.

 

[Capt Popeye]

I have one of these
https://www.bivouac.co.nz/headwear/outdoor-research-helios-sun-hat.html
Its my second one... I had about 7 or 8 years constant use out of my first one before it ceased to be presentable.

Re sizing... I'd be wary of buying this sort of kit online.... my first was shop bought and was an L.
Bought the next one on line, it came down over my ears and I don't think my head had shrunk. Next time in NZ I took it in to a physical Bivouac shop and changed it for an M.

Waterproof?? Its a sun hat. Who goes out in the rain?

Yep having the twice annual haircut really effects my hat fitting , it goes from a tight good fit before the CUT to flopping around my ears after the CUT

Jusy maybe your (Mr FH) hair style /cut has changed ? {#