Sun Protective Hats

There is more than meets the eye, when it comes to hats for sun protection

Sure style is important, but if you are looking for a hat to wear outside in the sun, functional superiority is more important than style.  But if you can have both good looks AND great function, now we're on to something!

Oahu Lou has evaluated and "rubber stamped" his approval on our newest offering of hats.  And just in time for the holiday festivities of July 4th.  We are especially pleased that his strict evaluation process has passed two of the newest styles for the youngsters.

Evidence continues to compile that early sunburns on the sensitive skin of youth substantially contributes to signs of early aging and skin cancer. Start the young ones early... be protected.

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Adult's Canyon Hat

Fashionable wide-brimmed hat features eyelets for ventilation with adjustable cordlock fit in the back. Crushable, washable, and even (if necessary) floats in water.  The fabrics UPF (Ultraviolet Protection Factor) blocks 99% of UVA/UVB rays. 

This hat is a virtual "solar eclipse", and coincidently, made by Solar Eclipse.

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Children's Venture Hat

Protect young faces with the Venture Hat. Lightweight, wide-brimmed hat shades the face, neck and ears from the sun.

With hook-n-loop (like Velcro) chin strap, you can be sure it will remain tightly affixed to the raucous little mini-you during vigorous outdoor activities. Remember how your mom would tie your mittens to your coat sleeves to be sure you would arrive home with them? Well, that chin strap is secure enough to ensure the hat arrives home with your kid still attached. Can even be packed flat in a suitcase without damage... the hat, I mean... I'm not certain about your child.

This hat is also reported to be floatable... but please remove your kid before testing.

Made by the folks at Solar Eclipse.

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Baby's Wide Brim Hat

Protective cap for young babies. Helps keep sun off baby’s tender scalp and out of the sensitive eyes with this soft cap and wide brim. Foldable, scrunchable, chewable, washable… this is an easy-care cap for every-day use.

The Day-Glo pink was chosen after a staffer momentarily lost their baby among the 4-foot spires during a sandcastle building competition on Venice Beach. The following Monday, during the weekly staff meeting, a suggestion was floated about adding a whip antenna for a flag, as they do with dune buggies. However, preliminary tests confirmed that, just when we were trying to teach the tiny tykes to stand, the leverage on the whip and flag caused the slightest breeze to topple them... so, we went with the pink.

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