Anyone own a tilley hat?

if i had the money SGH had, i would buy everyone on the forum one of these, each

http://www.civilwar.si.edu/lincoln_tophat.html

I've had one for 6-8 years. It's da bomb. 

FanOfFanboys said:

Purchased my first Tilley hat today. I picked-up the ltm6 airflo in olive drab color

going to break it in this weekend

My husband has three....has skin cancer and won't leave home without it....The one(s) he has a big brim and no holes on the top.  It's a good looking hat(s) I must say.  They wash up nice (use delicate cycle) and use a cup to keep the top up to dry.  After that it can be flat to carry anywhere. You will love it.    

I have two Tilley hats.  Love them.  I hate hats, but the Tilley's are extremely comfortable.  With kite flying and hiking in Arizona a hat is a necessity ... Tilley's make it a comfortable experience.

@dh7 ... Hang the hat upside down, by the straps, to dry.  They dry faster and retain their shape as well as with a bowl.

Mine get thrown in the suitcase, backpack, or what ever ... never a problem bouncing back to shape.

I love my Tilley but that REI looks nice too. I was in Bass Pro a few weeks ago and as I walked in they had almost an exact replica of the Tilley. 

My dermatologist keeps telling me that I've got to start wearing wide brim hats and long sleeved shirts, and applying sun block.  I'm meeting him part way - I wear a baseball style cap, usually with 'Spring Chicken' on it.  

I've got a case of polymorphic light eruption or solar urticaria like Eggcelsior mentioned above.  It's not pretty, but wearing a long sleeved shirt is very annoying for a lot of reasons.

I think I would wear a Tilly Hat, especially if I could get "Spring Chicken" embroidered onto it.  As for my arms, I carry a towel in the car to lay across my arm to keep the sun off.  Yes, it's annoying.  But so is having to walk around with a patchwork of pinks, reds, browns, tans and whites on my skin.

Oh, and there's that 'cancer' thing to worry about.

Spring "Of Many Colors" Chicken
Spring Texas USA

I'm not cool enough to wear one of those...

DoubleEgger said:

I'm not cool enough to wear one of those...

my brother in law always wore a hat, before the hipsters did.

i said to him one day "that's a great hat.  i wish i could pull off wearing a hat...'

he said "everyone is self conscious wearing a hat.  trick is to pretend you aren't"

FanOfFanboys said:

northGAcock said:

FanOfFanboys said:

Purchased my first Tilley hat today. I picked-up the ltm6 airflo in olive drab color

going to break it in this weekend

You pick it up at the Mast Store on main in Cola?

I forget people on here know so many personal details ha 

But no sir I got from the backpacker

they actually have it for $5 less than Tilley site though they didn't have camo in stock or else I would have got that. 

Tilley ever makes in real tree AP and I'll own two 


headed to kayak and camp and fish on ogeehcee River towards ocean this weekend. Break in 

camped at edisto last week and could have used badly. Kayaked 12 miles on ogeehcee month ago and really could have used. So happy finally have. Been looking at for few years. A lot to spend on a hat ha 

funny how we spend money. I own sebenza, BGE, just bought $165 necker, have $200+ cutting board, $120 book bag but $80 hat and takes me years to take plunge ha 

Good times.....money does not equate happiness. Make some more memories this weekend....and by all means....look good in your new lid.

FarmerTom said:

I have owned 2 Tilleys.  I wear them out on our farm. Red hair, light complexion, the sun is not kind to me. I have pretty much destroyed my first one.  Covered with grease and oil and it's beginning to come apart.  fishlessman , do you really think they will replace mine, even with all the abuse it has received? 

if you followed their directions your paperwork is in i think the lower clothes drawer back right, i know mines in one of those drawers once the stitching rots out they will replace it

fishlessman said:

@Spring Chicken

you probably dont frequent high end fly fishing shops long sleeve patagonia bahama flats fishing shirts, light weight, vented back, vented sides, vented pits. the shirts a lifesaver when im out fishing the flats. less sweaty than a cotton tee as well. others are less expensive but i only need a couple. columbias are good too,
http://www.sierratradingpost.com/columbia-sportswear-pfg-baitcaster-fishing-shirt-upf-50-plus--long-sleeve-for-men~p~105ka/?filterString=s~fishing-shirts-long-sleeve-spf/

As a matter of fact, I do frequent them and have a closet full of their sun protection type shirts which I try to wear from time to time.  I just don't like the feel of them touching my skin.  I even bought a Tilly-type hat, also guaranteed for life, about 25 years ago.  I still have it and wear it occasionally, mostly when working in the sun.  My bald head and skin is so sensitive to sunlight that even the hats and shirts with ultra-ray protection (whatever that is) do not  keep me from burning very quickly.  I can be beet red in five minutes without a shirt and in fifteen minutes wearing one.  Dr. said to wear sun screen.  Tried that too.  It just doesn't feel right on me.  So I told him I'll be coming back every year, or whenever I see something suspicious.  His job is to keep me from dying from skin cancer.  He sees something, he burns it off.  It's worked for 20 years.  

Spring "Freckle Tanned" Chicken

morrobayrich said:

You have to question all the "broke" folks who own an Egg.

We're all mostly full of Bos Taurus Bovine excrement...