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Title: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Pacu on June 19, 2016, 01:40:30 AM
I'm pretty much never without my hat being a ginger in Texas. I'm very picky when it comes to fit on hats. So far Under Armour hasn't made one that fit me right, Oakley and Condor make some winners. I like the option of adding patches if I so desire.
(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk74/leatherxman/Mobile%20Uploads/20160618_165715_zpsoa2oe2ex.jpg) (http://s277.photobucket.com/user/leatherxman/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160618_165715_zpsoa2oe2ex.jpg.html)

The Oakley are called SI caps and the middle one is made by Condor as just operator cap.

Anyone else wear this style?
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Toolslinger on June 19, 2016, 01:56:45 AM
I'll wear a baseball cap, but not one with room for patches. I guess that means it's not an 'operator' cap... :think:

If it's going to be really hot/sunny, then I'll go with a wide brimmed hat instead.
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: SAK Guy on June 19, 2016, 02:13:11 AM
I have one like that but lately when I step out, it's a tan Boonie hat. The sun has been intense lately. Pretty much quit wearing my cowboy hat around the farm.
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: MadPlumbarian on June 19, 2016, 04:03:21 AM
I don't step out of the house without a hat, my eyes are sensitive and a hat helps! I have my everyday hat which has my patch and pins on it, but it is black and come hot weather it will sit on a hook and I'll wear one of my boonie hats, I can't stand the sun burning my neck or ears!
JR
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: NKlamerus on June 19, 2016, 04:32:07 AM
I carry the condor as well. Lightest hat I've found in awhile, I also wear a Chevrolet Racing camo hat from time to time.
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on June 19, 2016, 04:41:26 AM
Mostly it's my Tilley, sometimes it's my MTO hat.

Lately I've occasionally been seen about time in my stylish foam hat too.

Def
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Poncho65 on June 19, 2016, 04:42:19 AM
I rotate between several hats :tu: I have a camo Under Armour that I consider my good hat and I have a few others in that category as well. I tend to try and match my hat with what I am wearing as well ::) Of note the camo UA hat is the only truly good fitting Under Armour hat I have ever put on :tu: I have hats I wear to work that are mostly adjustable but when I am at work I have to wear a hard hat :( I have a fiberglass full brim one that I wear that keeps the sun off my neck and ears mostly :cheers: It is very light weight but gets a little warmer than the regular white plastic ones in the summer ;)
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: NKlamerus on June 19, 2016, 07:30:07 PM
Chevy Racing, Condor, and a leatherman hat I'm trying to break in(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160619/e04976cd1fd1e82841bbf143f75bc1b9.jpg)
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Gareth on June 19, 2016, 08:00:16 PM
Tilley for me most of the time at the moment.  Good for both sun and rain.  Mostly it's the rain that's had me wearing it recently.  My waxed flat cap is too warm for the summer months.  I do have a couple of ball caps, including a MT.org one, that also get used.
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Grathr on June 19, 2016, 08:44:00 PM
I usually wear a oakley ball cap.
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160619/c800f469d7d3c01311b3c094bbe5106a.jpg)
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Pacu on July 28, 2016, 11:11:06 PM
I'm looking for a good boonie hat . I've have several outdoor research Goretex Seattle sombreros. Great for cool rainy weather but not so much for Texas summers. Looking for just a basic model to keep the sun off my head and doesn't have military branch emblems on them. Found a good one at the army navy store but it had the USMC anchor and globe on it.
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Sea Monster on July 29, 2016, 05:31:44 AM
I've heard that operators don't wear operator caps  :whistle:
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Pacu on July 29, 2016, 07:28:06 PM
how else would i walk around the mall with a really offensive morale patch? Guess i could bring back the denim jacket and velcro that B up.
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Smashie on July 29, 2016, 08:50:00 PM
I prefer boonie hats myself, stops my neck getting sunburnt
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: MadPlumbarian on July 30, 2016, 02:27:56 AM
I prefer boonie hats myself, stops my neck getting sunburnt
Totally agree!
JR
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: getahl on August 02, 2016, 04:14:35 AM
I only really wear a few. I have a denim blue Corona baseball cap from Target. There's a bleach stripe across is, which makes part of it pink. It's beat to hell. Comfy as hell, too. I have a light olive Tiger Woods hat, which is the comfiest flexfit hat I've ever worn. I had no idea what the TW logo was until about a month after I bought the hat...I don't play golf. I keep a tan boonie hat in my car, and have a wide-brimmed Columbia hat I use for hiking and gardening. It works well.
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: BIG-TARGET on August 03, 2016, 04:03:28 PM
With my bicycle riding.  Though not exactly "tacticool", I been wearing bicycle caps, under my brain bucket(helmet).  The most comfortable caps for me have been Walz http://www.walzcaps.com/

OH!!  And BTW.  Here's how you wear a cycling cap:
(http://www.rideyourbike.com/images/cyclingcapgregg.jpg)
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Aloha on August 03, 2016, 04:23:06 PM
I prefer boonie hats myself, stops my neck getting sunburnt

Bonnie hat for work is a must.  Ball caps outside of work as well as Kangols.  I love hats actually, all types and styles. 
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Gerhard Gerber on August 03, 2016, 04:44:00 PM
I hate baseball because they stopped fitting me in 1992 after my growth spurt, sucks being the one who's hat doesn't fit  >:(

Useless invention since it shades your eyes and allows your ears and neck to burn to smurf......that's what sunglasses are for.

Sunglasses, beanie or a real hat or whatever description.......those are my options  :cheers:
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: MadPlumbarian on August 03, 2016, 05:12:47 PM
Baseball cap are a everyday wear, unless it's nasty out and the Suns beating down, then the boonie hat comes out, cause I ain't getting burnt! Speaking of hats my son surprised me and bought me a hat I had long ago, a FD-NY-PD that he found,, :D
JR
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/mrssabrina/67b6138de907fff8d6ef97c4dd51c75f_zpszasc8otp.jpg)
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: styx on August 03, 2016, 05:22:18 PM
Usually a boonie hat, however it's quite old and busted so a new one could be in my future. Although I'm not against a baseball cap either
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Pacu on August 03, 2016, 10:01:54 PM
With my bicycle riding.  Though not exactly "tacticool", I been wearing bicycle caps, under my brain bucket(helmet).  The most comfortable caps for me have been Walz http://www.walzcaps.com/

OH!!  And BTW.  Here's how you wear a cycling cap:
(http://www.rideyourbike.com/images/cyclingcapgregg.jpg)

Campy, the superior component set. I used to wear cycling caps all the time when i rode in the late 90s. My yellow litespeed hat... :cry: lost at Hotter N Hell
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Pacu on August 03, 2016, 10:05:58 PM
I have a few hats, 3 government issued in the early 90s, O.R. Seattle Sombreros, and a lot of ball caps. I looked over Tilley yesterday at Gander Mountain. Just couldn't part with 84.99.  Maybe one day.

(http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk74/leatherxman/Mobile%20Uploads/20160803_143933_zpsn7gtc5sh.jpg) (http://s277.photobucket.com/user/leatherxman/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160803_143933_zpsn7gtc5sh.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Mattexian on August 21, 2016, 05:47:54 AM
I prefer my ACU digicamo boonie, even tho it's not the most stylish. I started wearing boonies and other full-brim hats 25 years ago, after getting tired of sunburnt ears and neck after spending weekends outdoors.   I also have a Tilley Outback for "dressier" occasions, and picked up a Real Deal tarp hat that's sturdy enough for the Zombipocolypse.  ;)

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Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on August 21, 2016, 06:12:34 PM
With my bicycle riding.  Though not exactly "tacticool", I been wearing bicycle caps, under my brain bucket(helmet).  The most comfortable caps for me have been Walz http://www.walzcaps.com/

OH!!  And BTW.  Here's how you wear a cycling cap:
(http://www.rideyourbike.com/images/cyclingcapgregg.jpg)

Somehow that image reminded me of this:

(http://www.maniacworld.com/hat-fail.jpg)

Def
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Pacu on August 22, 2016, 02:41:16 AM
I just picked up an Outdoor Research Helios sun boonie. 50/50 cotton poly blend. Fits good, brim maintains shape well.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/42/6b/6d/426b6d5b383348b5b64115c2855900f0.jpg)
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Sea Monster on August 22, 2016, 06:57:28 AM
And you'll be invisible to helicopters  8)
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on August 22, 2016, 02:45:18 PM
Nice looking hat!

And you'll be invisible to helicopters  8)

Always a benefit...

Def
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: cbl51 on October 07, 2016, 02:10:12 AM
I always use a bucket hat. I'm serious about shading my head.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/1/473/19813654681_1e63d14525_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wbSaeT)
[url=https://flic.kr/p/hG85WC](https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2856/10955750536_bde6f1b254_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/wbSaeT) (https://flic.kr/p/hG85WC)
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on October 13, 2016, 03:15:36 PM
That looks like a beautiful area!

Def
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Grathr on October 13, 2016, 08:27:31 PM
Great pic and scenery. :tu:
Nice hat too! :)
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: cbl51 on October 18, 2016, 12:16:49 AM
The first pic is a trout fishing trip in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the vicinity of Mammoth Lakes. The second shot is a high ridge in the Cleveland National park area in Southern California over looking Lake Elsinore and the town of Elsinore.
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Smashie on October 18, 2016, 12:21:32 AM
Even my boy loves my boonie hats

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161017/249970b534f16d8f0b21912ff8864f10.jpg)
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Gerhard Gerber on October 20, 2016, 01:11:17 PM
So why has nobody mentioned these? http://www.fab-defense.com/en/category-self-defense-and-training/id-716/tactical-cap-with-self-defense-tool.html

I've seen one in person, pretty impressive.
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Scorpion Regent on February 24, 2017, 07:22:00 PM
My go to outdoors hat is a Real Deal Brazil.    I braided up a hat band out of tan parachute cord to give it a bit of form and weight.  I punched holes, sunk grommets for a technora chinstrap. 

http://realdealbrazil.com/detail.php?id=TRDH
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: WoodsDuck on March 31, 2017, 09:45:41 PM
Let me resurrect this thread.

I have a lot of headwear, of wide-ranging designs. Several boonies, lots of beanies, bandanas, a Buff, etc.
One of my most recent purchases is a Tru-Spec 24/7 Quick-Dry Operator's Cap in navy blue. I got it because I found the version with no logos on the outside, and it's very lightweight and breathable. Still trying to decide if I should put a patch on the back.
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: MadPlumbarian on March 31, 2017, 09:49:58 PM
Let me resurrect this thread.

I have a lot of headwear, of wide-ranging designs. Several boonies, lots of beanies, bandanas, a Buff, etc.
One of my most recent purchases is a Tru-Spec 24/7 Quick-Dry Operator's Cap in navy blue. I got it because I found the version with no logos on the outside, and it's very lightweight and breathable. Still trying to decide if I should put a patch on the back.
Well if your going to resurrect this thread you gotta put pics so we can help decide!
JR
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: WoodsDuck on March 31, 2017, 10:04:55 PM
Let me resurrect this thread.

I have a lot of headwear, of wide-ranging designs. Several boonies, lots of beanies, bandanas, a Buff, etc.
One of my most recent purchases is a Tru-Spec 24/7 Quick-Dry Operator's Cap in navy blue. I got it because I found the version with no logos on the outside, and it's very lightweight and breathable. Still trying to decide if I should put a patch on the back.
Well if your going to resurrect this thread you gotta put pics so we can help decide!
JR

Haha, alrighty then.

Not much to look at really, and it doesn't stand up well on its own;

(http://i.imgur.com/iLyLHGK.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/C5tewFa.jpg)

I might order a custom hat patch from one of the companies that makes them nowadays. But I'm pretty indecisive, so it will take some time to come up with text I like enough to wear on my head.
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: MadPlumbarian on March 31, 2017, 10:42:49 PM
Nice, you could do like a military name tape?
JR
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: WoodsDuck on March 31, 2017, 10:47:49 PM
Nice, you could do like a military name tape?
JR

It's an idea. Though I'm only really known by that handle here on MTo. Or I could use my profile quote (DUCK!), or something along those lines.
If I can ever get it in gear and pick something, I'll come here and show y'all  :salute:
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: MadPlumbarian on April 01, 2017, 12:11:49 AM
Nice, you could do like a military name tape?
JR

It's an idea. Though I'm only really known by that handle here on MTo. Or I could use my profile quote (DUCK!), or something along those lines.
If I can ever get it in gear and pick something, I'll come here and show y'all  :salute:
:tu:
JR
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: WoodsDuck on April 15, 2017, 04:15:49 PM
Alright, got my custom patch yesterday, and took a terrible photo of it this morning!

(http://i.imgur.com/frXxQ8O.jpg)
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: Aloha on April 15, 2017, 04:48:41 PM
 :like:
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: MadPlumbarian on April 15, 2017, 09:02:28 PM
Lol, nice! :tu:
JR
Title: Re: Operator caps/hats
Post by: AlephZero on April 16, 2017, 05:53:03 AM
You done ducked up!  :pok:

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