Outback Trading Company Women's 1497 River Guide UPF 50 Waterproof Breathable Outdoor Cotton Oilskin Hat

I bought this hat five years ago and it's fantastic. Its been camping, hiking, and multiple door events including my job. I have "oil" yearly and cared for it and it has taken care of my head.The color is as seen in the picture and it's is water proof. I have hike and camp in the rain, and if taken care of correctly will keep your head and serve you well.I work outdoor retail and surprisingly have a few compliments on the hat. I am not a handsome fellow, but apparently the hat helped with that lol.After five years, it still looks great. I am uploading a picture with the hat to show. Obviously, the hat is high quality, looks great, and fits as described online. Thanks Outback trading!!

The hat is heavy but if it was lighter it would not wind resistance. The quality is good. It keeps its shape. Great value. The lining is not scratchy. I would highly recommend this hat. Looks great!

Great hat I bought this 2 years ago for my travels to Panama and Europe including Ireland. Does a great job of keeping the sun and rain off

I am a hat person and an outdoorsman. I have plenty of hats I use for fishing,kayaking,hiking,etc. This is by far my favorite hat. The quality and comfort of this hat is fantastic. I have hats I've paid alot more money for. This one is the best I own.All of my hats are size large. Most fit perfect and a few are a little big. I found this large hat to fit perfect so I'd say the sizing is spot on.The hat looks nice and is so comfortable I don't realize I have it on. I wore it to a carnival last night and I had quite a few people comment on it.I want to add....I was hesitate to purchase this hat on Amazon. I've bought a similar style hat on Amazon and it came smashed in a plastic bag. Nice way to ship a hat even if it is packable. I also saw a previous reviewer here say this hat was shipped to them flat. I am happy to say this time my hat came in a box. I'm not sure this hat would look good after a prolonged smashing.

I wasn't super enthused about the color, at first- but when you have a grape the size of mine, you take what you can find. The color has grown on me now that I've worn it, though.The fit- runs about accurate- so my 24.25" head is a bit of a squeeze into the hat, but not to an untoward degree. It will loosen with wear, and use of a hat jack. DON'T let this dissuade you- there's nothing wrong with the product, there's something wrong with my head! It's freakishly large!The hat arrives somewhat tacky- the oilskin treatment isn't fully absorbed into the material. A few minutes in a 150deg oven and it's completely dry on the surface. It has decent waterproof tendencies as delivered, for oilskin- that isa to say it has excellent waterproof qualities for a consumer good. A second coat of Duxbak or Sno-Seal applied and then 5 minutes in that 150deg oven will make it have amazing waterproof qualities.The hat is similar to other vendors' "Aussie" hats (like the Tilley, the DP Aussie, JHats' Aussie, et al), but with the addition of a fore-and-aft chin cord (locks under your chin and under the back of your head- the hat isn't going anywhere!)and snaps on BOTH sides of the brim (seriously, why would you only put a snap on the one side on anything other than an Australian Army slouch hat- and it better be a genuine Akubra!)Once you've got the oilskin treatment cooked in fully (via the oven, a hair dryer, or use), the material gets this wonderful "lived in" mottling to it, just like all oilskin does. Yet another reason to love the material!I'm not a fan of hat pins, especially those with the maker's mark on them- but the "Outback" pin actually looks quite sharp. Good thing, too- it's got a rather stout penetration of the material, so you're kinda stuck with it. It's so nice, though, that I wouldn't mind it on some of my other hats (and god have I got hats... I'm a bald guy, family history of skin cancer, and my best friend just got diagnosed with skin cancer.. I've bought 5 hats this month, since it's so hard to find ones that fit!).,Best of all, my price with shipment on this hat was less than the price of the hat alone at many vendors. Oh, and shipment was reasonable, too...Let's talk about shipment. I'll be honest, I got a little irate with them (MY fault, not theirs). Sent off a nastygram this morning (at 3 am... yeah, I'm a nightowl) after 3 business days of not seeing the hat indicate shipped. I received a reply at 805 their time (can't get much more prompt than replying first thing when you step in the door while coffee's still brewing!) stating the hat had already shipped, here's the tracking number, and oh yeah- it's being delivered today. Well, wow.... there goes all my bluster and preaching about taking forever to get my hat to me... very sorry, and thank you for the effort!Only one problem- and I certainly can't fault them as they're not Amazon so can't engage in the Prime program... they do take swapouts within 90 days for resizing, or refund. But you'd have to pay for the return shipment. I was concerned that the hat wouldn't fit, and then I'd be in another $20 for shipment of this hat back, and the new one back to me. In that case I'd have given the hat to my son and called it done. I can't fault them for this, can't expect them to eat half the price of the hat on return shipments.My only suggestion to improve the product lies directed toward Outback Trading Company: "Make these in XXL! Lots of gargantuan-gourded gents want this hat and can't wear it! It's the only reason I'm giving 4 stars instead of 5!"

Just the right look for yardwork or hiking. I tend to sweat easily and this seems to help me sweat lest. Very cute on. Have received many compliments. I like the oil based feel and the water repellent.

Worth every penny! I just needed to find the correct color and size. I settled on the OD Green one in size M. My head is approximately 22-221/2”. I liked the Mustard/Curry yellow one but it’s wrong for my skin tone & Large is too big. Thank You Outback for offering such a high quality item on Amazon. It’s comfort and breathe ability make it the ideal and best sun/gardening hat I’ve had in years.

I was looking for a brimmed hat to keep the sun off my head while working outside. I had another hat for this purpose, but it didn't fit well...so I decided to give the River Guide hat a try. The first thing I notice when I put it on, was how heavy it is, the second thing was how well it fit. In spite of being 10x heavier than my previous "sun hat", I soon forgot it was on my head. It really kept my head cool in the hot June sun. I really like how it looks, and it does the job that I need it for. It really is an awesome hat!