The picture that Tom posted and the pic of Gilligan are both bucket hats and have shorter brims. The other picture is a true boonie hat. They typically come with 3" brims.
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July 7, 2010 12:35 a.m. JeepinMatt HalfDork
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July 7, 2010 12:42 a.m. neon4891 SuperDork
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July 7, 2010 5:57 a.m. Mikey52_1 New Reader
NYG95GA wrote:
We've 2 'Army-Navy' stores in Billings (MT), and they both have various countries' iterations of said hat. They run about $15, but they're worth every penny if you got sunburned at least once every summer from the age of 5, thru 17. That's way too many to even chance being out in the sun much W/O a wide brimmed hat. Definitely buy at least one, and if you're a klutz that loses them on boats, a couple may be in order.JeepinMatt wrote:
Should I feel bad about getting a NOS booine from a surplus store, that was made in 1990, packaged up for Desert Storm and never opened. then opening it and using it?
Heck no. It's a hat. It was designed, sewn, and packaged. It was meant to be worn. It's not some antique toy that's gonna lose it's value because the original packaging is gone.
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July 7, 2010 12:06 p.m. Duke SuperDork
Tom Heath wrote:
No Sir, what you need is this-
I'm sure for eceonomic reasons, GRM unfortunately completely ignored my advice and did a bucket, not a boonie. Otherwise I'd have bought one.
I have a rain-repellent Columbia boonie knockoff with a mesh band that I wear to autocrosses. I bought it at Kohls for around $20. Nice wide brim and a lanyard; it works well.
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July 7, 2010 1:10 p.m. Ian F Dork
Tom Heath wrote: Two answers-
Lanyard Strap- No.
Sizes other than L and XL- Not at the moment. These also tend to run small (at least for my football-styled melon.) so people with really big heads might be SOL.
Well.. when you sell out of these, may we suggest a Ver 2 that's basically a boonie hat with a GRM logo?
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July 7, 2010 2:08 p.m. slantvaliant HalfDork
Ian F wrote:
Well.. when you sell out of these, may we suggest a Ver 2 that's basically a boonie hat with a GRM logo?
Second. Non-bucket, real brim, and a chinstrap. Wind is a ... (what's the filter word for B*H?).
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July 7, 2010 2:13 p.m. Karl La Follette HalfDork
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July 7, 2010 2:29 p.m. JeepinMatt HalfDork
Forget them, Tom. When you sell out of bucket hats, make GRM versions of these
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July 7, 2010 11:45 p.m. JeepinMatt HalfDork
Just put in an order for a Desert Storm boonie. I was tempted to pick up a mid-80s poplin boonie, but held off. The hardest part was measuring my head. Every time I did, it changed. I don't mean it varied a little; I was getting readings all over the place. Like some frog inflating and deflating its head.
Got some cool 'Nam era army manuals, new and unused for cheap, too. I could have gotten a used periscope off of a tank for six bucks, but my girlfriend said nyet
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July 8, 2010 11:36 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork
Is it wrong to be rocking one of these?
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July 9, 2010 10:05 a.m. Duke SuperDork
Not if you wear a lot of track suits and Burberry plaid.
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July 9, 2010 10:09 a.m. slantvaliant HalfDork
Dy-no-mite!
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July 9, 2010 10:57 a.m. triumph5 Reader
Duluth Trading sells exactly what you're looking for
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July 9, 2010 6:48 p.m. akamcfly Reader
I bought a Tilly knock off at Walmart a couple years ago for $8.
