QuiksilverMen's Pierside Lifeguard Beach Sun Straw Hat

This hat worked perfect to keep the sun out of my face while mowing the lawn. My hat came delivered by usps which I was worried about due to them not caring about packages from my experience. Sure enough it was left under my mailbox at the side of the road and not on my porch as Amazon does for deliveries. It was delivered in a pouch and not a box which added to my worries. After opening it and inspecting the hat it was In great shape. Not like I’ve saw in some other reviews. It does seem somewhat flimsy. Although I only plan to use it while mowing my lawn so I’m sure it will hold up for some time. The hat comes with a band where your head goes to ensure a snug fit and also a draw string to keep it on your head. Also it was only $15. Seemed like a win to me and still does. My review is featuring my lawn mower, named the Pro-grassinator. 🚜

I really like the straw hat that I got from Amazon. It is Quicksilver brand and fits true to size. My boyfriend wears his baseball hats on the last 3 snaps. I got him a L/XL. I love the color and also that it has a string to go under your chin if needed. The only con is that when I received my hat from Amazon, there were a few pieces of straw broken and falling off of the hat. I know this is going to happen with normal wear and tear, but it was a gift to my boyfriend and I wanted it to be in excellent condition. The few princes of straw were not bad enough to justify me sending it back.P.S. He loves the hat too.

Total junk. Hat is super nice, but the straw used for the weaving is horrible. If you're not extremely careful, the hat will crack everywhere. You can't bend this hat just a tiny bit, without the weaving cracking.

I have never been much of a hat fan mainly because I have an unusually big head. You wouldn’t know it looking at me, but back in my baseball coaching days I had a hell of a hard time finding a team hat that didn’t fit so tight as to give me headaches. I usually had to settle for a 7 3/4 as that was usually the biggest available which was still tight. One year we got an oddball 8 in which was perfect.I live on a lake and spend a lot of time on it or on my tractor and have used a number of less than satisfactory head garments trying to keep the sun at bay. I was on the lake a couple of years ago and found an almost intact straw hat floating nearby and to my astonishment it fit me just about perfect.I’ve been using it since for all my field work and it’s wide brim really did the job shading my face, but after a couple of years it was starting to show it’s age, so I thought I go on amazon a look for a couple of similar hats that came big. Out of the many there were only a couple that looked like they might work.Before ordering these a thought came to me to take a closer look at the hat I’ve been using for manufacturer marking or names. It had a reddish tag on the front and a headband tag inside that said “quicksilver” L/XL. A quick search on amazon revealed they carried just such a hat with a picture that looked nearly the same to what I had and at a bargain price much less then what I had sitting in my cart. $22. I quickly ordered one thinking it was probably a longshot that it’d fit like the old one since it had been a few years since i found my old one, so I was prepared to return it.My mail lady came with a big box two days later telling me she thought they forgot to put whatever I ordered in the box as it felt empty. Straw hats don’t weigh much of course. What came out of that box was my old hat reincarnated, and most importantly of all, it fit perfectly.So good in fact I ordered two more and would have ordered even more except the amazon app limited me to just two more for some reason. I’ve since ordered another plus two more having a silver outside hat label instead of red. All clones of the others for $22 each although during my ordering escapades the price occasionally listed at almost $30. Amazon’s pricing algorithm does that sometimes, but the price is currently back to the original $22. I’d buy it at $30 if I didn’t already have an ample supply.So if you’re like me and have an unusually large head (I wish that translated to large brain!) this is the hat for you.

This hat is a lifesaver at festivals and for hiking— basically whenever you’re in the sun for a long time! It’s got a huge brim if that’s what you’re looking for which casts a ton of shade, and I personally think this kind of hat looks less dorky than some other kinds of shade hats.I have a pretty small head and got the size S/M and it fits great, maybe a just a bit looser personally but I couldn’t have asked for any better and it is definitely functional. The tie thing also stays in place nicely and makes it so the hat doesn’t slip around or blow off your head.The only thing is that, by nature of it being a straw hat, it may be a little fragile and can get squished easily if you’re not careful, I think more so than some other more tightly woven straw hats. But, that may be why it has better ventilation than some other ones, so it just comes down to preference.It can’t realy fit in backpacks so to bring it around I just hang it around my neck or on the back of my car seat, which hasn’t caused any problems.One of my friends actually bought a similar hat at a festival because this style is so nice but that one cost $60 (!!!!) so my recommendation is to be more prepared than her and get this hat ahead of time and for a lot less.

Nice hat, great protection from the sun on the beach or while doing yard work (like me)!