Sunburn due to mesh in base cap

Embrace the dorkyness, or your dermatologist.

Plenty of talk here about this subject and the Sunday Afternoons Adventure hat. So you are not alone. You’re looking for the right tool for the job. Might not be compatible with fashionable.

Isn’t the Sunrunner sunproof – UPF 30?  Does the sun get through the cap?  That doesn’t make any sense

Or is the sun getting through the cape that drapes down on the sides and back?

Theo,

Yes, most of the sun hats I’ve bought in the last few years (including Sunday Afternoons) have mesh that would allow my bald head to get sunburned.  The hats come with tags giving SPF ratings but what good is SPF 30 over most of the hat when they put sunburn portals in parts of the hat.

I sew fabric over the mesh portions before using the hats.

Take a look at Headsweats, I think their performance hats.

“they put sunburn portals in parts of the hat”

that’s crazy : )

they must assume you have hair there to prevent sunburn?

I looked at a couple hats I have:

some generic hat I bought when I forgot to bring a hat has 4 eyelets so that let’s a small enough sun through it shouldn’t matter

OR Seattle Sombrero, OR Helios, Chaos Summit Pack-it – no portals

I guess if you don’t have hair you should make sure and not buy a hat that has portals?

dirtbag tip: cover the mesh with fabric glued on inside.

My father-in-law used a napkin under his hat

You could always go with the gigantic Gilligan.  It’s a Coolibar golf hat.

Well thanks everybody for chiming in and confirming my mental sanity. I’m still really bummed because the sun runner is such a great product despite this fatal flaw. I don’t think I’ll try to modify it, though. I might try out a visor buff (or a seperate visor and buff?) and if that doesn’t work, I’ll go for a brimmed hat I guess.

Thanks again!

I’ve had thinning hair or have been outright bald since I’ve been 27.

What hair I have left is shaved to stubble.

I wear a boonie hat with a bandanna underneath.

The boonie hat provides sun protection. The cotton bandanna makes for a “swamp cooler” effect and keep the noggin cool. The few times I’ve worn the hat without a bandanna, I’ve noticed the hat being noticeably warmer.

I hike in mainly hot and dry climates. But it worked well in New Hampshire this past summer and my native Rhode Island during some heat waves.