Outdoor Wide Brim Bucket Hat

The bucket hat came back because it is genuinely good at its job. The brim runs all the way around, which means it shades your face, your ears and the back of your neck at once rather than only whichever direction you happen to be pointing. On a long day outdoors that difference is the entire reason to own one.

This one is made from cotton and comes as a single piece. Cotton is the sensible choice for a hat you plan to wear in real sun. It breathes through a warm afternoon instead of trapping heat against your scalp, it softens with wear rather than staying stiff around the crown, and it packs down into a bag without holding a permanent crease the way a structured straw hat would. That packability is a large part of why a bucket hat travels so well.

It comes in one size with a crown height of 5.5 inches, slightly taller than a standard baseball cap crown, which is what gives the hat its recognisable deep shape and keeps the brim sitting away from your eyes. The supplier does not provide a brim width or a circumference measurement, so if those specific numbers matter to your decision, they are not available here.

Care instructions are not specified for this hat. Rather than invent a washing routine we cannot stand behind, we will simply say it was not supplied. As a general habit, cotton hats tend to keep their shape better with hand spot cleaning and air drying than with a machine cycle.

Six colors cover both ends of the range. Black, Grey and Navy Blue disappear into anything, Khaki and Army Green lean outdoorsy against hiking gear, and Cream White stays coolest under direct sun.

Why you will love it

• Wide brim running the full way around for all over shade
• Packs down for travel without holding a crease
• Material: cotton
• Single piece construction
• One size with a 5.5 inch crown height
• Six colors including Grey, Khaki, Army Green, Black, Navy Blue and Cream White

Care

• Care instructions are not specified by the supplier for this hat