KAVUFisherman's Chillba Hat: Durable, Comfortable, and Stylish for All Your Outdoor Adventures

I love this bucket hat with chin cord! The rigid rim of the hat keeps the brim from folding in the wind and is flexible so the hat can fold into a small flat circle. I needed a hat that keeps the sun off my face and this does the trick. You can wet the fabric for an even cooler experience wearing it.

Fantastic hat for canoeing, camping and travelling. We have two of them now.

Although I do like this hat and think it's attractive and fits well, there were a couple surprising things about the design that weren't covered in the description online. First, the brim extends farther than it looks like in the pictures so the hat doesn't have as small of a bucket-type profile as I expected. And second, a stiff wire for shape is inserted within the edge of the brim that is actually sort of thick and rectangular in shape. It's flexible enough but doesn't hold whatever shape I try to bend it in so the brim remains sort of "flat/open" as depicted in the picture. Which is attractive except it extends much farther than I wanted for a bucket hat.

This is our second KAVU, very happy, they are light, airy and last well

Hat is sized way to big. Isn't made well and fits weird. The only thing good is the color.

I initially found my first one in the park at Alpine ski resort. Have bought some sense for myself. They are super lightweight. The rim around the brim keeps the sun out of your eyes at all times. They are water resistant and quit drying. And they fold up so you can put it in your pocket or any small area. One of the best hats I've ever owned!!!! A little pricey for it but they are really awesome hats.

The Kavu Fisherman's Chillba hat has potential but ultimately falls short. First the positives: The design of the hat is unique, straddling the delicate line between cool & geeky. It's much like a traditional fisherman's bucket hat, but the transition from the top of the hat to the brim is just a gentle curve, leaving no distinct separation between the top & bottom portions of the hat. It's an interesting look, and I kind of liked it. Second, the hat is wonderfully portable. It stores completely flat with no problem & no loss of shape, or it can be compressed down into a small form factor via it's flexible wire brim. It would travel equally well in a suitcase or in a backpack or tackle box. Finally, the hat is not advertised as such but I found it to be reversible. I picked up an olive colored hat & simply turned it inside out & cut off the tags and voila - I now had the option of a black hat too. The chin strap is only functional right side out, but even when reversed it's no problem to tighten the strap and have it rest on the top of the brim. Pretty cool!Now for the negative, and there is only one but it is a deal breaker for me: the hat is simply not breathable. I wore it for the first time doing some landscaping in my yard on a hot day, and when I broke a heavy sweat digging up some shrub roots, the hat got unpleasantly wet. It is made of a lightweight nylon but it just doesn't breathe. I kept having to take it off to shake some of the perspiration out and found it to be unpleasant to wear due to the moisture and lack of fresh airflow on my noggin.Too bad the Kavu Fisherman's Chillba doesn't breathe, otherwise it would be a great hat for sun protection. I suppose if you plan to use it in an environment with mild temperatures it could serve you well. But for those like me who foresee most of its use coming in hot weather, I'd pass on it. If you're looking for a better hot weather option, I'm a fan of the  Columbia Sportswear Men's Bora Bora Booney . Similar kind of hat but with some mesh that allows it to breathe. It lacks the more resilient kind of wire brim but ultimately wins out by giving your head some breathing space.