Safety pins required to avoid accidents

Wonderfully light weight but with some design flaws if you want to use it for gardening, driving, or just walking about. When you put it on in a breeze, you'll be reminded of those adverts for shampoo with the wind lifting up the model's long wavy hair and floating it about. Quite amusing at first and very cooling, but that entertainment wears off quickly when faced with the risk inherent in the hat's design. The bill/brim could be a shade longer but the biggest issue is that the flaps are too far forward. I've had to pin them back with safety pins so that my peripheral vision isn't suddenly blocked. Pinning them back has also helped cut down on the noise the flaps make as they flap about in even the lightest breeze, but the fact remains that without the safety pins, a flap can cross much of my face in an instant, momentarily totally blocking an eye on that side, blinding me to whatever might be coming from that side, which could be an accident waiting to happen. Even with no wind, without the pins in place, leaning forward to un-clip a weed-eater/brush cutter's harness, the flap kept blocking my view and after three attempts I had to take the hat off to do that simple task. I reckon the un-pinned flaps would be a hazard while driving, for example, a ride-on lawnmower. Curiously, despite being 100% nylon, they don't stink, or even whiff slightly, not even after a whole weeks wear. With a couple of safety pins handy, I'd quite happily recommend this product.

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