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    Question Which hat for a survival kit?

    A hat is essential for a survival kit. What type of hat do you recommend for survival kit? I have a Campmor Power Beanie in my kit.
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    It depends on the weather. I will usually have either a balaclava, beanie when it's colder. Boonie hat in the warmer season. I change my hats when I change my seasonal clothes in my kit.
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    i'm a bandana man, though i have a nice polartec lined wool peruvian type hat for cold weather that works incredibly well wet.

    when it's cold; ear flaps = key.

    a wide brimmed hat is of course valuable in intense or sun exposure.
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    Cool Hmmmm.....

    Thought we discussed this before! Bandanas, boonie hats, or wide-brimmed hats all have their place. The thing I've noticed lately is that a lot of the Survival Books show a guy picking up his smoldering tinder and blowing on it to produce flame. (OUCH!) The problem that I see there is one can burn themselves quite handily. I've alwaysused my wide---brimmed hat to fan the spark into a flame.
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    Unhappy sorry Sarge

    [QUOTE=Sarge47;19266]Thought we discussed this before! Bandanas, boonie hats, or wide-brimmed hats all have their place...[QUOTE]

    Sorry Sarge... I looked and did not find anything. My browser is not refreshing like it should, so it may not have shown up. Please merge it with the other thread.
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    Cool No Problem!

    Don't worry about it for now, I'll find it later and merge it!
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    Cool Yep!

    Quote Originally Posted by Rick View Post
    I'll worry about it later. That thread was regarding "Trademarks", this one about "Survival".
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    For winter I use a Fleece Balaclava and a Felt hat , in the summer it the Boonie hat or a bandanna and cap
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    yes, always important - even in summer
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    It all depends on the weather, I thick Boonie cap is great for the rain or fall.
    A beanie for the winter or ski mask. or a bandanna or a baseball cap in the summer.
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    I once traded for two thick raccoon skins. Yep, took the two skins and made a heck of a god hat, with fold down ear covers. Warm, it was too warm. Georgia's coldest winter wasn't cold enough for this hat, traded it to a gent up north, where it gets real cold.

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    i always wear (always being +40 to -25) a kakadu bushranger , wide brimmed leather hat. love the quality sweatband but the hats really more of a style thing then a survival issue.

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