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Product Description
The most popular sun hat from Outdoor Research, the Helios breathes well, dries quickly, and keeps you covered with a UPF 50+ rating. The TransAction headband moves moisture away from your brow, while the floating, foam-stiffened brim offers a welcome oasis of shade Read More
A very well made hat that provides excellent sun protection, however the hat does not breath well due to lack of mesh or holes. Otherwise a great hat at a great price!
Good hat - decent price. Some versions of the Helios are available at Amazon for $26 and the Sombriolet is available for $27 - both with Prime free shipping. The Helios (2.3 oz) is lighter, but the Sombriolet (3.1 oz) has a wider brim.
Could someone from MD please provide a shipping cost?
It would be helpful if the shipping cost for every MD item was given in the description, rather than having to wade through the checkout just to get a shipping price.
"simply include the shipping cost for items on the description page"
That's not really viable. There are ~50 countries they ship to and you would have to list each one, that would make the page very long. That would also be for one package and shipping prices are not necessarily additive. Plus any drop that has multiple selections of different sizes would mean you would have to have a chart listing the location and each possible option, so now you have this huge spreadsheet on the description page. At that point you might as well just make a small widget to replicate the order page....but why bother to replicate that when it is all of a single click away? (Yes, it would be nice to have an "I'm just browsing" option so you don't get the reminder email.)
As a bald dude who enjoys being outside, I can vouch for the hat doing it's job. That being said I disagree with the statement that it breathes well; my head sweats a lot while wearing it! Still, I paid $40 at REI a year or so ago and love this hat. I tend to fold it up and stick it in a backpack pocket to keep it close by.
Correct because even if your noggin is smaller you have the adjustment pull latching on the side of this hat, that can be shortened to fit any smaller sized head.
Just be careful how much smaller it can tighten, otherwise it will look like a filled condom ready to burst ; )