Great sun protection, great looking!
I bought one of these hats 22 years ago and wore it while guiding on about 25 16-day Grand Canyon river trips. It held up very well, but finally got pretty dirty and had been crushed a few too many times. I recently purchased a new one, and I love it as much as the original one. The hat provides great shade from the sun and it always looks very cool. I constantly get compliments on how great the hat looks--often more about the band than the hat itself!