10 Stylish Sun Hats To Protect Your Skin 2021 – Best In Beach
Sunscreen may be great for protecting your skin, but it doesn’t improve your look while doing so. Sun huts, on the other hand, keep the sun off your skin and make you look great at the same time. More than just a summer trend, sun hats protect people from harmful UV rays year round. The sun, after all, is a year-round phenomenon.
Of course, sun hats do much more than just protect your skin. Sun hats can compliment (or hide) your hair and bring balance and symmetry to your features. Sun screen’s never been known to do that!
Simply, they are hats designed to keep the sun off the wearer. Usually, these hats employ wide, wrap-around brims with opaque materials. Because they are usually worn in conditions of heat, may provide additional means of cooling off the user, such as ventilation or sweat-wicking material.
What they’re intended to: keep the sun off your skin. Sun is the primary factor in the aging of the skin. Sun damage results in spots and wrinkles. Sun hats provide a great remedy to this harmful radiation.
You might find whole carts selling these hats in beach regions. Generally, they can be purchased at beachwear outlets everywhere. Everything we listed here can be found on Amazon.
Price tends to cost between $20 and $60, depending on the brand.
We put our heads on the line for this one. Wearing sun hats is only half the battle for reviewing them, however. One must also understand how well they travel and how well they hold up over time. For these final factors, we packed our hats in bags and unpacked them later, and even compared results with other customers who have purchased such hats in the past.
You can get these hats for a mere $, but some of the nicer hats (those that pack head-cooling technology into their product) can cost you up to three times that price.
- Sloggers Women’s Wide Brim Braided Sun Hat
- Outdoor Research Sombriolet Sun Hat
- Henschel Hats Aussie Breezer 5310 Cotton Mesh Hat
- Funky Junque Women’s Bold Cursive Embroidered Adjustable Beach Floppy Sun Hat
- O’Neill Men’s Sonoma Prints Straw Hat
- Coolibar UPF 50+ Men’s Crushable Ventilated Hat – Sun Protective
- Columbia Men’s Bonehead Straw Hat
- Sun Protection Zone Unisex Lightweight Adjustable Outdoor Booney Hat
- Tilley T5MO Organic Cotton Airflo Hat
- Columbia Sportswear Bora Bora Booney Sun Hats
This sun hat is a practical choice for those who like to garden or those who work outdoors. It fits right into any rugged ensemble, and with the wind lanyard, you won’t ever lose it. This hat serves as a 50 SPF sun filter, and its wide brim ensures that this protection covers your whole head and neck. (The hat measures over 22 inches around.) We loved the multiple color options and the handsome and versatile design.
- UV +50 protection
- Practical yet stylish for working outdoors
- Includes wind lanyard
- Comes in several colors
- Only fits small to medium-sized heads
Outdoor Research Sombriolet Sun Hat – Breathable Lightweight Wicking…
- WATER RESISTANT SUN PROTECTION: A wide shade with a varied foam-stiffened brim width and UPF 50+ rating protects your…
- COMFORTABLE AND BREATHABLE: The side vents and external breathable panels keep you cool and comfortable while exploring…
- MULTIPLE USES: Whatever you are doing outside, this hat has you covered. This sun hat is perfect for beach days, hiking,…
Featuring breathable, water-resistant, and UV shielding materials, this hat is ideal for those who spend much of their workday outdoors in warm climates. The majority of one’s heat is lost through their head, so it makes sense why hats can keep us so warm. Warmth is rarely wanted you want out of a sun hat, however. Thankfully, Outdoor Research has really nailed the stay-cool headwear technology. A welcome bonus of this hat is its foam-stiffened brim with flexible piping. This feature prevents the wind from wresting the cap off your head, offering great protection from the sun even in windy environments.
- Made with high-performance fabric: water-resistant, breathable, lightweight, wicking, quick-drying, TransAction headband, and mesh-lined crown
- Ultraviolet protection factor (UPF) +50
- The drawstring can be adjusted with one hand
- Available in multiple colors and with optional features
- Not available in size small
- More suited to working outdoors than social activities
Oozing with that Australian charm, the Henschel Hats Aussie Breezer marries practicality and style in one cotton mesh hat. This hat keeps its shape even after being compressed in luggage, making it ideal for globetrotter concerned about keeping their youthful face from getting wrinkled. We loved the highly durable heavy duty UV protection fabric that composes the hat, granting excellent sun protection while keeping us looking sharp.
- High durability material allows for long wear times
- Offers high protection against the elements
- Very comfortable even when worn daily
- Packable, meaning it maintains its shape when crushed and later unpacked
- Might be too rugged for a certain customer’s personal style
- Can be pricey if the size and model you have your heart set on getting sold out
Funky Junque Women’s UPF 50 Bold Cursive Embroidered Adjustable…
- GREAT QUALITY: 100% paper. Lightweight, yet thick and soft for a luxurious customized feel. Nice way to cut down some of…
- GREAT FIT: One size fits most. Height (above top of brim) is 4.5 inches. Brim width is 4 inches. Inside circumference…
- GREAT LOOK: Ladies, teens, and tweens can rock this hat. Throw on this straw hat to instantly be the most stylish person…
Funky Junque takes the ubiquitous women’s floppy straw beach hat and takes it to the next level with an embroidered message. Before Funky Junque, those big floppy brims protected from the sun, sure… but they didn’t say anything.
Now, they can say things like “Hello Sunshine” or any of these phrases: Alcohol You Later, Always on Vacay, Resting Beach Face, Just Chillin, On Cloud Wine, Rosé All Day, Life’s a Beach, Bride, Do Not Disturb, Mother of the Bride, Hey Y’all, Sunshine White Wine, Maid of Honor, Lake Hair Don’t Care, Aloha Beaches, Bridge Tribe, Bon Voyage, It’s Wine O’Clock, Talk to The Sand, & even more!
Not only that, but the hat can be purchased in sets of similar themes (such as multiple hats to outfit your “bride tribe”), and even the messages can be customized in terms of color.
- Multiple styles, messages, and colors
- Big floppy brim provides a lot of sun protection (SPF 50)
- Can be adjusted with a drawstring
- This hat is often shipped flat, meaning you have to let it sit for a while to regain its signature shape
Highly sought-after, O’Neill Men’s Sonoma Prints Straw Hat is built with the environment in mind. Composed of sea-straw, this sturdy, naturally crafted hat does a remarkable job of keeping the sun off your skin and out of your eyes. If you’ve been adventuring where other outdoorsy types tend to congregate, you’ve almost surely seen this hat. It has carved quite the niche for itself on the market and for good reason.
- All natural, highly durable sea straw construction
- Long product life
- Great sun and element protection
- The beachgoer-meets-park-ranger look doesn’t work for everyone
- The logo is prominent (although many loyalists wear this proudly and even then, it can be easily cut off the hat without damaging the sea straw)
Making your head hot under a hat just to keep the sun out of your eyes is robbing Peter to pay Paul. If wearing sun hats makes your head too hot but going hatless makes your skin too hot, stop getting caught in a paradoxical loop of heat and get a Coolibar UPF 50+ Crushable Ventilated Hat. We love the packability that the crushability provides. And those vents keep you truly cool. Coolibar’s blend of cotton and polyester wicks sweat from your brow and lets the breeze usher the heat away.
- Crushable, meaning packable
- High-tech cooling techniques keep your head from overheating
- Durable blend of cotton and polyester
- Breathable mesh and ventilation
- Pricier than other options listed here
Columbia Bonehead Straw Hat, Fossil/Collegiate Navy, Small/Medium
- ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY: Columbia’s PFG Bonehead Straw Hat features our signature UPF 50 sun protection technology to…
- HANDY FEATURES: This hat’s packable silhouette makes storing it easy and convenient.
- BREATHABILITY: This hat’s breathable design provides comfort no matter the weather.
Columbia Men’s Bonehead Straw Hat is hardly for the boneheaded. Their hat combines polyester and paper to create a pleasantly rugged texture for a hat with a high durability rating. Throw this baby in your luggage and quit worrying; it’ll retain its shape when you retrieve it on the other side of the flight. You may expect the paper in the construction to be scratchy. However, it is anything but.
- Great texture
- Efficient sun blockage (SPF 50)
- Durable polyester and paper construction
- Brim falls a bit on the not-stiff-enough side without quite being big enough to be floppy
The zone defines the post-modern world. Whether a zone is “war” or “festival” greatly determines the survival odds for one inside the zone. The sun bombards our planet with an “irradiated zone” with its light. One of the best ways to get out of the “sun zone” is to get yourself a Sun Protection Zone Unisex Lightweight Adjustable Outdoor Booney Hat.
Boasting an incredible 100 SPF and 50+ UPF, this hat weighs nearly nothing and can be easily adjusted to fit just how you like it. The generous 4.75-inch brim keeps the sun out of your eyes and off your neck. We enjoyed the utilitarian yet stylish look of this hat.
- Provides 100 SPF and 50+ UPF
- Lightweight and adjustable
- 4.75-inch brim
- Approved by Melanoma International Foundation & American Melanoma Foundation
- 100% polyester doesn’t stretch well
Tilley T5MO Organic Airflo Hat (Olive, 8+)
- Maximum sun protection – fabric is certified UPF 50+, the highest given
- Air flow – 3/4″ mesh around crown allows for extra ventilation
- Lightweight and naturally breathable
Made from organic cotton with just a touch of spandex and polyester to keep the hat breathable, the Tilley T5MO Organic Cotton Airflo Hat simultaneously keeps the sun out of your eyes and prevents the sun from raging any harder against you. How does it do this second part? Well, Tilley uses only sustainably sourced materials, meaning it is not accelerating the hole in the ozone layer that lets in more of the sun, or the excess of greenhouse gases that trap that heat in our atmosphere. But of more immediate importance: this hat keeps your head icy cool. It lives up to the “Airflo” in its name.
- UPF 50+ sun protection rating
- Meshing keeps your head cool
- Wide, organic cotton brim
- Fabric feels soft
- More expensive, but more economical than those with similar cooling technology
Bora Bora Booney may sound like a tongue twister or a fairytale spell (a la “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo), but it is, in reality, one of the best on the market. Its style sets it apart from the others, looking somewhat like sci-fi mesh technology masquerading as a bucket hat. But where it really stands apart is in that sci-fi-style tech including a sweat-wicking band in its brow and quick-dry construction. Its imported 100% textured nylon poplin provides 50+ UPF, and the mesh window ensures that the breeze reached your brow.
- Sweat-wicking band in the brow
- Ventilated for coolness
- A unique style that comes in five color varieties
We picked the Columbia Sportswear Bora Bora Booney II Sun Hat as the favorite that we reviewed, and not just because we love saying “Bora Bora Booney.” The hat works wonders for keeping your brow cool, and it simply outshines the rest of the competition in terms of aesthetics. Combine that with the winning reputation for outdoor excellence that Columbia carries with it, and you’ve got a truly extraordinary sun hat.
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