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Columbia Sportswear Men's Omni-Shade Booney Cap | 
| Brand: Columbia
Category: Apparel
Department: mens
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 49031
Fabric Type: nylon
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 13 x 11 x 6
Model: CU9119
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| Features:
| • | 100% Nylon | | • | Upf 30 omni-dry, quick dry | | • | 3" brim with terry sweatband, adjustable chin strap and adjustable drawcord and toggle at back | | • | Machine washable | | • | Imported |
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Product Description
Columbia Sportswear Company was founded in 1938. Columbia Sportswear Company began as a small family-owned distributorship and today Columbia is one of the world's largest outerwear companies. The history begins with Paul and Marie Lamfrom. They fled from Germany and settled in Portland, Oregon. Paul and Marie opened up a hat distributorship and named their company the Columbia Hat Company. They took the name from the nearby Columbia River. Today, their 82 year old daughter, Gert, is the Chairman of the Board and her son, Tim Boyle is President and Chief Executive Officer. Columbia Sportswear Company has a wide-range of stylish, and functional products to choose from. Columbia is famous for their Interchange System. This concept was developed in 1982 and made Columbia a leader in the outerwear industry. Columbia first started with an interchange jacket which was made for hunting and featured a weatherproof outershell with an insulating inner jacket that could be worn together or separately, thus making each parka three or four garments in one. Because of the popularity of this garment, Columbia applied the same concept to a ski parka and called it the Bugaboo™. The Bugaboo became one of the best-selling ski jackets in history. In 1991, Columbia developed a waterproof, breathable coating Omni-Tech which makes it now the second-largest user of waterproof, breathable fabric in the world.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 10
 Good Summer Hat October 31, 2009
Big Al (Southwest, USA)
The summer sun is unrelenting over the American Southwest, which makes a good hat an essential apparel. After a couple of summers, my old hat is falling apart. This hat makes a good replacement.
The crown of the hat is made of thin pieces of fabric stitched together. There is no lining. Apparently, these are the "omni-dry" fabric, which supposedly wicks the sweat away from my head. However, I never got sweaty enough to notice the effect. The 3-inch beam shades my face and neck well. There is a drawstring around the bottom of the crown with a toggle in the back. With it, I can adjust the size to fit. At the bottom of the crown, a terrycloth sweat band wraps around my forehead. It is a nice touch. I have problem with the clip which holds the chinstraps together. It takes great effort on my part to move the clip up or down. The hat is waterproof, good to keep my head dry in summer rain.
In conclusion, this is a good summer hat, designed to keep your head cool and shade you from the sun. If you are looking for a hat to keep your head warm in winter, this is not it. A reviewer stated that this was a woman's hat. He had a point. This hat is labeled "unisex". If you look at it long enough, it does look somewhat feminine, due to its rounded look when you put it on your head. (See my comment below.) If that bothers you, this hat is not for you either.
 Ugly October 13, 2009
W. Kimlinger (Missouri)
The hat appears functional but is dog-ugly. Since I don't have an aunt Matilda to give it to, I sent it back.
 Comfortable - Breathable - Adjustable September 18, 2009
Avid Reviewer (San Jose, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got the Columbia Men's Booney Cap to wear on my hikes. It is very comfortable and lightweight. Most important of all, the fairly rigid wide brim helps shield both my face and neck (including the back of my neck) from the sun.
Besides being functional, this hat is very attractive-looking. Here's a list of features I really like about it:
- Adjustable Chin Strap
The chin strap works like to a draw cord so you can adjust the length of the strap with ease.
- Adjustable Hat Size
A draw cord near the inner brim of the hat helps to adjust the hat size to fit just about the head of any adult male.
- Terry Cotton Sweat Band
The inner brim on the underside of the hat is lined with a terry cotton sweat band to absorb sweat. It's a really nice touch. I don't get sweat running down my head anymore.
- Breathable
The hat is made with a very breathable material, so you head won't feel stuffy. You might also want to consider choosing a light color for the hat since lighter colors will reflect more sunlight (and heat).
- 3" Wide Brim
The 3" wide brim helps to shade my face and neck from the sun. The tag on the hat say the hat has an UPF 30. UPF is UV Rays Protection Factor, a sun protection specification for clothing analogous to SPF (Sun Protection Factor) for sunscreen.
- Waterproof
While I trying to spot-clean this hat under running tap water, I noticed that the water just beaded off the hat. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that this hat is actually waterproof. As incredible as it seems, the crown of the hat can actually hold water without the fabric of the hat soaking up a single drop of water!
- Easy-To-Clean
The hat also seems to have been treated with Scotchguard, as any dirt on the hat washes off very easily.
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I'm really happy with this purchase. The Columbia Men's Booney Cap not only looks great, it really helps make for a more enjoyable outdoor experience!
Great hat for outdoors! September 18, 2009
Luis Rebolledo (Monterrey, MX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I previously had a Nike hat similar to this one and I had to replaced it. Reviewing the reviews I decided to go for this one and I'm glad I took this decision. This is a light weight hat, it dries real fast and also the head band feature is of real help when the heat & sun are heavy on you.
If I had to take a decision for replacing it I would buy the same one again!
Columbia omni-shade Booney September 16, 2009
Henree Ng (Singapore)
Great hat and hat sizing is pretty accurate. Thumbs up for the seller (Bella Florida) for keeping the packaging small and neat. Helps to save me fair amount of postage for it to reach me at Singapore.
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