Okay, it's TRUE.  Everyone is telling the TRUTH.  This hat's brim is ENORMOUS.  Bigger than you'll expect even if you hold a yardstick up to your head.  I suggest you cut out a piece of poster board to match the brim size, put it on your head, and see how you feel.  Me, I LOVE IT, and I am not a hat person.  Here's why I love it.  This hat keeps the sun off my face, neck, shoulders, and throat.  Oddly, this hat is more attractive on me (there's a reason I'm not a hat person) than almost any other hat I've ever tried.  I think because it's so big you just take it on its own terms.  It is what it is!  In a good way!  Also, the crown is not very tall compared to other hats, but is tall enough that you can wear your bangs back in a little clip or pony tail on top of your head.  And, the crown circumference isn't as big as it usually is on a women's hat labeled "one size fits all".  It's still a little too big for me (I have a tiny head).  The decorative cord around the outside can be pulled tighter, to take up some slack, but I think it slips loose again.  Also, this adjustment rumples the hat a little.  THE DOWNSIDE of this hat is that a very light breeze is all it takes to fold the brim down into your eyes or flip it up.  When the breeze shifts, the brim goes back to neutral, but in the meantime, you can't see.  Even walking moderately briskly on a non-breezy day flipped the brim around.  IN SUMMARY, this is an excellent hat for sitting still in the sun in a non-breezy location, or when you don't mind having your line of sight cut off frequently.  I ended up returning it, and buying and keeping a crownless, full circle, wide brimmed visor with velcro closure.  The brim is not as wide, which is a sad loss, but it is stiffer and doesn't obscure my vision.  And, the velcro closure allows me to make it fit my head circumference no matter how I'm wearing my hair.