This hat is comfortable and did a fine job of shading my head and shoulders from 9 days of inner Grand Canyon sunshine. It even held up well to being filled with water and worn soaking wet as an "air conditioner" for my noggin :-)  When I got home from my trip I put it in a mesh laundry bag and tossed it in the washing machine. I put the wet hat on a soccer ball to shape it and hung it from the neck string as it dried in the sun on my wash-line. Turned out better than expected. I did take an iron to the rim to encourage the rim band to lay flat. Hat looks like new. Will be taking this on my future trips. Good product. Well made. Does what it should do.