Sun hats or sun caps protect the head and scalp from the sun and from possible sunstroke during a long stay in the blazing sun. Especially people with fair skin, babies and small children should wear a sun hat.
Classification of the sun hat category
What distinguishes sun hats from hats is primarily the brim. This runs completely around the head on the hat.
function
Sun hats are worn to protect the wearer from the harmful effects of too much sunlight. A sun hat in combination with sun cream is therefore an important tool to protect the body from sunburn and belongs in every suitcase.
A hundred years ago, the hat belonged to every citizen equally in summer and winter. In the changing manner, the hat fell more and more into oblivion. Only when doctors increasingly warn of the consequences of sunburn, sun hats are becoming popular again.
materials
When choosing the right sun hat, you should pay attention to the material from which the hat was made. Because in order not to suffer from heat stroke even at high temperatures, the sun hat should be as light and airy as possible. Since it should only protect from the sun and not from rain, it is often woven from straw or crocheted from bast. The network of these materials is never 100 percent dense, so that enough air can get to the head.
The major disadvantage of these natural raw materials, however, is their short shelf life. Therefore, such hats can only be taken in hat boxes on vacation trips. This causes higher costs for the luggage when flying, since the hat box cannot be carried as hand luggage. For the holidays, it is worth buying sun hats made of textile that can be easily transported in a suitcase.
