Daughters hat causing headaches

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She's had it ages now, a good 6 months and for that time I've said its just a case of breaking it in or getting used to it.
She says its tight by her temples and gives her head aches.
It was fitted by a trained hat fitter and since her complaining I've had it checked by another stores hat fitter twice and each time they say it's a good fit and can't find any better fit for her.
We went back to the original shop as they are really good and I just got her fitted from scratch with a different fitter and without knowing the story he fitted the hat she already has!
I then explained the problem and he said he'd have been 100% happy to sell us that particular hat but none of the others she preferred.
He also said if we took it in he might be able to compress the insides to make it more comfy. Is this an option?
Wwyd?
 
My daughter has a very round head and we are having real trouble sorting a hat for her. She started muttering that her hat was tight a few weeks ago but it seemed to go on ok so I didn't take much notice. We went in to the Saddlers who fitted it for her 2 years ago and they said straight away that it was very tight on her temples. They tried several hats, all different makes and even in 2 or 3 sizes too big, most of the hats were too tight or nearly too tight on her temples.

Eventually we have gone for the Charles Owen Competitor which is specifically designed for round heads but we have had to have a template made and sent to Charles Owen to pad accordingly. Definitely worth asking about this for your daughter.
 
Hats will 'relax' after several months. I've recently changed my 4 year old CO which had become loose for the same design & size & the new one feels like a vice at the mo.
 
amymay said:
I'd try a different make.
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I'm pretty sure we have tried every make! We'll certainly every make stocked within a 40 mile radius!
She has always been a problem to fit but this is the first time the fitters have all agreed with each other but disagreed with her!
I will look at the Charles Owen Competitor, that sounds hopeful!
I believe she has to stick to a skull cap type as she competes so can't have a fixed peak.
 
Get one of the hats that she finds comfortable. Put some additional padding in it to make it fit correctly - it shouldn't be sized too big, maybe just ever so slightly wide or ever so slightly too long. If her hat causes her a headache then either it doesn't actually fit or maybe there's something in it that she's having a reaction to. Could be worth trying a skull hat cover type thing (like cyclists use) under the hat to see if that's the case.

Dublin made a range of hats year ago that had a gel headband in them for comfort; within seconds of putting the hat on I would be itching and my forehead would go red.
 
I had this it was professionally fitted and gave me terrible headaches .
It's was a velvet Fiona's hat I dreaded going hunting .
I went to another fitter who sold me a size bigger and fitted two small shims it's perfect .
A friend bought the smaller one .
 
This happened to me when I was younger! My hat was a skull type. My parents struggled to believe me because the hat was definitely the right size and should have fitted but I've never known such pain. For me, it was a 'burning' headache which usually left me in tears and went on for the entire duration of wearing the hat, until eventually it was changed for the same size in a different style. I still don't fit skull types to this day (although there are a lot more options and variations now than there were then, I think!).
 
I've never found riding hats comfortable, they have always felt far too tight if fitted 'correctly '

I was recently in the market for a new and had heard Charles Owen made them in round shapes now (i don't think the fitter at the shop even realised this!) But i insisted on a round as all others just didn't feel right. As soon as i put the Ayr8 round on it fit like a glove! It feels fab and i still smile when i put it on :D expensive but well worth it!
 
My sons have different shaped heads. When hat shopping for my youngest the hat fitter asked what style of hat we wanted. My reply was the best fit! He has a brain cyst so has an odd-shaped head so it was crucial that the hat fitted correctly. Apparently he has a skull shaped head so a velvet would have been no good for him.
 
If it isnt comfortable, it might fit - But its the wrong hat!!

I can sympathise having bought five or more hats before I found one that fitted and was comfortable, my head is oval with a higher forehead, I would usualy find one that fitted rim wise, but would leave a red mark on my forehead and the beginings of a headache within 10 minutes. I found the Gatehouse Hickstead as a SJ/Dressage hat and an HS1 for hacking/XC, interestingly the HS1 was very different from the Hickstead in its fit and I ended up having one made to measure by Gatehouse as they struggled to adjust an off the shelf one. Their customer sevice was brilliant, luckily their warehouse was local to me (Wiltshire) and they made it for no extra cost.

What a shame I can't wear my Patey more often
 
Another vote for Charles Owen. When my 10 year old needed a new hat recently,she tried one make,which the fitter refused to sell to us as she said that my daughter had a round head and the hat wouldn't be safe. She recommended a Charles Owen and told us that they didn't stock them,but a nearby retailer did. After thanking her for her honesty,we had her fitted for Charles Owen and it fit perfectly and she hasn't complained of achy temples since.
 
Identityincrisis said:
I've never found riding hats comfortable, they have always felt far too tight if fitted 'correctly '

I was recently in the market for a new and had heard Charles Owen made them in round shapes now (i don't think the fitter at the shop even realised this!) But i insisted on a round as all others just didn't feel right. As soon as i put the Ayr8 round on it fit like a glove! It feels fab and i still smile when i put it on :D expensive but well worth it!
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Every hat I've ever worn has given me headaches, it didn't any difference what make it was; I thought they were too heavy for me, until I went to the ProTector stall at Badmington & was told it was the shape of my head not the weight.
I bought one of their hats (at great expense!) but it was worth every penny - no more headaches!
 
This may not be your daughter but my friends daughter complained her new hat hurt and so her mother took her to the shop to get it checked and tried on several others to make sure - funnily enough the same thing happened to her as to you the hat fitters agreed that the best fitting was the one that she said hurt- and the only hat her daughter said didn't hurt was a top of the range blingy one that was the same as one of her friends has (very wealthy parents). Hmmmm as I said it may not be your daughter but I just wondered
 
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