Justy
Well-Known Member
At 28 I thought making decisions such as what hat to buy would be simple, but no. I found myself being concience of what it looked like, and why everyone was staring at me whilst i was getting hats fitted (in reality... no one was... but my mind told me they were). My girlfriend was trying to help.... but in the end a decision was made!
My choise of hats was initially between the Charles Owen GR8 and the champion ventair. I went to Stockley Trading and must have tried on each hat about 5 times, then agin in 2 different sizes. The GR8 was nice, but the lack of cooling and the fact that I looked a bit girly did not help (i know looks should don't matter but i couldnt help it!)
The lady in the shop was very helpful, told me to keep the tags on and wear the hat at home for an hour or so too see how it felt... the answer to that only took 20mins of solid wearing.
Headache of a very bad nature.... the fitment at the front was a little tight, but for some reason it was aching at the top of my head. But tried it again the next day and no better so I decided it was be taken back.
Today, it was a short jolly to frogpool.... never been before, was a bit like a massive jumble sale! went to look for hats but everything was all over the place so gave up.... but soon returned as the searching was rugs was becoming tedious.
To my delight there in the corner was a lovely looking hat, fairly manley and mainly black (the silver strip on the ventair was not doing it for me!) so I tried it on and it was great so I bought it!
And after all my questioning on here about the Champion Ventair and GR8..... what did I end up buying.....
sorry to bore you all with a pointless story!!
My choise of hats was initially between the Charles Owen GR8 and the champion ventair. I went to Stockley Trading and must have tried on each hat about 5 times, then agin in 2 different sizes. The GR8 was nice, but the lack of cooling and the fact that I looked a bit girly did not help (i know looks should don't matter but i couldnt help it!)
The lady in the shop was very helpful, told me to keep the tags on and wear the hat at home for an hour or so too see how it felt... the answer to that only took 20mins of solid wearing.
Headache of a very bad nature.... the fitment at the front was a little tight, but for some reason it was aching at the top of my head. But tried it again the next day and no better so I decided it was be taken back.
Today, it was a short jolly to frogpool.... never been before, was a bit like a massive jumble sale! went to look for hats but everything was all over the place so gave up.... but soon returned as the searching was rugs was becoming tedious.
To my delight there in the corner was a lovely looking hat, fairly manley and mainly black (the silver strip on the ventair was not doing it for me!) so I tried it on and it was great so I bought it!
And after all my questioning on here about the Champion Ventair and GR8..... what did I end up buying.....
sorry to bore you all with a pointless story!!
