Where do you store your hat/helmet?

[jroz]

I posted this on another forum awhile back, but was curious to see your responses as well. I read this year that to make the most out of your hat's longevity, you should store it in a area where the temperature is moderate and consistent. They say to "never store it in a hot car or in the tack room when it's below zero [degrees Fahrenheit]."

I don't know why, but I never really even thought about it...even though the tag said to "store at ambient temperature." I always used to keep mine at home and bring it out each time to ride, but once I got a tack trunk a few years ago, I've left it out at the barn since. Now that it's gotten cold out, and I have a newer helmet, I've brought it home again.

I wonder how detrimental it is to store it outdoors in a trunk, since say during the winter - the temperature swings would be more great if you're taking it from warm to cold and back again on a regular basis, versus it being "cold" all the time. (Not to say that temperature swings don't happen outdoors - as we all know how the weather can change several times in a day!)

Where do you store yours?

 

[Paint Me Proud]

mine is just sat on the shelf in my tack room

 

[rhino]

Mine is in a padded hat bag in the tack room

 

[Django Pony]

Mine lives in a plastic stack-a-box in the shipping-container that we store all our stuff in. I've put silica desiccant bags in the box in an attempt to keep the damp at bay. I'd never really thought about the temperature it's stored at though!

 

[ladyt25]

erm, well mine generally lives in my car! Probably not ideal!

 

[JFTDWS]

I have two in the tack room, one in the car and one in the trailer. I presume they're multiplying as I don't remember going out to buy so many

 

[PuzzlePatch]

Used to be in the tack room, but now i'm at uni so stays in the car so i can ride up here

 

[Trot_On_Dressage]

Mines in my the boot of my car as i get paid to school my clients horses so always need it with me. My boot is full of riding gear so doesnt roll around but it prob isnt ideal!

 

[MrsElle]

Mine is in the utility room at home.

 

[domane]

I have one of the Shires long boot and hat bag combo's so it is in there, hanging from a hook on the wall of the tack room. I'm guessing it will get chilled, but probably not freeze as it is in a padded environment.

 

[Capriole]

In padded hat bags or back in the box they came in, variously in an indoor tackroom or on a shelf in my wardrobe

 

[BlizzardBudd]

i bring mine home and keep it in my room, with alll my other stuff i never know when i might have to ride a friends horse

 

[EquiGal92]

Since I only get to ride once a week at the riding school, its kept in my wardrobe at home

 

[welshcob*]

Tack room for me at the mo but must get into the habit of bringing it home with me again!

 

[RunToEarth]

My patey is in a heated tackroom because if it stays wet or cold it shrinks. My gp is stuck anywhere, as long as the sweat dries!!

 

[Tnavas]

Heat and sunlight affect the stability of the plastic so it's best kept in a dark cupboard where it is not exposed to excessive heat or cold.

Mine currently lives in a bag in my bedroom when not in use.

 

[the watcher]

Everyday hat lives in the car, I'm freelance so it travels around with me.

My more expensive hats are kept in the house

 

[darkhorse123]

since having our yard burgled 2 years ago everything i can keep at home is kept at home - bit of a pain carrying it around but ill be dammed if the thieving bugars will ever take my hard earned stuff again!

 

[Lotty]

My hat goes in it's bag and in my plastic storage box at the yard.

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

I keep mine in a hat case in a filing cabinet up the yard

 

[nuttynugget]

I keep it in a hat bag in my car... my old helmet was kept in my tack room until one day I went to put it on and mouse poo fell out. Straight in the bin that went and never again will I keep my hat there

 

[Janette]

Mine lives in my tack trunk, with gloves, hi-vis etc tucked inside...

Didn't know about the effects of low temperatures. Thankyou.

 

[jroz]

I keep it in a hat bag in my car... my old helmet was kept in my tack room until one day I went to put it on and mouse poo fell out. Straight in the bin that went and never again will I keep my hat there

I'd be worried about spiders, lol!

 

[starryeyed]

I never knew they had to be kept out of the cold! Mine's always in the tack room and it's not a heated one, it's definitely been in a chilly environment

 

[bumblelion]

Mines in a hat bag hanging up in tack room, there is a heater in there though that cuts in and out but it's hardly hot in there!

 

[saffytessa]

My old hat lived in a metal bin in my tackroom. My expensive new hat lives in luxury in a padded hat bag in the house

 

[Captain Bridget]

If I'm riding regularly they both live in the car, but at the moment since I'm not riding the less expensive one is in its thin covering bag and the expensive one is in its padded bag in the house.

 

[Anonnymouse]

In a padded hat bag, at home (in the hall).

 

[noodle_]

currently dumped in her bucket of overreach boots

i need a new hat

 

[fornema]

I have my everyday hat at uni so that gets kept in my cupboard and my showjumping hat stays usually in my room or somewhere about the house always have always will as keeps them nicer