The legendary king of hats (Lowe Alpine Mountain Cap)

Member Name: sax_man_al

Product:	Lowe Alpine Mountain Cap
Date:	14/08/09 (54 review reads)
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Advantages: waterproof, warm, durable (9yrs still like new)

Disadvantages: rain can trickle down your neck

This is quite simply a legendary hat. Often copied, never beaten.

Chances are if you have been out winter hill/mountain walking and seen other people, some of them will have been wearing one of these hats.

I have now had mine since I was at University in 2000, so it's now officially 9 years old! And it is still going strong. The waterproof shell is made from Lowe Alpines own Triple point ceramic, this fabric was always thought of as being superior to gore-tex, but, gore being a better known bigger manufacturer meant that Lowe eventually gave up on triple point and went over to gore-tex. The lining is fleece, and nice and warm. After 9 years it is still almost like new, the fleece is fine, as is the shell, it's still waterproof, and I've just re-proofed it, so it beads water again too.

There is a wired peak, with a popper to clip it up out of the way. The hat comes down low round the back of your head, and covers your ears too. If it's not too cold, and you are talking with friends you can fold the ear flaps up out of the way, and for my size head when like this it still covers the tops of my ears.

This hat doesn't replace the hood of your coat, if it's snowing or raining then it will go down your neck a little but it will keep your head warm and dry.

They generally retail at about £30, although if you know where to look you can sometimes pick them up for around half that.

Summary: The best hat you can get for when it's properly cold/wet/windy