The Tilley Winter Hat has a wool exterior which is teflon coated to help shed the rain. It has a size adjustment device to allow you to make minor adjustments to the fit. As with most types of Tilley hats it comes in a wide range of sizes, has a secret pocket in the top as well as a small piece of closed foam insulation. The insulation also helps the hat to float if it comes off in the canoe and goes for a swim.
What makes the winter hat really different though is that there is ear and forehead warmers tucked up into the hat. So when your ears get cold you can fold these down and it will keep your ears warm and your forehead. Sounds good in theory but I had my doubts. So much so that I have swithered about getting one of these hats for over a year, a couple of years in fact.
Conclusion
Well the hat does everything it sets out to do. I am very pleased with it and only wish I had swithered less and bought it sooner. Are there areas that could be improved? Yes. The hat is meant to be dry cleaned. This is something I am unlikely to get round to so we will find out how it gets on with a machine wash at some time. The strength of the original Tilleys was that you could wash them in the sink at night and they would be dry and ready for action in the morning. The other thing is this hat has no chin strap so it can blow off in windy conditions but in saying this I have never really used the chin strap on my T5 Tilley . However, these two minor points aside the hat is superb. I am really happy with it. Between this and my T5 I am good to go for all weather conditions.
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