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my fingers are itching to breathe new life into that hat so it can do another eight years at least
I know exactly what you mean! And I may do just that once I get sorted. There’s a lifetime warranty on my hat and a friend of mine - who also had a lifetime warranty on her Tilley hat - just collected on her warranty, after having the damage assessed by the manufacturer. Trouble is before she got her replacement hat she had to send in a picture of her ‘damaged’ hat with the crown cut out of it. Seems a crying shame to ruin a perfectly good hat that just needs the edging replaced.
I’ve taken mine on a bunch of long-distance treks and if I don’t want to wear it I’ve always just folded it up and shoved it in my backpack. It’s still going strong nine years later despite this treatment.
I could yes, but I probably wontWell, you could just carry it on your hat, couldn't you?
I’ll only wear it when the sun gets hot. I like the early sun on my face. Its healing 
Thanks for the tip, I’ll register it right now!
I have this exact same hat purchased impulsively two years ago in Sedona, Arizona, and have only worn it three times. It sits on a shelf in my closet and I look at it wistfully, but have never brought it on the Camino for the packing concerns you and others mention; also the brim potentially hitting the back of my pack, which would be annoying. The near $100 cost has me treating it with kid gloves, but if I don't use it, what a waste.
I agree, what a waste of a good hat. I bought my Tilley precisely to avoid having the brim hitting the top of my pack, and it works like a charm, including on one of the tall, narrow packs that I sometime use where the top is higher.
I've always pictured you as an Akubra man. With something exotic and possibly hazardous for the hat band
I was for years, although I was never fast enough to run down an emu to collect a suitable feather. I think I would have had to resort to plucking something from a road-kill wedge tailed eagle if I had wanted a band decoration.I've always pictured you as an Akubra man. With something exotic and possibly hazardous for the hat band
If you can damage it in any way by bad packing let the company know and they will pay you a reward. Mine has been dragged around, used as a sit mat, soaked in rivers and the sea, etc and it looks like new (almost).
I have the same hat you push the hat together with the sides toward the center and it naturally collapses into 3 and fits vertically in ky pack, but remember to waterproof your hat with Scotchgard a few times before you get it too wet , just the top it nakes all the difference
. My beloved Tilley bought in 2013 for my first Camino has been through a lot! On the Primitivo 2022 my walking friend suggested it needed to be washed 
so I did and then threw it in the dryer. Disaster 
! Will try however it if doesn’t work I am still going with the Tilley as is…Canadian walking in Canada 
it’s right thing to do 
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Your poor Tilly looks puckered up and angry.
Possibly you could try ironing the brim. Now I am really afraid to abuse mine, although in the ten years they have probably improved the fabric and design since yours was purchased.Been walking with our Tilleys on many Caminos, and other trips, folding them into our packs and suitcases. No trouble.
I have worn legionnaire style hats before, and personally, I wouldn't be remotely interested in trading my Tilley for this. Nonetheless, I would be interested to know why you think it is a good idea to do so.My two cents: return it and get one of these with a folding brim. Problem solved..
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I've occasionally thought that something with a neck flap like a legionnaire kepi would be a good idea. As a Scot with minimal experience of walking in serious sun my neck was badly burned on my first Camino - enough to crack the skin like a piece of roast pork. But I have settled for a wide brimmed hat which seems to do the job.
I have a fly fishing hat with the neck flap.
Very easy to pack. Looks like a ball cap the rest of the time.
I have several Tillies, one that spent too many years on a sailboat, I took to a hat shop that sold Tillies, gave them the hat, they gave me a new one, no questions asked. My Camino Tilly has gone some 2300 miles without a care.
I resent that remark. I prefer to think of myself as a carefully curated stranger.
Sorry to be a grinch, but, It might heal your soul but it will do invisible damage to your skin and you won’t know about it until it’s way too late - at least use a good SPF 50 sunscreen when not wearing your wonderful hat. Buen Camino.I could yes, but I probably wont
I’ve ironed the brim of mine every time I’ve washed it so as long as it still fits your head and didn’t shrink too much, I’d give that a go!View attachment 146323
I have a slightly different problem
Spouse and 3 adult daughters don’t seem to interested in walking with me these days.
Now I am off to walk the Island Walk in PEI in less than two weeks and my Tilley is going too no matter how it looks..however…have been advised to throw it in the wash…pull it over a pail..reform the brim and let it dry.
I follow the washing instructions (mostly) on mine. Remove the cord, wash it, stretch it over my knee when it is dry and wear it again. I have never had to consider ironing the brim.
The early morning sun (sunrise to about 9-10am) is actually very good for you skin. It is low in uva and uvb and is high in infrared and ultraviolet light which are healing and can help protect your skin from the stronger sun later in the day.
From the Tilley Canada website just now:
no one will notice my hat!!
and when I went online to claim under this, the guarantee only works if you have registered your purchase within a certain time. Hence my earlier caution to make sure that this gets done.
I actually succeeded in claiming a replacement without registering it; had to send pictures of the damage, and a second picture after cutting the brim off. I had folded it in half while packing, and the crease never came out; since I hadn’t registered it, I figured I couldn’t claim a replacement so I emailed Tilley, asking if it was safe to iron it, and they responded by offering me a replacement, even tho I had never registered it!
I'm afraid to scrunch my Tilley hat and barely have worn it in the nearly two years since I purchased it; an impulse buy I regret.
That sounds a bit sad! I don't scrunch the brim, but keep that flat, and then flatten the crown so the hat is a relatively flat disk. It goes that way into my pack for travelling, and then it is on my head most of the time. Sometimes I might hang it from my pack harness. All mine get machine washed, even the woollen one, which is also an opportunity to reshape the brim and the crown.
