Good hiking hat

[sandykayak]

I have three Sunday Afternoons hats with neck capes:

A pretty purple one with a long, slightly ruffled neck cape, a beige one with a longish (7") neck cape (Adventure?) for kayaking, and an olive-y green one with (5") neck cape (Sport ?) that is great for hiking because you don't have a hat brim pushing against your backpack.

The capes are not removable.

Not cheap but I've had them for years.

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/410XsTtB7vL._AA210_.jpg[/IMG]
$35.00 $28.88

 

[dougfitz]

@sandykayak, will we be subjected to many more of these posts explaining the virtues of the items in your wardrobe and where the items might be purchased? I ask because it is not clear to me why the retailers of these products cannot undertake their own advertising and leave this wonderful resource free of posts like these that verge on such commercial promotion.

 

[sandykayak]

Ummmm. I thought that sharing of information was a good thing here. I know I appreciate information provided by others.

Obviously, I have no vested/financial interest in any of the retailers mentioned.

 

[dougfitz]

I thought that sharing of information was a good thing here.

Indeed it is, and sharing information about products that have worked for you on your camino is a great thing when it helps someone who is seeking advice.

This is a far cry from that circumstance. It is about a single product where that information is being pushed at us, and it begins to look a lot like commercial promotion of that product. It is my view is that retailers can use their own advertising budgets for that, and you don't have to assist them with that. Those of us that avoid advertising by contributing to the cost of the forum don't have to be subject to such advertising normally, except when it creeps in through posts like yours.

 

[C clearly]

I thought that sharing of information was a good thing here.

Yes, of course it is. In this case, I think that you have just gone overboard with all of the individual endorsement threads! If 100 of us posted several new threads everyday on various random products, the forum would quickly degenerate into a shopping channel.

 

[sandykayak]

Absolutely not. No affiliate anything. Just trying to show pictures and save people time searching. I am not good at computers at all. I don't know how to insert links.

I might add that I have never before been publicly rebuked or made to feel unwelcome at any forum. A PM without sarcasm explaining that what I was doing is unacceptable would have been less hurtful.

 

[alexwalker]

On this forum, we donate to avoid sales ads like that. This forum relies on donations and/or ads for keeping it up and running. You are competing with the forum owner about getting ad clicks. Maybe you would consider a donation instead?

https://caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/how-to-donate-to-the-forum.24519

 

[Tincatinker]

Thank you members for informing @sandykayak of our rules on commercial posts. Advice has been sent by moderators.

We are all, thankfully, at liberty to ignore the blandishments of unsolicited advertisers.

 

[sandykayak]

Sorry, mod. My reply to you has disappeared. Hopefully draft was saved somewhere.

I always donate to forums. I've just joined this one and intend to. Several months of sending boxes of food to relatives in Venezuela have put a serious dent in my finances.

To everybody: This was an innocent mistake. I'm still confused. Other people post links to Amazon and that seems to be OK. I don't know how to do that. But I assure you no commercial advertising per se was intended.

I'm retired and have no business or financial connections/income at all.

But I won't be talking about my gear any more.

 

[alexwalker]

I don't know how to insert links.

Yes, you do. Maybe you would like to donate and participate on this friendly forum in a giving manner. I wish you a giving Camino

Buen Camino!

 

[C clearly]

I'm still confused. Other people post links to Amazon and that seems to be OK.

As I tried to explain before, it was a matter of quantity of product endorsements in 24 hours, and a strong focus on shopping, that raised eyebrows!

Welcome to the forum and happy training!

 

[williamlittig]

I use a wide brimmed non-cotton vented hat with a neck cape. The cape tucks into the rear brim. When it is cold I put the neck cape into the top of the cap closing the ventilation. Price withheld (not much).... Ultreya.....Willy/Utah/USA

 

[trecile]

I used an umbrella that attached to my pack. My head didn't get hot, and it also shaded my upper body most days.
Oh yeah, it also kept me dry on rainy days

 

[ivar]

Sorry, mod. My reply to you has disappeared. Hopefully draft was saved somewhere.

I always donate to forums. I've just joined this one and intend to. Several months of sending boxes of food to relatives in Venezuela have put a serious dent in my finances.

To everybody: This was an innocent mistake. I'm still confused. Other people post links to Amazon and that seems to be OK. I don't know how to do that. But I assure you no commercial advertising per se was intended.

I'm retired and have no business or financial connections/income at all.

But I won't be talking about my gear any more.

Thank you for contributing on the forum @sandykayak !

Posting links to your own commercial products is not permitted on the forum. Posting product links to other products on Amazon is allowed, but since you seemed to post several with such a short period, we decided to remove some of them.

If you have recommendations on gear for the Camino, what is you just list the names of the products (with no links)? This way, people can google it and find how to buy it in the country where this person lives. Amazon (USA) does not ship all over the world anyway, so if each forum member just google it, they will find how to get it where they live.

Thanks for contributing and happy planning!
Ivar