How to travel with hats

[zetwal]

These were on all the plane rides I took this past week [...]

http://www.drysdales.com/Hats/Hat-Accessories/Hat-Boxes/detail-439-Tan-Single-Hat-Box.html

If the hat's not on your head, that (or similar) is the way to go ...

 

[Lloyd]

These were on all the plane rides I took this past week to OKC for the NRHA Futurity show. Saw more coming back to Atlanta as the Europeans were connecting thru here to go home & they bought some nice custom hats with their Euro dollars = http://www.drysdales.com/Hats/Hat-Accessories/Hat-Boxes/detail-439-Tan-Single-Hat-Box.html

I've been looking at one of those that can hold 3 hats.
English Triple Hat Carrier (Hunter) Protective Hat Box

 

[Not-Bogart13]

Those multi-boxes don't look like they would fit much brim. Otherwise, I'd be tempted.

 

[Lloyd]

3" brim according to the seller. There is also a western version for taller crowns and wider brims.

 

[HeyMoe]

I am quite sure that this has been addressed but after an hour of searching, I can't find the answer.

I travel from Vermont to MA and NC quite often each year and now that I have this new found fedora obsession (thanks FL) I was wondering what lounge members do if they want to bring multiple lids with them when traveling by car. I am resistant to leaving them in the back window (not even an option if I have my Wrangler) and it would seem that a cardboard hatbox wouldn't stand up to the rigors of extended travel.

 

[Cliffnopus]

I would think that the cardboard hatbox would be fine. After all, the hats ship in those boxes all the time and (usually) make it through without a problem....and that's in a more hostile environment than your car.

Cliff

 

[HeyMoe]

and that's in a more hostile environment than your car.

Cliff

You've never been in the car with my wife!!!!

 

[tonyb]

You already have the most important part taken care of -- you travel by automobile, which is itself something of a big hatbox, if you wish it to be. As Cliffnopus noted, cardboard hatboxes should be up to the job. I mean the corrugated kind used for shipping hats, not those thinnish ones you might likelier get with your new hat at the retail store. But even if you use the latter type, your hats should get through it okay provided you use a bit of care in packing your car. You know, put the boxes on top of the pile, or some other place where they won't get crushed by a shifting load.

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

Top-of-the-line travelling hat boxes

If you have money to burn, check these out:
http://www.millerhats.com/accesories_index/hatboxesindex.htm

 

[gtdean48]

I usually travel with 1 on my head & 1 in the hat can = http://www.drysdales.com/Hats/Hat-Accessories/Hat-Boxes/detail-438-Single-Black-Hat-Box.html
I also have a hat case that holds 2 hats but haven't seen them for sale in years. The hat cans are available in multi-hat versions too.
Most western wear stores have them since folks that show horses use them a great deal.
NEVER leave even cheap hats in the back window, unless you are trying to shrink & fade them....

 

[danofarlington]

I am quite sure that this has been addressed but after an hour of searching, I can't find the answer.

I travel from Vermont to MA and NC quite often each year and now that I have this new found fedora obsession (thanks FL) I was wondering what lounge members do if they want to bring multiple lids with them when traveling by car. I am resistant to leaving them in the back window (not even an option if I have my Wrangler) and it would seem that a cardboard hatbox wouldn't stand up to the rigors of extended travel.

You are an ambitious man.

 

[Benzadmiral]

For a second there, mindful of litterbox products, I thought you were asking about multiple cats. . . .

 

[HeyMoe]

You are an ambitious man.

Not really, I run a non-profit in NC from VT (as a hobby really) because of the affiliations developed down there it requires me to travel quite a bit, some times on short notice. The Wife's parents are in MA so it's only a 4 hour drive there vs the 19 hour drive to NC

 

[BobC]

Here's a suggestion. Try this:
http://stores.ebay.com/Hat-Carrier-Outpost
This guy occasionally puts up scratch and dent models for auction, and you can usually land them pretty reasonably. I have two doubles and two singles from him, all of which are perfectly functional and you have to look pretty close to find a scratch or a dent.

 

[twobarbreak]

tape and Cardboard....make a box. at least that's what I do, when on the road...
I make em to fit, perfect. No space wasted...and basically free.

 

[T Rick]

Currently in South Florida, drove down a week ago from S.E. Michigan (1400 + miles). Wore the Camp Draft the entire trip down, the Nostalgia in it's Stetson box in the back seat (trunk was full, back seat also had a large suitcase, small back pack and a Fender Stratocaster). Also had a Filson Tin Cloth Packer loose on top of the Stetson box (no worries on that one, brought it for rainy days). While here, I took delivery of 3 Panama's from Panama Bob, all in one box (they will travel home that way in a couple of months, next to the Nostalgia).

 

[DRB]

HeyMoe: good to see you online again. There are not many Vermonters here. This is what I use: $25 +$10 shipping from Bencraft.

They are made of thick sturdy plastic. Each will hold a hat with up to 3" brim. If you put the two in one hand with the flat sides facing each other, you can easily carry 2 with the handles. I can pack them in my suitcase if I want. I wear one hat and carry two.

P.S. I am in St. Albans which is a little whistle stop town just north of Burlington.

 

[Bourne ID]

I lost a great Stetson straw to the back seat, forgot it was there and folded the seat down for groceries!! I once saw a wire frame setup for the ceiling of the car that held a hat brim against the roof liner, it was in a custom car magazine and I've been on the lookout since. Might have to fashion one myself, for my 50 Plymouth.

 

[HeyMoe]

P.S. I am in St. Albans which is a little whistle stop town just north of Burlington.

I know it well, my 1st wife was from St. Albans

 

[Sam Craig]

For a second there, mindful of litterbox products, I thought you were asking about multiple cats. . . .

Yeah, I'd hate traveling with multiple CATS, too ... at least with multiple HATS you don't get that many hairballs

Years ago I was fortunate to get to know the guys in the country swing band "Riders in the Sky" and since I'm big into hats, I had all sorts of questions for them ... how they picked their styles, where they got their hats and because the travel to much, I wondered how they kept their performance hats safe

Much of the time they travel by air, and they learned to just wear their performance hats. They could keep them safer, keeping them with them, than any other way.
That doesn't help in the car ...

I've had good luck with getting the wife situated first and then adding the hats, on top of anything else.

Also, I travel with my tougher, heavier hats that won't get crushed easily.

Sam