# help me find fitted hats that arent crap **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 28, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-fitted-hats-that-arent-crap/656877 "2013-04-28T02:03:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matt357](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@matt357](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt357)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-fitted-hats-that-arent-crap/656877/1 "2013-04-28T02:03:54Z")
I got a fitted baseball hat at the “lids” store and it had a cheap cardboard brim. I need one with a plastic brim. Please help. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-fitted-hats-that-arent-crap/656877/2 "2013-04-28T02:38:18Z")
I’ve never heard of a baseball cap with a plastic brim. I have about 40 fitted baseball caps, purchased from all kinds of sources, including the Cooperstown Collection, and none has a plastic brim. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-fitted-hats-that-arent-crap/656877/3 "2013-04-28T02:51:18Z")
Some caps have brims made with plastic foam. They last longer and don’t warp if they get wet. In my experienc3e, they were the default for about twenty years. There’s a trend now to “shape” the brim so it’s low at the sides and peaked in the center. Foam doesn’t seem to respond to that manipulation as easily; it springs back to the original shape unless you crack the brim in half. A cracked brim often has a sharp peak that detracts from the desired appearance. For that reason, I think cardboard brims have become popular again. I can’t help the OP’s quest for a ball cap. I only wear fedoras and panamas. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-fitted-hats-that-arent-crap/656877/4 "2013-04-28T03:48:30Z")
Trend “now”? We were doing that in the '70s. Nothing looks more ridiculous to me than a cap that looks like it has never been worn. ---
**Author:** ![matt357](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@matt357](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt357)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-fitted-hats-that-arent-crap/656877/5 "2013-04-28T04:04:12Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > I’ve never heard of a baseball cap with a plastic brim. I have about 40 fitted baseball caps, purchased from all kinds of sources, including the Cooperstown Collection, and none has a plastic brim. I have several other baseball hates that have plastic brims, I have even cut open some to check. I need a fitted hat type with a plastic brim. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-fitted-hats-that-arent-crap/656877/6 "2013-04-28T04:35:49Z")
Moved to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-fitted-hats-that-arent-crap/656877/7 "2013-04-28T04:42:56Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Trend “now”? We were doing that in the '70s. Nothing looks more ridiculous to me than a cap that looks like it has never been worn. To each his own. Mine look plenty worn from dirt, sweat and sun-fade. Nothing is more ridiculous to me than an athletic cap that cuts off your peripheral vision and hinders your performance. Strike that. Wearing a ball cap backwards is more ridiculous and even farther from the original purpose. It’s like putting your shoes on the wrong feet. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-fitted-hats-that-arent-crap/656877/8 "2013-04-28T04:51:12Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Trend “now”? We were doing that in the '70s. Nothing looks more ridiculous to me than a cap that looks like it has never been worn. Same, 80s. We’d get new hats and press the sides until the brim curls a bit (nothing drastic). The trend nowadays is to have a ridiculous [flat brim](http://www.strictlyfitteds.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/GOORIN-BROS-El-Cardinal-hats-flat-brim-baseball-cap_1.jpg), or else one that is folded up. I never thought that the style of [Rick Nielsen](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyvks1gBmA1qgww7mo1_500.jpg) or [Slacker](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/Slackerposter.jpg) would be “cool.” ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-fitted-hats-that-arent-crap/656877/9 "2013-04-28T04:54:55Z")
I’ve bought many great fitted replica baseball caps from Ebbet’s Field Flannels. I have no idea if they are still around. Edit: apparently they are: [http://www.ebbets.com/](http://www.ebbets.com/) ---
**Author:** ![matt357](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@matt357](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt357)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-fitted-hats-that-arent-crap/656877/10 "2013-04-28T11:06:46Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I’ve bought many great fitted replica baseball caps from Ebbet’s Field Flannels. I have no idea if they are still around. > > Edit: apparently they are: [http://www.ebbets.com/](http://www.ebbets.com/) do they have a plastic brim? also it just has to be a “baseball style” hat not a actual baseball hat