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Baseball Caps

I've owned quite a few baseball caps over the years from fitted, snap backs, mesh truckers and so on.  And generally, I wear a hat either to protect myself from the elements or when I'm lazy and didn't fix my hair.

Minimal Design/Colors
In keeping with the minimalist theme, I've preferred either single color black or white hats, with as few designs or logos.  It's quite easy to find a decent baseball cap for about $10 at various discount retailers and even less online from Amazon.

Mesh Caps for the Breeze
For hot weather or when I anticipate sweating, mesh trucker hats offer the most utility.  Otherwise, I favor the classic snap back and try to get them slight oversize.

Logo Caps
Back in the day, I favored logo caps from a favorite sports team or some name brand.  My favorite was my NY Yankees and another was a simple white Adidas logo snap back.

Simple is Best
By no means do I consider myself an expert and continue to learn and discover new things everyday.  It's been quite a personal journey of mine discovering what works and what doesn't and what surprised me is quite often the plain classics seem to fit my style the best and I now maintain a small collection of black and white baseball caps with at least 1 or 2 of them being trucker caps.

 Mini-Review of Amazon $ 5.99 Acrylic Hats
I took a gamble and picked up a pair of $ 5.99 each Acrylic baseball hats from Amazon.  They are standard 6-panel caps with velcro extender in the back.  Overall, they are acceptable for the price range, but I find my 100% cotton snapbacks for $ 10.99 are better quality and more comfortable.

If you can find them for $ 5.99 or less then they are okay.  Anything more, better to get 100% cotton snapbacks.

I'll try them out for a while and if I like them I may splurge to get a few more colors (Hunter Green, Burgundy and Navy).  I'm finding more subdued colors and hues look best on me.  I'll also try some mesh versions.

Update - 5 Month Review
It's been several months and I'm finding the black Acrylic hat quite comfortable and useful.  It has maintained it shape and color and I fully expected this to be the case with 100% polyester build.

I'm finding myself reaching for this hat more than my other black caps.



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