Bought as a graduation gift for someone going into heavy equipment. Thought it was funny. It meets all the guidelines and safety standards. So if they use it it will protect their noggin like it's supposed to.

We bought these hats for our framing crew, and they just love they're not hot. The boys just love to wear them and they're joking about them all the time other crews are asking us where we got them. It's like a hot item now between framing crews so thank you so much. Great product.

One of the best cowboy style hard hats for the price. I recommend buying an extra internal harness kit as I always do. I put some sticky Velcro patches around it & they stick just fine. I am a Navy Engineering Duty officer (prior enlisted) and we're known as "mustangs" in the Navy. So I thought this was a fitting addition to my shipyard working uniform instead of the old traditional hats. It does stick out in a crowd so less chance of it getting stolen, which has happened to me twice before I switched to this style.

Even in USA it seems to be exotic, so in Russia it is EXOTIC. Took it to my 2-month shift in remote gold mine, and it caused a sensation here!
So advantages:
1) Wide brims really protect from sun. And even better they protect from rain. In sunny weather it is rather hot in it, but in rainy - perfect. Face, neck, are all dry, and water from hat doesn't drop on back. If it is necessary to remove water from it - slightly lean the head, and it will flow down, but forward, not on feet.
2) It looks more massive, solid and strengthened comparing to my standart helmet. If I translated ANSI Z89. 1 Type 1, class E & G properly, it is more electric-resistant (20 000 V vs 1000 V of standart). Also wide brims can save from side shocks.
3) And of course it looks attracting, exotic and stylish! So if You want to be in the center of attention - take it. Though sometimes attention can be not the way You like as it is 100% American spirited, and not everyone likes it.
And about drawbacks:
1) It doesn't have chin belt to fix it, and no place to what it is possible to attach.
2) Joint between suspension and hat is not too strong. So if You will shake head intensively, or will have strong headwind - it can unjoin from suspension. I guess, if it will have chin belt - in these cases hat will fly away and You'll stay in suspension only.
3) I ordered several hats, and one didn't had suspension included, so I had to buy it additionally and wait. As I see on other reviews, sometimes it happen...
4) I was not allowed by my safety department to wear it in industry areas of my workplace, only in living areas. As it is not certificated in Russia and doesn't have chin fixing belt... Honestly, for me it was not too bad as I didn't plan to crack it or make it dirty, standart helmet is for this. But beware, not every employer will allow to use it as standart helmet.

the product itself is perfect the only issue i found i the product arrive with some deep scratches here and there other than that im happy with it the scratches werent bad enough to go through the whole return process it is a work hard hat