Where did you buy your Reds hat?

[Red Buckeye]

Lidz

[RedEye]

Lidz

Me, too!

[RedEye]

To OP, I have a 59fifty black with the red bill that I've had for 4-5 years (still looks great), and this year I bought the 47 just like yours. I wear the 47 the most. I would like to get the red legs bp hat, and one of the white Independence Day hats.

Totally. I am addicted to the '47 Brand classic Reds hat. I have to remind myself that I've got other hats to put back in the rotation. Right now I'm scoping the '47 Brand HOF hat, but I think the better half would freak out if I bought one that looks so similar to the Sandlot one I already own...

[Spider Tre]

Meijer. pretty much the same cap RedEye has

[KittyDuran]

I'm cheap when it comes to hats... no fitted (yet). All adjustable and the majority come from yearly "hat" game at GABP (this year it is white with a green wishbone C made from recycled plastic bottles):



And I wanted redsmetz cap:


when I saw it at the team shop. I just recently purchased custom Oakley prescription sunglass (white frame, red logo and blue iridium lenses) and it would look perfect! Now to get some extra money...

[Wonderful Monds]

I have the 47 Reds as well, but I had to look all over to find one that fit my head - I had to find an XXL.

[RedEye]

Meijer. pretty much the same cap RedEye has

For those who bought their hats at non-specialty outlets like this, I am wondering whether it has a "broken in" quality to it. I've tried to get hats a places like Kohl's and Walmart in the past, and they are always stiff as heck so that it takes at least 6 months to break them in. The thing that I love about my current model is that it arrived in the mail already softened and ready to go.

[Chip R]

I've usually get most of mine via giveaways. I tried to get one of those black mesh batting practice caps when they first came out on Opening Day that season but they must have been all sold out so I got one that was a reasonable facsimile.

Back in the 70s when I was a shorty, it was a little tougher to get team gear than it is now. Especially when you live in Iowa and your team is 500 miles away. My grandfather knew a woman who lived in Cincinnati and actually got her to send me a Reds cap.

[Big Klu]

I bought all of my caps at the Hat World outlet at the local mall except for my Stars & Stripes cap (reds.com) and my Team USA cap (mlb.com).

[jhiller21]

I just got the 59-50 home cap from the link I posted on the first page, and I'm very happy with it. It's real, and costs about half what you pay at the team shop in the ballpark.

I prefer the road cap, but it never hurts to have a couple of both. I'm currently working on the brim to get it just right.

There's nothing like a New Era fitted cap. You can sweat in it, wash it, beat it against a chair when the Reds lose, turn it inside-out for a rally cap... it will hold it's shape. Of course you have to have one of each (home and road) that are pristine, that is if you're a hat junkie like me. There are some that have never touched my head.