Quote Originally Posted by KMCMICHAEL View Post
I do not mean to derail but my wool bonnet is extremely warm and impossible to wear this time of year in Texas. How is that one?
In terms of wool thickness and heat retention, I suppose it's like any other. It does have an interior lining, similar to the Mackie bonnets. You could, of course, cut out the liner which would help release some heat.

To be honest, though, it doesn't bother me to wear it in the heat. But I'm probably not the right person to ask, since I prefer to be warmer than others. I'm the guy who is always freezing in the office when others are sweating, and I'm the one who sneaks over and adjusts the thermostat up a few degrees. Heat doesn't really make me uncomfortable unless it's over 100F. With that said, however, I won't typically wear a Balmoral in the summertime. Not because of the heat, but because of the sun. I switch over to a Tilley Airflo hat that has a brim wide enough to shade my poor pasty white skin against the brutal Texas sun. The older I get, the more I worry about skin cancer.