Sun and bucket hats

Bucket shapes are the ones people actually pack. The brim is short enough not to catch every gust, the crown crushes without a mark, and the shape looks deliberate whether you are on a boat or walking home from the shops.

The wider fishing shapes on this shelf trade a little of that convenience for more edge. Some carry a flap down the back of the neck, which is the part you forget until the end of a long day outside. Most carry a cord for the chin, because a wide brim and an open deck are a bad combination without one.

• Shapes named on the listings here: sun hat on 7, baseball cap on 2.
• Fit is spelled out on 8 of them: adjustable on 5, straight on 2, loose on 1.
• 8 of the 12 styles carry a hand wash label, so plan on a sink rather than a drum.
• 5 of the listings print a head measurement, and we copy it onto the page only where they do.
• 6 listings state a UPF number, printed here exactly as the listing states it.
• 25 colorways across 12 styles, priced from $9.99 to $14.99.