Newer Elecraft hat not as good as the earlier ones...

[ke9uw]

I really liked the Elecraft hat (baseball cap) I bought a couple years ago so I bought another one this year just to have a spare. BUT the newest one, while the same brand, is not the same. They are made in different countries. The cloth is very limp and does not feel as secure and comfortable as the old one. They look the same inside and outside, but don’t feel the same and it seems to be the material difference...too soft and limp.
Silly issue I know, but while I am pleased about and have just about everything that Elecraft markets, I’m disappointed by the latest version of the hat.
Just sayin’

Chuck KE9UW
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[Tommy]

Funny you mention this Chuck, I just received my hat (along with the MH3
mic for my KX2) and really like the hat. Not sure what you mean by
"limp". Maybe you mean the older hat was "stiffer"?

Regards!

Tom - KB2SMS


On 11/5/20 9:36 AM, hawley, charles j jr wrote:
>
> I really liked the Elecraft hat (baseball cap) I bought a couple years ago so I bought another one this year just to have a spare. BUT the newest one, while the same brand, is not the same. They are made in different countries. The cloth is very limp and does not feel as secure and comfortable as the old one. They look the same inside and outside, but don’t feel the same and it seems to be the material difference...too soft and limp.
> Silly issue I know, but while I am pleased about and have just about everything that Elecraft markets, I’m disappointed by the latest version of the hat.
> Just sayin’
>
> Chuck KE9UW
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>
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I'm with you. The hat from a few years ago is/was the best fitting and nicest feeling baseball hat I've ever had. A few months ago when there was a special on all things Elecraft I bought 3 more so that I would never run out. When I received them I immediately felt the difference -- not as soft or as comfortable. I also noticed that there was a slight difference in texture of the fabric but the color was almost identical. Oh well, nothing goes on forever (but how about a few years longer).  Geoff, K6TFZ==============================================================

I really liked the Elecraft hat (baseball cap) I bought a couple years ago so I bought another one this year just to have a spare. BUT the newest one, while the same brand, is not the same. They are made in different countries. The cloth is very limp and does not feel as secure and comfortable as the old one. They look the same inside and outside, but don?t feel the same and it seems to be the material difference...too soft and limp.
Silly issue I know, but while I am pleased about and have just about everything that Elecraft markets, I?m disappointed by the latest version of the hat.
Just sayin?

Chuck KE9UW

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On 11/5/20 7:02 AM, Tommy wrote:

> Funny you mention this Chuck, I just received my hat (along with the MH3
> mic for my KX2) and really like the hat. Not sure what you mean by
> "limp". Maybe you mean the older hat was "stiffer"?
>
> Regards!
>
> Tom - KB2SMS
>
>
> On 11/5/20 9:36 AM, hawley, charles j jr wrote:
>>
>> I really liked the Elecraft hat (baseball cap) I bought a couple years
>> ago so I bought another one this year just to have a spare. BUT the
>> newest one, while the same brand, is not the same. They are made in
>> different countries. The cloth is very limp and does not feel as
>> secure and comfortable as the old one. They look the same inside and
>> outside, but don’t feel the same and it seems to be the material
>> difference...too soft and limp.
>> Silly issue I know, but while I am pleased about and have just about
>> everything that Elecraft markets, I’m disappointed by the latest
>> version of the hat.
>> Just sayin’
>>
>> Chuck KE9UW
>> [hidden email]
>>
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[Mike Morrow-3]

We prescient few who recognize its obvious importance must sincerely hope that, after K4 launch, perspective will be restored and marketing only the very finest Elecraft-logo ball caps will regain primacy within the company's vision and mission.

But yet...either version adequately serves its only real raison d'etre:  Hiding... outdoors or indoors...the aging balding chrome-dome that lurks underneath.  :-)

Mike / KK5F

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>From: Tommy <[hidden email]>
>Sent: Nov 5, 2020 10:02 AM
>
>Funny you mention this Chuck, I just received my hat (along with the MH3
>mic for my KX2) and really like the hat. Not sure what you mean by
>"limp". Maybe you mean the older hat was "stiffer"?
>
>Regards!
>
>Tom - KB2SMS
>
>
>On 11/5/20 9:36 AM, hawley, charles j jr wrote:
>>
>> I really liked the Elecraft hat (baseball cap) I bought a couple years ago so I bought another one this year just to have a spare. BUT the newest one, while the same brand, is not the same. They are made in different countries. The cloth is very limp and does not feel as secure and comfortable as the old one. They look the same inside and outside, but don’t feel the same and it seems to be the material difference...too soft and limp.
>> Silly issue I know, but while I am pleased about and have just about everything that Elecraft markets, I’m disappointed by the latest version of the hat.
>> Just sayin’
>>
>> Chuck KE9UW
>> [hidden email]

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[ke9uw]

Well the newer had just doesn't sit on my head as well as the older one. In a light wind, it tends to take off. I adjusted the band in the back, etc. and the only thing I can come up with is the hat is not as preformed as the old had was. So I thought it must be that the material is thinner or something. Even though they are the same brand and look identical inside, they are made in different countries. So they are different.

Chuck Hawley
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 aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Newer Elecraft hat not as good as the earlier ones...

Funny you mention this Chuck, I just received my hat (along with the MH3
mic for my KX2) and really like the hat. Not sure what you mean by
"limp". Maybe you mean the older hat was "stiffer"?

Regards!

Tom - KB2SMS


On 11/5/20 9:36 AM, hawley, charles j jr wrote:
>
> I really liked the Elecraft hat (baseball cap) I bought a couple years ago so I bought another one this year just to have a spare. BUT the newest one, while the same brand, is not the same. They are made in different countries. The cloth is very limp and does not feel as secure and comfortable as the old one. They look the same inside and outside, but don’t feel the same and it seems to be the material difference...too soft and limp.
> Silly issue I know, but while I am pleased about and have just about everything that Elecraft markets, I’m disappointed by the latest version of the hat.
> Just sayin’
>
> Chuck KE9UW
> [hidden email]
>
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