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Planet Earth Hat 3. Khaki edition

Name: Planet Earth Hat 3. Khaki edition
Brand: Vollebak
SKU: ACC071KHKMED
Price: 495.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

A hat built with para-aramid fibres that are 5x stronger than steel, and designed for any jungle, desert, mountain, beach, trail or city on Earth.

$495

Colour: khaki edition

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Model has a 57cm / 24.5 inch circumference head and wears a size Medium.

Built with Twaron® para-aramid fibres used in body armour and spacecraft
Engineered for extreme durability and long-term wear
36 air vents lined with a breathable mesh
Fitted with a removable Velcro sunshield

The boonie hat has been worn by elite military and long-range reconnaissance patrols in the world’s most extreme environments for over 80 years. Designed to camouflage soldiers while protecting them from intense heat, sandstorms and monsoon rains, it’s been adapted for every possible climate.

We took it and built the Planet Earth Hat, one of the most technical and versatile hats ever created, designed to see you through any jungle, desert, mountain, beach, trail or city on Earth.

We’ve now rebuilt it with Twaron®, a para-aramid fibre used in body armour, aerospace parts and industrial systems where material failure has life-and-death consequences. It’s 1 hat that does the job of 20.

It’s still fitted with a removable sunshield, 36 concealed vents to keep you cool in hot and humid environments, and 16 gadget loops to carry essentials.

Technical details

Material made in Italy by Lenzi Egisto: 63% polyamide, 23% cotton, 14% para-aramid

Hat weighs 120 grams

Non-stretch woven construction engineered for longevity

Removable Velcro sunshield

36 air vents lined with a breathable mesh fabric: 82% polyamide, 18% elastane

12 bungee hanging loops

4 large woven hanging loops

Adjustable drawcord

Made in China

Handwash in cold water

Do not tumble dry

Gentle dry clean

Material made in Italy by Lenzi Egisto: 63% polyamide, 23% cotton, 14% para-aramid

Hat weighs 120 grams

Non-stretch woven construction engineered for longevity

Removable Velcro sunshield

36 air vents lined with a breathable mesh fabric: 82% polyamide, 18% elastane

12 bungee hanging loops

4 large woven hanging loops

Adjustable drawcord

Made in China

Handwash in cold water

Do not tumble dry

Gentle dry clean

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1 hat that does the job of 20

The Planet Earth Hat 3 is built with Twaron®, a para-aramid fibre used in body armour, aerospace parts and industrial systems where material failure has life and death consequences. We’ve also fitted it with a removable sunshield, 36 concealed vents to keep you cool in hot and humid environments, and 16 gadget loops to carry essentials.

Designed to see you through any jungle, desert, mountain, beach, trail or city on Earth, it’s 1 hat that does the job of 20.

Built with para-aramid fibres

The Planet Earth Hat 3 is built with para-aramid, a class of fibres developed to be used where material failure has very serious consequences. They’re used in body armour, aerospace parts, high-load cables, tyres and protective systems designed to absorb extreme force without tearing apart. Weight for weight, they’re around five times stronger than steel and highly resistant to long-term fatigue.

Why para-aramid behaves differently

A para-aramid’s strength doesn’t come from thickness or mass. It comes from molecular order. Its polymer chains are highly aligned and tightly bonded, forming a paracrystalline structure that resists stretching, tearing and long-term deformation. Unlike conventional fibres, it doesn’t slowly creep, sag or lose integrity with repeated loading. Which is why it’s trusted in systems where failure isn’t an option.

Built with the same fibres used in body armour and aerospace systems.

Twaron®: a para-aramid, not just an aramid

The specific fibre used in the hat is Twaron®, a high-performance para-aramid. Para-aramids sit at the very top end of the aramid family, chosen when maximum strength, stiffness and resistance to deformation are required. That’s why fibres like Twaron® are used in ballistic and stab-resistant body armour, flame-resistant clothing, industrial cables, and aerospace and marine reinforcement. And why they last far longer under stress than conventional fibres.

Why Twaron®

Twaron® is made by Teijin Aramid, a Dutch company that engineers high-performance aramid fibres and very little else. Decades of industrialising a single fibre platform let it produce that molecular order at scale and refine how the fibre performs in real systems. It's why Twaron® is one of the most widely recognised para-aramids in the world, chosen where a fibre is judged on how well its strength survives over time, not how strong it feels on day one.

A material designed to age very, very slowly

The hat’s material is woven in Italy by Lenzi Egisto using a blend of polyamide, cotton and these para-aramid fibres. It’s light enough for constant wear, but dense, tough and non-stretch. Stretch fibres feel forgiving early on, but they accelerate sag and fatigue. This material does the opposite. It resists movement at the fibre level, so the hat will keep its shape and integrity year after year after year.

Weight for weight, a para-aramid is around five times stronger than steel.

Engineered in Italy

Lenzi Egisto is an Italian company that treats textiles as an engineering problem. It began in 1898 recovering fibres from discarded clothing, and now makes technical materials for safety footwear, protective clothing and industrial use – where a textile has to resist perforation, abrasion or load rather than look the part. It runs design, research, testing and production in-house, controlling the variables that decide how long a material lasts.

Tested for wear, not just strength

Strength means very little if a material can’t survive friction. So we tested the material we used in this hat using the Martindale abrasion test, the standard lab method for simulating long-term wear. Where a typical apparel material might fail at around 20,000–30,000 revolutions, the material used in Planet Earth Hat 3 was tested to 100,000 revolutions. It passed.

36 engineered air vents

The Planet Earth Hat 3 is also engineered with 36 vents to keep you cool in hot and humid environments. The vents are concealed and layered over each other so that water runs off them. They’re also pinned down with bartacks for strength. We’ve lined the inside of the hat with a soft, breathable mesh. It combines with the vents to allow air to flow through, while keeping dust and insects out.

Adapted for every climate on Earth

The boonie hat has been worn by elite military units and long-range reconnaissance patrols in the world’s most extreme environments for over 80 years. Designed to camouflage soldiers while protecting them from intense heat, sandstorms and monsoon rains, it’s been adapted for every possible climate. So we’ve taken it and built one of the most technical and versatile hats ever created to see you through any jungle, desert, mountain, beach, trail or city on Earth.

Fitted with a removable sunshield and built with 36 concealed vents and 16 gadget loops to carry essentials.

16 gadget loops for attaching survival gear

The original boonie hats came with woven loops called ‘branch loops’ that soldiers could stuff with plants to camouflage themselves better. The Planet Earth Hat 3 comes equipped with 16 loops that let you attach equipment like lighters, paracord, or small torches. You’ll find 6 lighter-coloured elastic bungee loops on either side of the hat, with 2 larger woven loops layered on top. The elastic loops sit tight against your head so you can lock your sunglasses to your hat, or anything else you want to keep up there.

Built for whatever the world throws at you

We’ve been asked to make hats for hot weather, cold weather, rain, wind, insects, jungles, deserts, cities, mountains, beaches, monsoons and heatwaves. And with global weather now doing pretty much anything, anytime, anywhere, we've built our Planet Earth Hat 3 to cope with whatever the world throws at you.