{"id":8790,"date":"2021-05-06T16:15:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T23:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/?p=8790"},"modified":"2021-05-06T16:21:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T23:21:54","slug":"review-of-outback-trading-mens-1497-river-guide-upf-50-waterproof-breathable-outdoor-cotton-oilskin-hat-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2021\/05\/06\/review-of-outback-trading-mens-1497-river-guide-upf-50-waterproof-breathable-outdoor-cotton-oilskin-hat-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of Outback Trading Men&#8217;s 1497 River Guide UPF 50 Waterproof Breathable Outdoor Cotton Oilskin Hat: Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/outback-hat.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/outback-hat-600x431.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/outback-hat-600x431.png 600w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/outback-hat-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/outback-hat-120x86.png 120w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/outback-hat-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/outback-hat-50x36.png 50w, https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/outback-hat.png 878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe hat smells of&#8230; I can think of no better description: hot asphalt. I wrote to the company who responded &#8220;Yes, there will be a slight oily smell and feel to the hat. This will fade over time with exposure to sunlight and the elements of nature.&#8221; It is horrible, like wearing a tiny bit of a skunk on your head. I&#8217;ll stop noticing the smell for a while and then turn my head and think, &#8220;What the hell, why do I smell asphalt?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Every time I touch the hat, my hands get oily. It&#8217;s like the &#8220;oil&#8221; in &#8220;oilskin&#8221; was cheap lubricating oil.<\/p>\n<p>Well, after a month&#8230; 1 week of full-time wear, 1 week sitting outside in the sun and rain, 2 weeks sitting out, it still smells of asphalt and makes my hands oily.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t buy this hat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hat smells of&#8230; I can think of no better description: hot asphalt. I wrote to the company who responded &#8220;Yes, there will be a slight oily smell and feel to the hat. This will fade over time with exposure to sunlight and the elements of nature.&#8221; It is horrible, like wearing a tiny bit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-recommendations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}