Mil-Tec Boonie hat, Flecktarn

A US army style boonie hat in the German Flecktarn camouflage.

The boonie is superb for field use: it protects your face and neck from sunlight and rain while also breaking up the shape of your head, which is essential for anyone who wants to blend into their surroundings.

Boonies come equipped with a chinstrap with an adjustment slider, which is usually made of leather. With this you can either make sure the hat doesn't come off when you're going fast, hang it daintily down your back when you aren't using it or turn up the sides of your hat and wear it "Aussie-style". If you do the latter you automatically become a Man.

Around the base of the hat there is a "foliage ring", which is essentially a strap of fabric sewn on the hat that you can attach camouflage materials to. On the sides of the hat are two screened metal eyelets for better ventilation.

The material is 65% polyester and 35% cotton. The comparatively high polyester content makes the hat dry much faster than pure cotton. Factory new and made by Mil-Tec.