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FURTALK wide-brim straw sun visor with an open top, worn on the beach

FURTALK Sun Visor: The Open-Top Straw That Rolls Into a Bag

Description

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The FURTALK sun visor is a wide-brim paper straw visor with an open top, so the brim shades your face and neck while your hair sits up through the crown. It rolls up to go in a bag, which is the reason it’s in this store.

We haven’t travelled with this one ourselves, so what follows is the spec and what owners keep saying about it.

FURTALK sun visor in cream, worn on a boat deck by the water
A wide brim on a bright day by the water.

Paper straw, UPF 50, one adjustable size

The visor is woven paper straw with a UPF 50 rating. The brim is wide and wraps around the sides, so it covers the face and the back of the neck. The crown is open. The back closes with a hook-and-loop strap and adjusts from 21.65 to 23.6 inches, and there’s a detachable chin strap for wind. It rolls up and springs back into shape, and it comes in four colours: pure khaki, beige, cream and black. Hand wash only.

Hair up, head cool

A full hat traps heat against your scalp and flattens whatever you did with your hair. With the open crown, the air gets through and a ponytail or a bun goes up through the top. So it’s the hat for the people who take a hat off after ten minutes. Then it rolls into a bag or a glove box and comes out ready to wear.

What keeps coming up

Owners buy it for the shade on the face, the bun through the top, and the fact that it packs. Three things to know. It ships rolled in a small box, so the brim arrives kinked and takes a day or two to settle back into shape. The brim is wide and soft, so it sits floppier than the model photo shows and it lifts in wind, which is what the chin strap is for. And the adjustment range is narrow: the strap only closes over a short span, so on a larger head it sits high rather than snug.

Why this one

  • Wide brim that shades the face and the back of the neck
  • Open crown for a ponytail or a bun
  • Rolls up and springs back, so it packs
  • UPF 50 straw, detachable chin strap, four colours

Before you order

  • Arrives rolled; give the brim a day or two to settle
  • The brim is soft and wide, so it sits floppier than the photos
  • Narrow adjustment range; sits high on a larger head
  • The crown is open, so the top of your head is in the sun

Our take

The visor for anyone who takes a hat off because their head is cooking. Real shade on the face, hair up through the top, and it goes in the bag flat. Reshape the brim when it arrives and it’s an easy pack.

Ready to keep the sun off without cooking your head?

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