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? Waterproof western straw hat for tropical rainy season?

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Does anyone have any experience with tightly woven, western straw hats? I'm looking for a good quality one that will turn water and stand up to the tropical rainy season in the Philippines. Sometimes it's the all day, all night downpour of a monsoon. I'm rarely out in those conditions unless there's an emergency. Mostly, it's hot and partly cloudy, with the heavy downpour of a tropical thunderstorm followed by more hot and partly cloudy. It rains like this every day until the dry season picks up again.

Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!
 
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Up here in arid Wyoming/Montana I do not deal with that. But...

I have friends who claim that any palm leaf hat is good to great in rain. I wore a tightly woven Sunbody when I was in SC and FL and it would eventually leak but was better than nothing. I really wanted my felt, but it wasn't scorching hot, either.

I know several people that have been in tropical places with horses and they wore whatever the local farmworkers wore. Figured those folks knew how to get along with the climate.
 
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Thanks boots,

The hat I use now is a basic Filipino farmers hat that I've blocked out western style. Good for the sun, but the open weave lets ALL the rain through. Over time, I've gone to steadily wider brims. Haven't yet gotten to the sombrero style like this one, but I suspect it won't be long.


If I go Native for the rain, it may end up being this conical one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_conical_hat
 
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