Question: Are any of the more expensive hats really comfortable? Do they have better sweatbands than my DP? Just wondering.
Basing my answers on Todd's Costumes hat (downtowner/uptowner), they are more comfortable than the DP hat; my DP hat didn't flex at all when I first got it and it took months for it to be "comfortable."
However, the sweatbands between Todd's and DP's are pretty much exactly the same, that vinyl/naugahyde material. So it will shrink on hotter days and they get pretty tight around the forehead area. So do yourself a favor, keep either kind somewhere cooler/out of the sun, or you'll have to squeeze it on.