Stormy Cromer Anyone?

I have been interested in these hats for quite some time and my favorite local gunshop has them on sale for 20% off. I am just wondering if anyone thinks they are worth 40 dollars? I have a couple of old carhaardt winter hats that have been doing the trick for quite some time, but lately I have noticed that usually money buys quality. If anyone owns or has owned one of these hats, I would love to hear some reviews of good and bad qualities and an overall thumbs up or thumbs down on dropping what amounts to a new boolit mould or a couple of pounds of powder on a darn hat.

Five stars, two thumbs up, AAA+++. I have two, one camo an one orange. Best hats I've ever owned, bar none. My camo one is at least ten years old and it's all I ever wear in cold weather. I paid over forty bucks for them so if I were you, I'd jump on one for that price. I've found out over the last thirty years or so that you kind of get what you pay for. I wear Tilly hats, Filson belts, and a lot of other high end apparel. What I've found is that when you buy a product that's been made for many, many, many years that there's a good reason why they're still around. They last and work well.

I have two right now. A red one and a green one. Wear one or the other every day during the winter months. Use them for hunting and ice fishing as well and they work great. I will be owning more of them. Check out their website and learn the story behind them. Great hats for even twice the price. If you want a really warm one, the Mackinaw cap by them is heavier weight. Never been disappointed in either of mine.

These hats are made in my hometown. The company has been in business for many years. They also employ many of our locals. Like said before check out their website. I have owned their original Chromer and have few of their Stormy Chromers. Get one they are very warm. Check out their website

I have 3, 2 original and 1 rancher, you get what you pay for. Great hats.

$25 to $50 in this area. $25 they are worth, $50 they are not. They or variants there of are very common in Western North Dakota and I have two to keep my dome warm, one for work and one for church. They are about 3 years old now. Last ones lasted 10 years.

What I'd like to know is - Where can I find the ones like you are buying in ND and that I used to buy in Montana for sale that I can order here from VT? To me - stormy's are not as good as what I used to get in Montana

yup, it was on my noggin this morning. Excellent hat.

Sounds like a go! I checked out the website and I have a feeling it will work well when plowing the driveway with my old 8n Ford. I live on the edge of a big field. If winds are 20mph in the rest of the state of Michigan, they are 30mph across that big field.

Like always, thanks for the info. It is appreciated.

For anyone interested, here is the address for the store that carries them: ebelsgeneralstore.com

They would happily ship. It is the last true hometown "everything" store in my area. I can buy a high end Winchester in the basement and buy high end jerky with it on my hip in the upstairs department store.

Check Amazon.com.

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Originally Posted by square butte

What I'd like to know is - Where can I find the ones like you are buying in ND and that I used to buy in Montana for sale that I can order here from VT? To me - stormy's are not as good as what I used to get in Montana

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Only place I've seen them in Vermont is Lenny's Shoe and Apparel.

square butte .
the old ones in montana came out of canada , they were only black wool and had rabbit fur earlaps

I just went to the Stormy Kromer website. $39.95 for just about all of them.

One useful thing I learned off the website was how to figure out your hat size. Wrap a tape around your head, round up to the nearest 1/8" , Take that number and divide by Pi (3.1416) which yields your hat size. IE: 22 3/8" /.3.1416 = 7 1/8.

Never knew that, learned something useful today.

Randy

I have one in camo...imo not worth the 34.95 I paid for it a couple of years ago. It is okay, a step above a ball cap, but nothing special. I prefer a knit "Radar" Jeep cap.

ive owned quite a few. Great hats. I too live up here in the cold north where there made. Any self respecting michigan outdoorsman should have at least one.

LLoyd: I had to look up Munising MI since I was born in Detroit. You weren't kidding when you said you're right up in it.

What do people do for a living up there? Seems almost like it would have to be marine oriented in some way.

Hope you're keeping warm. In know living near Gitche Gumee the you get the brunt of any cold weather that comes out of Canada.

Randy

big industrys up here are iron ore mines, paper mills and logging. I made my living as an electrical lineman.

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Originally Posted by square butte

What I'd like to know is - Where can I find the ones like you are buying in ND and that I used to buy in Montana for sale that I can order here from VT? To me - stormy's are not as good as what I used to get in Montana

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http://www.stormykromer.com/

[QUOTE=W.R.Buchanan;2527914]LLoyd: I had to look up Munising MI since I was born in Detroit. You weren't kidding when you said you're right up in it./QUOTE]

Old home week!

I was also born in Detroit (1943). My Dad's folks lived in Battle Creek, and my Mom's lived in Houghton. They met when he attended the university in Houghton (then MCMT).

I spent my early childhood in Houghton, and well remember playing in snowbanks over ten feet high and folks having to walk in the streets rather than on the (buried!) sidewalks.

The UP still contains legions of my cousins etc, most of whom I've never met.

you need to come up nd vist bruce. Its in your blood. Dont be surprised if you want to stay though

Bruce, I went to college at Michigan Tech. One year we almost broke the all time snow record, I think it was around 320". Every night we would get another foot of snow, no big deal everyone had the equipment to deal with it. Four foot snow storms usually caused a school delay, but not much else. It was pretty dreary when you couldn't see out of the first floor windows anymore.

As far as the cap, I once worked with an ***** that wore one all the time, just can't seem to like the caps anymore.

BruceB; I was born in Saint Clair Shores in 1949. We moved to my fathers home town of Okemos just outside of East Lansing and lived there until 1956 when my parents got divorced and me and mom moved to Ventura CA, where I've lived in or near for all my life.

I went back to stay with dad and his new wife in 1958 and 59 and haven't been back since. He had a farm in Bath at that time but managed to lose it.

He always said that Michigan was a good place to go broke and proved three separate times. I always liked the place but after living in SoCal all my life I'm afraid that the snow would kill me.

As it sits I have to drive for at least 1 hour to experience "Snow!" It is supposed to be 80 F here for Xmas Wednesday. Might rain on Thurs /Friday. Probably get down into the 50's, which usually warrants long pants and a hoodie.

I actually wore my longeees last Saturday to our range in Rose Valley because it is at 3500 feet and was supposed to be cold up there. Got there it was 55 degrees and I was slightly overdressed. Thank God for layering.

Nope I watch the Alaska shows, and see how the weather is back east and even though we are a Liberal Utopia out here, I still love the climate. We were over in Las Vegas Dec 2-5 when the big cold snap hit. But I had 5 different coats to wear and we were never more than a few paces away from a nice warm Casino. We stayed at the "M" and it has a spectacular view of the strip and whole valley from the 11th floor.

Will also be going to the SHOT Show next month and it should be cold over there then as well.

But as for snow for 6 months out of the year. Naaaah! I prefer the hours drive and then retreat to the nice warm coast.

Still I'd love to visit Michigan in a motorhome or something like that. Maybe someday.

Randy

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Originally Posted by square butte

What I'd like to know is - Where can I find the ones like you are buying in ND and that I used to buy in Montana for sale that I can order here from VT? To me - stormy's are not as good as what I used to get in Montana

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Well, I went out to the jeep and dug mine out to get you some info. It says,"Lake of Isles, fine tailored headware, made in USA". We always called them "Railroad hats", don't know why. Heavy wool, this one is a red,green & yellow scotch plaid but many are just one color. Hope that helps,
kootne

I love mine! And it's made in USA!