Anyone that wears sunglasses and a ball cap, which I assume is a lot, knows what it’s like to have them fall to the ground after you bend over, look up, sneeze, or just about anything when you take them off and put them on your cap. The inventors of RAYCAPZ are trying to solve that problem with combining the shades and the cap in one unit.
First impressions of this cap when I saw it online was that I thought it was kinda cool and a great idea. I had all kinds of uses for it from fishing to out on the golf course. Seems like a great concept that would get a lot of attention from certain crowds. I never thought it was a cap for everyone, but thought there would be enough out there that would like it.
When I received the cap I had the same impression as when I saw it online. Just looking it over, it was a solid design and built well. After trying it on, I start finding out the flaws and limitations of the RAYCAPZ design.
My actual impressions of the cap? The cap fit ok. I have had many caps that were a lot less comfortable so I won’t complain about that. The operation of the sunglasses weren’t as quick and easy as I had hoped they were. To get the glasses to fit your face correctly, it took adjustment every time you pushed them down because pushing them down would always push your hat around. So adjustment was needed every time. Also, the cap needed to be pulled down on your head fairly low in order to get the sunglasses to fit on your nose. The glasses can be pushed thru the cutout in the bill in order to get them lower, but that takes a little force and then getting them back thru isn’t easy either. So the performance of the cap wasn’t quite up to the convenience par in my book. But the biggest issue I had with the RAYCAPZ is what everyone else thought. I took the cap out to a couple local sporting events and let some folks try it out. I guess when I see a new product, I look at functionality and design. Everyone else looks at how cool it looks. Yeah, I missed that part. Nobody thought it looked good and most wouldn’t even try it on.
So all and all, this review didn’t go so well. For a functional tool in your bag of tricks, I don’t recommend it. For a fun promotional item you can give to young kids, it might do well. But it’s not for me.
