I ordered 6 different straw hats with American flag prints from Amazon and this is the best of the bunch by far. All 3 of the hats made by Quicksilver arrived several large holes in the straw weave and with some broken and smashed sections of straw. This hat arrived impeccable. The straw used to make this hat isn’t the wide type of straw. It’s narrower and appears much stronger and sturdier.The USA Rogue Yacht Hat arrived with the straw in great condition. It’s made with very narrow straw that’s even narrower than the straw used in this hat. The straw in the USA Rogue Yacht hat appears very sturdy and has very clean look, but the flag emblem on the front of the hat is made of rubber, not fabric, and half the flag emblem was already detached from the hat where the glue didn’t hold. I’m sure I could have easily glued it back, but if it came off so easily in the first place, I worry that it will come unglued again.Another straw American flag hat that arrived in good condition was the Hurley XL hat, but it’s made with the wider straw and while there weren’t any holes or damaged straw, I did some quite a few light mildew spots in the straw, and that wider type straw just doesn’t look nearly as robust as the narrower type of straw used in this hat, and I’m afraid over time that wider straw will begin to break down.