Once cold weather hits, it’s important to protect your extremities. The majority of your body heat is going to escape from your head, and this is a spot many people forget to cover up. The better your protection, the longer you can stay out in the cold without any fear of frostbite or hypothermia.

One way to protect yourself is with Carhartt outerwear headgear. Carhartt outerwear offers a variety of options in headwear. Here are some headwear options and how they can benefit you this winter:
Knit Watch Cap With Visor

Knit hats are one of the universal winter materials. They will keep you warm in mild to moderately cold environments and they simply pull on and off. Another benefit of the watch cap is that it can roll up and fit right in your pocket when you go inside. This makes it easy to keep track of and less likely to lose, unlike those pesky gloves!

In the Carhartt outerwear winter line is a watch cap with the nice added feature of a visor. The visor will help keep the sun out of your eyes while you work or play outdoors. This won’t reduce glare from the sun hitting the snow, but at least you won’t have glare from above and below.
Hats With Face Masks

Not to be confused with a ski mask, this is a Carhartt outerwear fleece hat designed for colder temperatures and a separate mask that can be either worn or tucked up in the hat. When the wind picks up or the temperatures drop very low, having something cover your face is essential to ward off frostbite. You nose and mouth are especially vulnerable to this condition and should be protected as much as possible.
The Benefit Of A Face Mask

By wearing a facemask that covers your mouth and nose, you are able to continue working in a more extreme environment, but still protect your extremities that are sensitive to frostbite. You want to make sure that if you get a hat with a facemask, that the mask is breathable. In other words, moisture can get out, but not get stuck in the mask itself. Otherwise, you risk the moisture from your breath freezing in the mask.

One of the Carhartt outerwear headwear options is a fleece hat with a polyester/spandex mask. This is the type of material blend you would want to look for in a mask, as it will breathe and stretch, but be less likely to freeze up.
Beanie Hats

The difference between a Carhartt outerwear watch cap and a beanie hat is the length. A watch cap is typically a shorter cap that will just cover your ears. A beanie hat is longer and will cover your ears. This makes the beanie useful for more moderately cold climates because your ears are not exposed. Carhartt outerwear has a variety of beanie hats to go with your work clothes or your play clothes and will keep you warm while you are outdoors.