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Why These Baseball Caps have Notched Bills
A very specific UX customization
A company called Notch sells these baseball caps with two notches in the bill.
Why the notches? To accommodate the wraparound sunglasses favored by soldiers, paramilitary types and others. "I'm a veteran of the US Marines," writes company co-founder Paul Cunningham, "and had always been frustrated with traditional baseball caps because the curved brim would push my sunglasses down onto my nose. Notch was born out of my search for a practical, attractive solution to this problem."
The brand offers two different notch placements…
…as well as notch-less, for you traditionalists.
As a fringe benefit, the notched caps can be hung on a bar.
There's nearly 100 different models listed on their website, all in the $20 - $30 range.
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Never in my life — including many years playing actual baseball — has the brim of my cap interfered with my sunglasses. Either I'm wearing many "wrong" styles of glasses, or I'm not keyed into the ultra-low-rise fashion of wearing the brim just about the actual eyelids.
Without the accompanying photos, I woulda thought this hat is intended for mechanics, et al. who clip a flashlight or tape measure to their brim.
Wearing a cap with sunglasses is like wearing a belt with braces. It is not the demography you can expect to come up with an elegant solution.
"'I'm a veteran of the US Marines,' writes company co-founder Paul
Cunningham, 'and had always been frustrated with traditional baseball
caps because the curved brim would push my sunglasses down onto my nose.'"
Because you ***aren't supposed to curve your bill*** you REMF!!!
I mean, that’s just not correct. Most headwear out there comes pre-curved as it’s the style and functionality of keeping sun from your eyes (from a 5-year headwear designer).