I have a big head. When they first came out, I bought a Veilance bucket hat in L/XL. It fits great. So when I saw the new Dynode cap, I ordered one in L/XL. It fit like a fez on a wind up monkey toy.
I roughly measured the circumference of the interior of the cap and I got 54.5 cm, which would put it in the range of an S/M. And that’s with the maximum extension of the backstrap, which is barely an inch. The L/XL is supposed to fit a 60cm circumference, according to the Arcteryx size guide.
So I called an Arcteryx store and got a very helpful young fella who happens to have a very similar sized head to me, and also said that the Veilance hats never fit him well. He grabbed a Dynode L/XL off of the floor and tried it on and said it fit well.
His conclusion, although he said he’s never seen it with hats, is that there are occasional mislabelings of sizes.
So I got a return label and immediately ordered another one. I’m a little concerned that since I bought it so quickly after the previous one that it’s gonna come from the same batch in the warehouse and I hope I don’t get another S/M.
Anyone else have a Dynode that was/wasn’t true to size?