Got email from some skeptics who weren’t confident that my low-cost, stylish headlamp would actually stay on anyone’s head in the field. Well, the Skunkmeister did not come down with yesterday’s rain here, but has been around quite a while, and so every piece of outdoor equipment is thoroughly tested. Here’s how my low-cost headlamp hat works. If you have a big head like me (physically speaking), you just jam that hat down hard and it will stay on there. Pinheads like these skeptics can use the optional accessory kit, which includes a half-dozen shingle nails and a shiny new hammer. Hopefully these guys will figure out how to use it.

Now here is a really stupid idea:

This appears to be a hat that keeps your face cool by blowing air from a dinky fan powered by solar cells. The Skunkmeister brought one into the Skunk Report Testing Lab here, and found that it works, as long as you stand under a light bulb that is turned on. So, if it is cloudy outside, and you want to actually use the hat fan, you need to bring a light bulb and a long extension cord out on your fishing trip to the lake.

Time to check it out in the Skunk Report Field Lab.

We got out of the car and put it on our head in the sun, and, sure enough, the fan ran. So far, so good. But let’s get into the water. We slipped on the vintage waders and waded out a few yards into the water. First thing that happened is that thundering herds of mosquitoes materialized spontaneously, right out of thin air, as they say. Okay, so we slathered on the bug juice, which usually doesn’t help much, but at least makes you feel and smell like you’re really out fishing.

It was getting hot, so we flipped the fan on and the darnedest thing happened. Like a supercharged bug-whacker, the fan sucked in every mosquito within a half mile and fired them en masse right smack into the old eyeballs. Whoa, this is fun!

Some quick thinking saved the day. We flung the hat as far as possible into the lake, hustled back to the car, and went back to the Skunk Report General Offices for a cold beverage.

The next time you complainers think about telling the Skunkmeister that one of his particular ideas is stupid, think about that idiotic hat fan, or this one:

or this one:

or even this one:

Just maybe that’s stupid enough for you.