Best Custom Hat Brands
Custom hats are a popular apparel and promotional item with many uses. Custom hats may also be known as custom caps, personalized hats, custom logo hats, promotional hats, promo caps, embroidered hats, and custom patch hats. Custom hats may be customized with embroidery, patches (leather patches, embroidered patches, rubber patches, and more), screen printing, heat transfer, DTG, sublimation, woven labels, and many more options.
Top brands for custom hats include Richardson, Flexfit, and Yupoong (YP Classics).
A. Richardson
Richardson's most popular hats include the Richardson 112 (snapback trucker cap), 112FP (five panel trucker cap), 115 (low pro trucker cap), 112P (printed trucker cap), 256 (umpqua five panel rope cap), and 168 (seven panel trucker cap).
Richardson offers a custom hat and decoration program through their authorized dealers. Richardson offers several decoration methods including embroidery, patches, applique, clip labels, transfers, poly press, and woven internal label. Most minimum order quantities for Richardson's custom hat decoration offerings are 48 pieces or 72 pieces. Richardson's lead time varies from 2-3 weeks to 5+ weeks.
Richardson's complete decoration options include direct embroidery (also known as custom embroidery), embroidered patches, woven label patches, sublimated patches, rubber patches, etched leather applique, debossed leather, woven label, screen printed/sublimated labels, twill/felt, woven clip labels, leather clip labels, full color print transfer, sublimated print transfer, silicone transfer, poly press, and woven internal private labels.
B. Flexfit
Flexfit's most popular hats include the 6277 (cotton blend cap), 110M (110® mesh-back cap), 6511 (trucker cap), 180 (Delta® seamless cap), 5001 (V-Flexfit® Cotton Twill Cap), and 110F (110® Snapback Cap).
Flexfit offers a custom domestic program and custom overseas program. For the custom domestic program, minimum order quantities on new orders are 144 pieces and for re-orders, 48 pieces. Proto samples take 1-2 weeks and cost $20 each. Bulk production takes 3-4 weeks upon sample approval. Setup fees will be based upon the design and an overall quote will be generated based upon the hat styles, quantities, and design.
For Flexfit's custom overseas program, there are longer lead times and higher minimums, but the pricing may be more competitive and there is a greater availability of customization in terms of fabric, styles, and decoration methods. The minimum for new overseas orders is 720 pieces. Proto samples take 2-3 weeks and bulk production takes 8-12 weeks upon sample approval. Setup fees will be based upon the design and an overall quote will be generated based upon the hat styles, quantities and design.
C. Yupoong (YP Classics)
Yupoong or YP Classics' most popular hats include the 6606 (retro trucker cap), 6006 (five panel classic trucker cap), 6089M (premium flat bill snapback cap), 6245CM (classic dad hat), 6506 (five panel retro trucker cap), and 1501KC (cuffed beanie).
Yupoong or YP Classics, which is also master distributed by Flexfit LLC in the United States, offers the same customization options as Flexfit brand in terms of the custom domestic program and custom overseas program listed above.
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