I hit one of these hats with a hammer at a tradeshow awhile ago, and the ball-peen hammer nearly sprung back to hit me in the face. The rubbery foam inside the hats is soft and pliable to the touch but instantly hardens when violently struck. It’s the same technology that Ribcap used to instill a false sense of security last year, and now the Euro hardhat company is making the hats in much less offensive designs. They still have one bizarre Foot Clan Hat, but the rest might not even get you beat up this year. The Ribcap hats cost about $100.

via Nollie