Hi, Mario. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a thoughtful review. 💚
We genuinely appreciate your honest feedback.
I believe we also had the chance to chat with you through our website, but I wanted to reiterate our response here for anyone reading this review.
Our Reef Ranger 1.0 is designed to provide light head protection for everyday surf conditions while remaining comfortable enough to wear like a regular surf hat. It isn't intended to be compared to or replace a professional helmet, which is designed for a different level of protection and is typically much bulkier, heavier, and significantly more expensive. Instead, our goal is to offer a balance of comfort, wearability, and light impact protection for everyday surf sessions.
The slightly open-back design of our market-certified protective insert is intentional, not a manufacturing defect or missing component. We completely understand that some surfers would prefer more rear coverage, and we've heard this feedback from others as well.
We'd also like to clarify that the insert's shape and level of coverage are shown in multiple places throughout our website before purchase, including our product photos, and a 3D interactive view of the complete hat structure on our homepage. We want customers to have a clear understanding of exactly how the product is designed before making a purchase.
That said, customer feedback like yours has played a big role in shaping our next generation of products. We're actively developing our own custom protective insert with full 360° coverage. It's a project we're incredibly excited about, but we want to make sure it's thoroughly tested before bringing it to market.
Thank you again for sharing your thoughts. We truly appreciate the feedback, and we hope we'll have the opportunity to earn that fifth star from you in the future 🌊