Recy Five
The recycled polyester baseball cap that solves the colour problem: 17 shades, from yellow to burgundy. Manufacturer-declared rPET. Ideal for screen printing and embroidery on a flat front with no centre seam. Optimal for teams, events and giveaways that must match an exact club colour — 60 grams, among the lightest in the catalogue. One size.
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In the cap segment the rule is almost always the same: sustainable material, sacrificed palette. The Recy Five flips it — 17 colours, more than the Gear-S (4) and Recy Six (7) combined: orange, light blue, white, burgundy, yellow, grey, khaki, brown, black, navy, olive, pink, red, royal, green, bottle green and a white-navy two-tone variant. For anyone who must match a club colour or a company Pantone, it is the one rPET model in the catalogue that almost certainly has it. The positioning is honest: no third-party badge, but declared recycled polyester and a documented under ISO 14067 — 0.479 kg CO2eq, 12% less than the virgin equivalent.
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The construction works in printing's favour: the front panel is flat and has no centre seam, so and work on a continuous surface — embroidery up to 12×6 cm, starting 2 cm from the visor edge, sides at 6×5 cm and back at 8×3.5 cm. At 60 grams it is among the lightest caps in the catalogue: embroidered provide passive breathability and velcro removes size management.
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Il pannello frontale piatto dei 5 pannelli regge ricami fino a 12×6 cm senza cucitura centrale — loghi continui senza vincoli di registro. Partenza consigliata 2 cm dal bordo visiera. Laterali fino a 6×5 cm, retro fino a 8×3,5 cm. Il twill leggero da 60 g richiede densità di punti moderate: per loghi molto densi aggiungere backing di supporto.
Il pannello frontale strutturato fornisce una base stabile per la termosaldatura. Patch woven, PVC e ricamate compatibili; la cucitura perimetrale di rinforzo è consigliata sul twill leggero. Dimensione massima raccomandata: 6 cm.
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It is the natural choice for sports teams, events and promotional campaigns where colour is a requirement, not a preference — and where volumes need one-size fit and fast front customisation. It is not the right product for anyone who must show a third-party certification in a tender: in that case the GRS-certified Gear-S is the alternative, with the reduced palette as the trade-off.
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Il problema tipico delle squadre — trovare il cappellino nel colore sociale esatto — qui non esiste: 17 tinte coprono praticamente ogni combinazione, dal giallo al verde bottiglia. A 60 grammi con occhielli traspiranti e velcro, è il modello rPET pensato per il campo. Logo frontale in ricamo o serigrafia su pannello continuo.
Leggerezza (60 g), poliestere che asciuga in fretta e prezzo da volume: il profilo giusto per i pacchi gara. Il dato CO2 documentato ISO 14067 (-12%) si sposa con gli eventi a impatto certificato, e le tinte vivaci — giallo, arancio, royal — danno visibilità a staff e pacer.
Il twill rPET leggero con occhielli traspiranti gestisce le attività all'aperto meglio del cotone. La palette di 17 tinte permette di replicare i colori del brand outdoor senza compromessi; la costruzione a 5 pannelli mantiene la forma.
Il vantaggio competitivo è la coerenza cromatica: il cappellino arriva già nel colore aziendale, il logo si stampa in un colore solo e il costo per pezzo scende. CO2 documentata da comunicare in campagna; manca solo il badge GRS per i capitolati più rigidi.
17 colori significano un colore per ogni team senza cambiare modello né fornitore. Velcro e taglia unica azzerano la logistica taglie; il frontale continuo accoglie il logo dell'evento in serigrafia rapida.
Construction,
Technical data declared by the Brand
MAIN FABRIC: 100% RECYCLED POLYESTER
Polyester
- 015 structured panels
single flat front panel, no central vertical seam
- 02100% recycled polyester
declared in composition
- 03Hook-and-loop closure
quick adjustment
- 04Curved visor with eyelets
enhanced breathability
- 05CO2: 0.479 kg CO2eq (ISO 14067, cradle to gate)
-12% vs conventional baseline
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