 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello,
My partner has very dry eyes and has to stop every 30mins or so for eye drops. She would like to purchase a visor helmet to help with the faff of removing goggles etc.
However I’ve got no idea what to look for or where to point her in the right direction. Anyone care to suggest a few options?
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Decathlon to start with?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I’ve got a decathlon one as I wear specs & it was the only one I found that didn’t hit my specs when putting visor up & down
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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That’s a good point.
FWIW, I had a visor helmet and routinely suffered from airflow problems between the lower and upper visor, causing watering eyes. I guess, dry mountain air could exacerbate a dry eye condition too?
Anyway, I recently switched to Head Radar - kind of cross between a visor and goggles. It’s a much tighter fit, a sealed join at the top, and does work with glasses (I don’t wear glasses for anything other than reading but was checking for a friend).
The arrangement is slightly more “faffy” than a normal visor and slightly less than goggles.
Anyway, no more watery eyes and perhaps a good solution for the op.
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@Cacciatore,
The Rachel is the woman's version of the Radar. I have a Radar myself. Really nice lid without looking like a visor helmet
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@Grantley1988,
The first priority is that it must fit correctly. I wouldn't buy one without trying one on for size and fit.
Having tried numerous visor helmets I now have the Bolle Backline (Visor) Helmet. It comes in about 4 different sizes and different colours.
One of the other reasons I like it is that it comes with different colour visors for different light conditions. I only use the yellow visor because I only use the visor down in bad weather/ poor light. If it's sunny I raise the visor and wear sunglasses. You can also buy spare visors.
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| Grantley1988 wrote: |
My partner has very dry eyes and has to stop every 30mins or so for eye drops. She would like to purchase a visor helmet to help with the faff of removing goggles etc. |
I suspect that the way a visor lets air in/circulate it may make the dry eyes even worse... And is lifting goggles onto the front of helmet really that much more faff than pushing a visor back? It's a one handed job that takes less than a second, especially if you take gloves off, which presumably you have to do to administer the drops anyway? Should be doable on every lift, though obviously easier in an enclosed gondola than on a chair.
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