 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
Im considering getting my six year old a new helmet with an inbuilt visor instead of separate goggles. I would consider it an advantage for him as its something less to loose but are there any other points that I should factor in before purchasing, or not ?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not really - Decathlon do a good one for kids at a reasonable price that you can bold on a visor to, but stock tends to disappear pretty quick.
Suppose thing really is how often he is likely to leave the thing visor down on and get it scratched to hell.
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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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thanks for replying, I hadnt really thought of the scratching aspect of an inbuilt visor vs separate, so thank you. I just envision that he will faff about adjusting separate goggles every 5 mins
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I think there are a few threads that already discuss pros and cons of visors for kids (I am pro them for kids except for the kid concerned refusing to wear one!).
And given the age in question here I would think they would normally outgrow the helmet before the visor could be scratched beyond use, subject to frequency of usage of course.
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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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| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
| Suppose thing really is how often he is likely to leave the thing visor down on and get it scratched to hell. |
At a guess - about as often as he's likely to leave a non-visor helmet goggle-down/with goggles hanging off and dragging along the ground. And they would need to be really badly scratched for your brain to register them when you're skiing (and so more of an issue for adults who will get fixated on, and actually focus on a scratch wheras children will generally go tantrum/sugar/skiing and ignoring the scratches).
| Richard_Sideways wrote: |
| Not really - Decathlon do a good one for kids at a reasonable price that you can bold on a visor to, but stock tends to disappear pretty quick. |
Being Decathlon do they sell the visors separatly? If they do there's a good chance they will we wallet friendly so just buy a few of them when you buy the helmet.
| snow_badger wrote: |
| ...I just envision that he will faff about adjusting separate goggles every 5 mins |
Getting a child to wear the goggles can be like trying to get them to wear a sun hat... 
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Goggles *tend* not to as kids goggles normally have frame which helps keep the worst of the contact away from the lens. They invariably end up either inside the helmet, or more likely dangling down the back of the helmet. As long as you have a lid with a good goggle clip (possibly backed up with a short length of paracord to the straps) helmet and goggles tend to stay together. I don't recall ever losing a pair of goggles off a helmet... Gloves and mitts however are a different story, no matter how you idiot-strap them on.
BTW, always go Mitts, they are a bit warmer and easier to get on and off for the Jnrs, preferably if you can find them, the ones with the zips that open the cuff to help them go on and off... which they will be constantly.
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It's a good job that kids seem to be much less fussy and faffy than their parents about what they're wearing.
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| snow_badger wrote: |
| thanks for replying, I hadnt really thought of the scratching aspect of an inbuilt visor vs separate, so thank you. I just envision that he will faff about adjusting separate goggles every 5 mins |
decathlon do replacement visors also for there helmet. My kids have one they use for not so bad days. But when it's really blowing a gale. they take out helmet and goggles
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