Pinlock anti-mist visor insert

[Bob]

If you get problems with your visor misting up in cold weather (and who doesn't?), then the Pinlock system could be the very thing to stop this.

I have one - and I cannot make it mist up.

This review shows more detail, plus how one tester took things to real extremes to try to make it mist up (http://www.bobpickett.co.uk/bkit/pinlock.htm).

Great piece of kit and well worth the small amount of cash it costs.

[trumpy]

I have this system on my Arai helmet, superb. You don't realise how good it is until you leave the insert behind..............:doh:

[Drum]

Can you get it in NZ, and if so how much?

[James Deuce]

You can Drum. Just give Kerry or Richard a yell at TSS and they'll tell you if you can get it for your helmet, or if you'll need the Universal kit which involves drilling your current visor. Having experienced this system in both my Nolan and Arai helmets I can tell you there is nothing better. HJC's coating comes close.

[Deviant Esq]

Bloody good idea, wonder why it wasn't come up with sooner. My visor always fogs up in cold weather and rain when I'm stopped at traffic lights. Have to open it a little bit to keep it clear. Jim2: Any idea how much they sell for? Cheers.

[Bytor]

Have it on my Shoei and it's the best yet, however I find that the top of the insert is sometimes right in my eyeline or at least a visual distraction

[klingon]

"It's not easy trying to explain to a new girlfriend why you're stood naked in the shower wearing only a crash helmet." :rofl:

I can think of several reasons why you might be doing that... none of them good :nono:

[James Deuce]

Have to open it a little bit to keep it clear. Jim2: Any idea how much they sell for? Cheers.

I'll find out for you some time this week.

[xwhatsit]

"It's not easy trying to explain to a new girlfriend why you're stood naked in the shower wearing only a crash helmet." :rofl:

I can think of several reasons why you might be doing that... none of them good :nono:

I can't :mellow:

Heh. I might need some `education' :)

[The Pastor]

I want one of those!

[Grahameeboy]

I have one on my Shoei. The new ones have a bead now which seems to fit tighter as the old ones did not and after a while loosened and scratched the visor.

You can get tinted ones too I think.

[Blackbird]

Bloody good idea, wonder why it wasn't come up with sooner.

Sooner??? - have had mine for about 7 years. They were available on Nolan helmets first of all. They really are superb.

[Lou Girardin]

The only non-pinlock system that seems to work reliably is Schuberth's anti-fog coating.
A bit dearer than Nolans though.

[Daffyd]

I gotta get me one. How much and where?

[The Pastor]

I gotta get me one. How much and where?

I second that, where do u get your hands on these amazing magic visor things?

[Kendog]

The only non-pinlock system that seems to work reliably is Schuberth's anti-fog coating.
A bit dearer than Nolans though.

Cat crap also works.

Just have to apply once a week or so.

[Bob]

Hopefully Pinlock's site will reveal a local distributor:

http://www.pinlock.com/

[James Deuce]

The only non-pinlock system that seems to work reliably is Schuberth's anti-fog coating.
A bit dearer than Nolans though.

HJC's magic coating is quite remarkable.

[Roj]

Sooner??? - have had mine for about 7 years. They were available on Nolan helmets first of all. They really are superb.

My lady had one on her Nolan, was never absolutely perfect, and ended up scatching the visor near the top, I use a wax polish on inside and outside of the visor on a regular basis, helps the rain slide off the visor, and of course keeps the visor sparkly clean...:scooter:

[young1]

After last week ends WWWWW ride, where it was wet and due to my visor fogging up I had to ride with it cracked open (which then puts water on the inside of the visor!) I need one of these

Where in New Zealand can I get one from?

[Scooby Mike]

You can get them loads of places. I have a Shoei Raid II which didn't come with the pinlock visor so I had to buy a replacement visor with the pinlock pins fitted. I could have just bought the DIY kit but I didn't fancy drilling my only visor!

Anyway, I got the visor and insert from Motorad in Wellington. I then decided to get myself a tinted insert but couldn't find one in NZ (kept being told they don't do them) but I just ordered one from ebay.co.uk and it arrived in a week.

Just to clarify. You need a visor with the pinlock pins (either get the DIY kit and fit them yourself or get a pinlock ready visor) and you then need the pinlock insert which fits between the pins. Easy.

[sAsLEX]

Just to clarify. You need a visor with the pinlock pins (either get the DIY kit and fit them yourself or get a pinlock ready visor) and you then need the pinlock insert which fits between the pins. Easy.

or buy a Fog City that just sticks to your visor, alot cheaper, you aint going to break a visor, and if you bugger it up just rip if off and clean the visor up.

[Scooby Mike]

or buy a Fog City that just sticks to your visor, alot cheaper, you aint going to break a visor, and if you bugger it up just rip if off and clean the visor up.

Absolutely, however I tried a Fog City and although it worked exactly the same as the pinlock I preferred the fact that I can swop out my clear insert and stick the tinted one in there. No need to carry a clear and a tinted visor, just carry the spare insert. It's such a neat solution.

[sAsLEX]

Absolutely, however I tried a Fog City and although it worked exactly the same as the pinlock I preferred the fact that I can swop out my clear insert and stick the tinted one in there. No need to carry a clear and a tinted visor, just carry the spare insert. It's such a neat solution.

So's a photochromatic fog city...... we digress....

Pinlock work well, hence Shoei and a few others use them, don't have a Shoei have a look at Fog City.

[bert_is_evil]

Does the fog city offer the same optical clarity as the pinlock?

[sAsLEX]

Does the fog city offer the same optical clarity as the pinlock?

I had one that was dubious..... then as I was heading in to Coromandel I heard this awful cracking sounds from my visor and my vision went rather weird..... a bit further on a crack appeared across my vision............




I had forgot to remove the inner protective packaging off the insert.... opps


Other than that I have never had an issue with the optics, though I have yet to try a pinlock.