Light sensitive visor films

[Blackshear]

Hey guys/girls, something I found on the tardme, that some people may find useful.
Apologies if it's useless to some peoples.

Gonna buy it tonight, hopefully it fits in the right way.
Been umming and ahing over buying a couple spare visors, clear for shite days, tinted for sunny days (Or those bastard sunshowers that scald your retinas to buggery) and maybe a chrome-style for uhm.

:cool:

Anywho, just yeah. Pointing it out!
Quite cheap too, for the versatility.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Helmets-clothing-footwear/Other/auction-173258406.htm

[Qkchk]

Only problem is if you go out for a ride during the day and end up coming home at night (breakdown, unforseen reason etc), you will have to peel the damn thing off your visor and roll it up but it will get damaged and I dont think they are designed to be stick on/peeled off at leisure.......

[Blackshear]

Only problem is if you go out for a ride during the day and end up coming home at night (breakdown, unforseen reason etc), you will have to peel the damn thing off your visor and roll it up but it will get damaged and I dont think they are designed to be stick on/peeled off at leisure.......

Ah. I hope I'm thinking of the same stuff some glasses come with, in strong direct sunlight, it's like looking through a dark visor.
But at night time it's like a clear visor.
The amount of light falling on the glasses determines it's opacity.

[Okey Dokey]

Sounds interesting. Let us know how it works.

Personally, I've got a clear visor and a tinted one and just change accordingly. But maybe this film will suit others.

[Nagash]

Well, it states it's only affected when hit by direct sunlight, and goes clear when without. So supposedly this shouldn't by affected by night time riding.

I also just have a tinted and clear visor that I swap around, but it is a bugger trying to carry something that you don't want to scratch with you on longer rides or tours.

[Cajun]

I also just have a tinted and clear visor that I swap around, but it is a bugger trying to carry something that you don't want to scratch with you on longer rides or tours.

i store my spare visor in a big thick rugby type of sock.

[pritch]

I have mentioned these on KB before but Hey! if y'all really want to reinvent the wheel feel free.

This item won't help in the event of low sun on a wet road but it works in most other cases. It sticks on with dishwashing liquid and water. When the visor gets scratched, peel the sunblocker off and stick it on the new visor..


http://www.helmetheadcyclegear.com/cgi-bin/eShop/index.cgi?exact_match=yes&product=%20Sunblockers

[MSTRS]

Hey Pritch....you misread the OP - these are not a strip across the top of your visor. They are a photo-sensitive tint filmthat covers the entire visor. Sounds like a good idea to me.

[Blackshear]

Feeling a bit better that noone shot me down :clap:
It wont be as cool as a fulltime black tint, or a shiney Iridium one.
IT CHANGES COLOURS!!!! CUMON GUUUUISE!!!
Lol. I'll dredge back the thread when it is received, and hopefully I wont have wasted 2 new visors on it!
Thanks.

[Slyer]

Yeah, worst case scenario you peel them off and bin them.

[Swoop]

It will be interesting to see how this works.
Keep us informed once the package arrives.

[CookMySock]

keen to hear how well it works!

DB

[nivram]

If thees are the Pro Grips one's I have had one for the past three months and they not very light sensitive. In sunlight they will tint around -5% and thats about it.

If your expecting them to act as light sensitive Polaroid lens you will be disappointed, they are basically just standard visor tints with hefty price tag, I only paid $35 for mine.

[Blackshear]

If thees are the Pro Grips one's I have had one for the past three months and they not very light sensitive. In sunlight they will tint around -5% and thats about it.

If your expecting them to act as light sensitive Polaroid lens you will be disappointed, they are basically just standard visor tints with hefty price tag, I only paid $35 for mine.

...
Where were you three hours ago?


Guys, how do you work the rep system, I MUST KNOW!
Ah well. They still look shiny anyway :weep:

[nivram]

They are great if you want to stop fogging so not entirely a waste of money lol

[Forest]

For $50 you can get a set of Polarising sunglasses.

That's what I would get. They're great for cutting down on glare.

[Swoop]

Guys, how do you work the rep system, I MUST KNOW!
First, read the FAQ section at the top of your screen.
Second, if you agree with a post to such an extent that you want to reward the poster, there is a small icon at the top right of each post. This looks like a +/- button and you merely need to press this to agree or disagree with a post.

[MSTRS]

First, read the FAQ section at the top of your screen.
Second, if you agree with a post to such an extent that you want to reward the poster, there is a small icon at the top right of each post. This looks like a +/- button and you merely need to press this to agree or disagree with a post.

In the dark universe it does. In the light, it is a set of scales.
A thought occurred to me re these visor tints...on a bright, sunny day, when you get to the socialising place, you might need sunnies - so you will have to carry them anyway.

[Roki_nz]

They are great if you want to stop fogging so not entirely a waste of money lol

I agree better just to buy one to stop fog, works wonders and it does cut the glare out slighty

[Skunk]

In the dark universe it does. In the light, it is a set of scales.
A thought occurred to me re these visor tints...on a bright, sunny day, when you get to the socialising place, you might need sunnies - so you will have to carry them anyway.
Light sensitive glasses take care of that for me... I need UV blocking visors with a tint or clear visors.

Otherwise I get both the tinting glasses and the dark visor. It's a dark world...

[sinfull]

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Guys, how do you work the rep system, I MUST KNOW!
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Just above the bike they ride is a +/-, click that , agree with gives green rep dissagree gives red !
Edit : Doh ! Didn't see the second page hehe beat me by ohhhh 4 hrs there Swoop lol

[bert_is_evil]

Does it have a UV filter like tinted visors and sunnies? Because using a tinted visor without a UV filter will make your pupils dialate (cos they think it's dark), then the UV light will scorchify your retina's.

I know someone who permanently damaged their eyesight by washing a car on a bright sunny day with no sunnies on - they were blind for a couple of days then their vision slowly returned, but now they have to wear glasses and can't wear contacts. Not cool.

[Patrick]

If thees are the Pro Grips one's I have had one for the past three months and they not very light sensitive. In sunlight they will tint around -5% and thats about it.

If your expecting them to act as light sensitive Polaroid lens you will be disappointed, they are basically just standard visor tints with hefty price tag, I only paid $35 for mine.

Can't remember the brand name but yeah, a stick on inset to the inside of your visor... tints a little, not a lot, but enough to save the retinas... Paid $39.95 from memory 2-3 years ago, still fine.


They are great if you want to stop fogging so not entirely a waste of money lol

Brilliant at stopping the fogging up on cold mornings from your breath....

[Scruffygit]

Can you get these in NZ?

http://www.sounddistribution.co.uk/products.asp?recnumber=72

[chester]

$35 http://www.motoretail.co.nz/product.cfm?ID=126

[HenryDorsetCase]

Ive just punted 50 slides and will report in due course. I wear glasses and have a clear visor and a tinted visor. My prescription sunglasses dont work that well looking thru a clear visor because they are polarised and you see what looks like water everywhere. If this stuff works it will be perfect for me.

I have a spare clear visor so in a spirit of scientific endeavour, I shall test and reveal my findings to the class.

[HenryDorsetCase]

$35 http://www.motoretail.co.nz/product.cfm?ID=126

Ah fuckit!

[Qkchk]

$35 http://www.motoretail.co.nz/product.cfm?ID=126

I purchased one of those about 2 years ago, sure they are great for anti-fog but the light changing properties they claim are crap! Same goes for the Light Sensitive Pro-Grip MX goggles. Better off purchasing a tinted visor and just dealing with the logistics....

[Jerry74]

sounds like a good idea

[Blackshear]

Ah, sounds like I didn't do ENOUGH research.
Doesn't really matter, it's only 50$.
That coulda got me a couple visors, but meh.

Sunglasses fuxzor with my head, can only wear them for a couple minutes before I get an intense pressure headache.

By the sounds of it, I wont be expecting much in terms of light reduction, but as long as it takes off some of the edge, it's done summink.

Wonder how nighttime and headlights will mix :Pokey:

Edit.
Goddamn.
I got pretty ripped off.
:weep:
Extra fifteen dorrah.

[Patrick]

Wonder how nighttime and headlights will mix :Pokey:

Edit.
Goddamn.
I got pretty ripped off.
:weep:
Extra fifteen dorrah.

NO problems at night at all. Headlights don't cause a change. Just and only just enough to take the edge off in daytime for me...

$15 - Bugger! ALmost enough to get you to the end of the drive in petrol!

[Blackshear]

NO problems at night at all. Headlights don't cause a change. Just and only just enough to take the edge off in daytime for me...

$15 - Bugger! ALmost enough to get you to the end of the drive in petrol!

You'd be surprised, Bobbie gets about 15k's per litre, and that's not going over 10grand either!

Well tried it on today, it doesn't quite reach around to the corners, and you have to be pretty spot on with the rubber seal things for the visor being in the way.
Quite chuffed, same colour as my helmet :woohoo:

Weather isn't really sunny enough to report anything.
However, it's a light brown kinda tint, as opposed to a light black kinda tint.|
Rode around to the glenfield mall carpark, not sure whether it's the relatively slow process of transparency and the combination of having pupils, but I didn't really see any change in the lighting.

SO UNTILL it's actually sunny, I'll just call it a pair of sunglasses.
Oh oh, I couldn't get it to fog up, only if I blew in between the visor and sunglasses. It has a rubbery foam adhesive thing to peel around the whole edge of them, but I just used the to little bits at the edge. Because Murphies Law denotes I wouldn't be able to get the damn thing on in one go.