Dealing with dust

[Woodman]

Anyone had any experience, dustwise with those helmets with the cool retractable sun visor thingy.?

[Padmei]

My LS2 helmet has a retractable sun visor. I have found the helmet excellent as it also opens up which is great for reversing, looking down at your bike, paying for gas etc.
I tried a few helmets like this including expensive ones however my one had all the right features, fitted my noggin best & luckily was cheap. There is quite a difference between models. The nolan felt very close with the visor closed - almost calustrophobic - very little airflow. With sSome the sun visor is on the outside & others the sun visor dropped to right on eye level.
In the sun the sun visor comes down & when into the bush up she comes - or leave the shade down & open the clear visor to have fresh air & protection. I have a click in cover over the chin for winter riding however it starts to fog up.

To conclude however in the dust it is better than the mx helmet but dust covers the visors still & if things get bad I use eye drops when I stop.

[NordieBoy]

I tried an LS2 and it just wouldn't fit. One of the few helmets I've not been able to wear for more than 10s.

[That looks like fun]

When I was a boy (seems like a life time ago) placing big long steel holes in the ground so people all over could benefit from the naki,s gas. It got pretty damn dusty working on some of the lines sooooo (now dont laugh) they issued us with swimmers googles. We looked like a bunch of twats in our texan boots, Levis, welders cap and swimming googles but the bloody things worked.
You might get away with them (under a helmet with a black tinted visor that you never open)

[NordieBoy]

When I was a boy (seems like a life time ago) placing big long steel holes in the ground so people all over could benefit from the naki,s gas. It got pretty damn dusty working on some of the lines sooooo (now dont laugh) they issued us with swimmers googles. We looked like a bunch of twats in our texan boots, Levis, welders cap and swimming googles but the bloody things worked.
You might get away with them (under a helmet with a black tinted visor that you never open)

That's what some of the Uglyfish and other ones are like.

[Woodman]

or maybe one of them sucky on masks like the guys in Avatar.

[KapitiLizard]

I totally agree with javahead - the Scott NoSweat Xi is fantastic.
The dense foam stops the dust, even in near white-out conditions - something the cheap goggles dont do.
The anti-fog lense works a treat also.
And you can also get a roll-off system for them which works like a dream if you get a build up of dust, or bugs, and also works well in the rain too.

[pete376403]

I used to use Scott googles when I was riding speedway, with yellow lenses that seemed to cut through the dust haze. Tear-offs or roll-offs helped cope with mud (Te Marua was either dust or mud, they never seemed to be able to compromise)

For gravel road riding I've now got an HJC adventure lid, I leave the visor open enough to let air in but down enough to sheild my eyes.
Prescription lenses are the last line of defence. That and leaving a reasonable gap behind the lead bikes.