To be Tinted or not to be Tinted?

[Sniper]

Hey all,

Im after some advice on tinted visors. MissSniper (Yes she is now a member of KB) bought her helmet the other day and one reason she did was because it had an iridium tinted visor thrown in for free. Now she did get the clear visor with the helmet so we don't need to buy one, but my question is this...

Is it OK to let a new rider (she isn't ready to graduate from the driveway yet) wear a tinted visor or should we stick the clear one on till she has more experience?

I shall start wearing a silver tint soon, once I pick up the new helmet, but until then I cannot comment because I have never worn one. All comments will be greatfully appriciated. (Except for those asking for her number HDT )

[Motu]

I already have her number - I just need to confirm what nights you aren't home....

[Back Fire]

Is she going to be doing night riding? If so chuck the clear one on. Not to much diff in the day but at night she's going to need all the light she can get to see properly... But once your used to it you don't notice much...

[Bonez]

Thought tinted visors were cool untill I started to do a bit of night riding.

[Sniper]

I already have her number - I just need to confirm what nights you aren't home....

Mondays, wednesdays and saturdays when Im at my other girlfriends.

[**R1**]

They dont take fukal to change, and at this time of the year ya dont want to go blind riding in2 the sun at the end of the day, so I would go for the Iridium, not sure what helmet you got her but My iridium is fine for night time Akoroa GP's...and if ya plan to go on a night ride.....change to the clear.

[dawnrazor]

got an iridium visor on the arai, which is fantastic in the summer as i find it less distracting then sunglasses as it doesn't cut down my peripheral vison. And that in its self is worth every penny. Needless to say it is useless at night , but the way it cuts down sun glare and allows all round vision is without doubt a summer saver.

[Gremlin]

I spoke to a couple of guys about tint vs. iridium on Waylander's cruisy ride. They said that if you touch the iridium coating it would leave visible streaks... so if you are commuting or doing a lot where the helmet may be exposed a bit, perhaps might be wise to give the iridium a miss.

I'm using a smoke (light tint) on my HJC at the moment, definitely makes a difference, and OK at dawn and dusk. For bright sunshine it is not enough, and I'm busy pricing a dark smoke.

Using the tint means I don't have to use sunnies which is good because you can feel the sunnies, and the frames do cut down vision a bit (mine are wrap-arounds).

Only problem with a darker visor is I have found that trying to fit it to the HJC, it is difficult to see the points to line up (doesn't help that the helmet is black).

I use a clear visor (that came with it) for any intended night riding.

[rudolph]

I have a cheep arse tint

[**R1**]

Arai ones are. No idea about any others tho

[Hitcher]

Only ever wear clear at night.

[TwoSeven]

I have photochromatic lenses on my glasses - so no need for tinting. Had them custom made, so they go almost jet black in bright light/high uv. Thinking about getting contacts made the same at some stage.

[curious george]

My only comment is the iridium one will show noticeable scratches easily, the smoke coloured ones less so.

[SuperDave]

I have photochromatic lenses on my glasses - so no need for tinting. Had them custom made, so they go almost jet black in bright light/high uv. Thinking about getting contacts made the same at some stage.

You can get contact lenses that tint when exposed to bright light then go back to being clear when in low light conditions?

[cowpoos]

the tinted visor I have for my shoei....is better optically than my sunglasses...which are oakely's...I always carry both if I'm traveling close to dusk or dawn...takes five sec's to make a change...