sunglasses versus full facial helmets

[loosebruce]

I only use visor's, putting glasses on is to fiddly for me, and plus my mate sat on my pair of $350 nike glasses, 150kg of person vs glasses to the glasses. $50 for a black tint only takes a few seconds to change over, i do commuting during the week, leave for work late afternoon come home early in the morning, there is generally enough light on the m/way and around town to ride at night without a problem with a black visor i find. But going open road riding at night nah back to the clear visor.

[Motu]

Wrap rounds are part of the image - I look a right dork without them,who cares if I can't see...use the Force Motu,use the Force.

[Holy Roller]

Had a look at the Panoptics sunnys the other day in Rotovegas at Kool Stuff formally USA bikers shop. $270 for a flimsy pair of plastic sunnys with some draft stop stuck arouind the edge of the lenses. They looked cool but
Gave me an idea though I'll get some of that 3mm draft stop from the hardware store and stick it on my saftey glasses and see if it works. may have to put some small vents in the draft stop with a stanley knife to reduce fogging. Worth a try its only a couple of bucks a meter for the draft stop.

I managed to score a part roll of draftstop from the the local glassman. Stuck it on my work safety glasses. Just been for a ride after closing up the shop. It works reasonably well, no tears even at 160kph with the open face. At the higher speed the glasses seemed to fit better as the wind pushed them on harder. They did not seem to slip as they normally do requireing adjusting. There was a small bit of air movement under the glasses maybe enough to stop them fogging, time will tell. I'll put some on my tinted pair for daytime riding

[Mongoose]

Another 2/6 worth from the Mongoose. For years I believed the eyslashes were there to filter objects out of the air and not allow it to penetrate the eyes. Seemed to work as a young fella but as i got balder the eye lashes must have thinned as well.
In the passing of time I have tried all sorts of things. Safety glasses, which in years gone by were only so good, better than nothing but not that much so.
Then worked on the wraps, these seem to work OK, but them big porky moths sure hurt the eyes at night.
Plan two, tinted wraps for daytime and clear safety glasses for night, newer more modern safetys worked better.
And one day,
Olan three light up. light bulb like in the head.
A visor!!!
Best method yet, still like a clear one with wraps on underneath, yellow for this kid, bugger the look, they do the bestest at cutting ther glare.
Lesson over, go back to wearing what you like.

[Big Dog]

One of my mates just got one, he's not 100% sure he likes it. A bit dark at night and not dark enough in the day and makes your face look real red. We'll see if it gets any better as they apparently take sometime to settle down.

David

Thourghouly reccommend them. got one last summer absolutely brilliant as long as you are smart enough to realise there will be some incidental light (I fitted a sun strip like racers wear to remedy this). Must add though, use of visor cleaner will neutralise and remove the tint, as will letting water inside the insert (eg not sealing the gasket properly or ignoring the line that states "Do not use for 48 hours").
Will be buying another this month, if for no other reason than it is the best antifog product I have ever tried and makes helmet warmer in winter (double glazed effect) cooler in summer (cuts out a lot ov uv less sun burn on the long ones less heat).
Best $30 I ever spent on biking, but it is odd until you get used to it and it gets better at adjusting.