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Msg ID: 2818060 helmet visors +1/-0     
Author:experience/advice?
5/28/2024 4:34:06 PM

Any of ya with experience of mutiple visors and the difference in shade/darkness level each one provides?  Suggestions are appreciated.  I can only compare 2 of these options and their light/darkness levels.

 




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Msg ID: 2818063 helmet visors +1/-1     
Author:Get one with a
5/28/2024 5:01:06 PM

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Red interior light that sweeps back and forth so you can look like a toaster!!!!!!!!



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Msg ID: 2818082 helmet visors (NT) +0/-2     
Author:They have a plan!!!!!!
5/28/2024 10:24:34 PM

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Msg ID: 2818105 The gold is the most versatile. The others have a certain (NT) +0/-1     
Author:tint I don’t care for.
5/29/2024 10:41:13 AM

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Msg ID: 2818065 helmet visors +1/-2     
Author:They should all be the same
5/28/2024 5:30:26 PM

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The only difference is what color you like



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Msg ID: 2818069 helmet visors +3/-1     
Author:nope
5/28/2024 6:19:22 PM

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They are not all the same.  The chrome is much darker than the jade.. sometime's too dark.  Is there anyone WITH experience that can give their input? thanks



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Msg ID: 2818071 helmet visors +1/-3     
Author:say wut
5/28/2024 6:45:59 PM

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this is going to be personal preference, like sunglasses. you have to try them on. nobody can describe this. figure it out bro.



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Msg ID: 2818080 helmet visors +2/-1     
Author:wut wut
5/28/2024 9:38:56 PM

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don't get your feelings hurt now.. he asked for input from those that have tried/know the difference 



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Msg ID: 2818073 helmet visors +0/-2     
Author:sounds like you have experience
5/28/2024 7:07:35 PM

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maybe just call them and ask then dude?



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Msg ID: 2818077 helmet visors +5/-1     
Author:Utility guy
5/28/2024 7:59:21 PM

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If you're after looks go for it but I've never had a visor that scratched easier. The chrome was almost too dark and I prefer dark. it looked horrible after a month or two of doors off. If you even side eye it there would be a new scratch or mark. Traveling a lot and hanging out the door on take off and landing made me get rid of it after a summer and go back to the standard.



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Msg ID: 2818079 helmet visors +1/-1     
Author:utility guy
5/28/2024 9:31:25 PM

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thanks.. that's good info



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Msg ID: 2818084 helmet visors +1/-1     
Author:Utilitarian
5/28/2024 11:52:09 PM

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Clear and smoke..... get real.....


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Msg ID: 2818089 helmet visors +2/-1     
Author:Hmmm
5/29/2024 1:43:06 AM

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Clear or Smoke. The only colors.  I tried magenta and mauve, they just didn't feel right.



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Msg ID: 2818090 helmet visors +5/-1     
Author:rsak
5/29/2024 2:18:42 AM

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Agree with above...tried the chrome and it was too dark for my liking. Good for bright sun on glacier/snow, but in overcast/flat light it was much too dark.  

In the end, my favorite setup is standard dark grey visor.  For ski season I wear sunglasses (also regular dark grey) and then in bright sun on glacier/snow I flip the visor down over the sunglasses and voila...instant glacier-glass-like-tint.  If going from bright sun to shade on the glacier, flip the visor up and the sunglasses alone are adequate.  If the light gets even more flat, then the sunglasses come off and the amber visor gets flipped down. 

 



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Msg ID: 2818100 helmet visors +0/-2     
Author:BMOR
5/29/2024 9:56:17 AM

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Aye Aye, Admiral!

 



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Msg ID: 2818119 "helmet visors" what he said, except... +1/-0     
Author:olderendirt
5/29/2024 3:56:40 PM

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The best set-up is a dual visor with the outer visor clear and the inner visor tinted. You can wear your sunglasses inside the clear outer visor and put tinted visor in place when needed, for example landing into a rising or setting sun. Some visors/helmets fit very snug, difficult to put sunglasses on, even the straight temples when you're wearing your helmet.

always wore the clear visor down, eye protection is important to a pilot. Opened the vents on a pool aircraft and got a face full of dust and sand once...



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