What do you keep in your lid?

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van the man

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Probably the wrong place for this (move if you think appropriate Bubba)

So what do you keep in your lid?

Appart from the obvious!

In mine; Spare batteries, 'Foil' cas bag, Watch (Beer-o-meter)

Any other useful things in yours?

Michiel
 
Cave_Troll

Cave_Troll

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i wouldn't keep anything hard and small in my helmet.
the gap between the cradle and the shell of the helmet is there for a reason. in a large impact, the shell deforms to absorb the impact. anything in that gap map be driven in to your skull.
some different helmets with the same shell eg caving supplies / edlerid may have a block of polystyrene in some of the gap. this will also absorb impact.
You might get away with a small survival bag / foil blanket as if the shell does deform far enough to squeeze that against your head, at least the force will be spread out. HOWEVER there have been cases of coins / keys etc being driven into skulls.
 
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Peter Burgess

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Here is such an example. In this case the impacting object was the owner's own car as he drove over it, having left it behind by mistake!

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caving_fox

caving_fox

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The cradle.
My head
Survival blanket
And depending on the trip a resealable drinks pouch that deforms and would split under high impact. It fits very well, and while the isotonic drink isn't that great warm, its not much nicer cold either, and saves the issues of trying to crawl or squeeze on it.

 
andysnook

andysnook

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Balaclava or neoprene hood depending on trip, nothing else - ever.

As suggested above, an impact will likely try to drive whatever is in your lid through your skull and into your brain.
 
Ship-badger

Ship-badger

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I keep a small Silva compass on the adjusting strap at the back of my helmet. The compass is sold as a wristwatch compass, so fits perfectly on the strap. It's no use as a surveying compass, but it does tell me which way the road is when I come out of Gavel to find zero visibility in the fog (it's happened). Other than that, nothing.
 
Pete K

Pete K

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I currently use a Petzl Speleos with a polystyrene cradle, so - nothing.
On the odd occasion I use my old Ecrin the only thing that goes in there is a small 'Buff' balaclava thing. Nothing else, ever.

Those plastic survival bags that people carry are perfectly sized to fit into a welly. The more stuff in your lid the more likely you are to do yourself some serious damage in an accident. I can't imagine carrying hat/survival bag/batteries/Mars bar etc.. in a helmet (as I've seen some do). That must put a bit of a strain on your neck?
 
Brains

Brains

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I keep an interesting selection of sedimentary deposits, mostly clays and silts, from a selection of reccently visited caves in mine, together with a variable concentration of perspiration...
 
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Joel Corrigan

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Porn mag & Kleenex for when I get trapped by rising flood water as your bog-standard survival bag/foil blanket is next to worthless when you're freezing your nuts off!  Oh, also a spare mask strap & length of bungee & a few cable-ties: amazing how long a pitch you can drop on elastic.....
 
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