Helmet Woes

[JoW]

I like the climbing technology eclipse, I've found it as comfortable if not more so than my petzl elios and suitable for the small to medium sized head (I think they do other helmets in bigger sizes too)

 

[rcfindlay]

I have had very similar issues with helmets! I used to have a wild country 360 and had a similar problem with getting it to fit and sit straight as I have a very small, apparently unsymmetrical head.

After trying on many different helmets I now have a climbing technology stark helmet and similar to JoW (although a different version) I find it much more comfortable and have had very little issues with it. The wheel which resizes it did get jammed once but it's just had some cave grit wedged in it which was easily cleaned.

 

[crickleymal]

Has anyone considered a snowboarding helmet?  I got one to use instead of a cycle helmet. Hard shell with rigid foam padding. Quite comfortable  too.

 

[aricooperdavis]

I am!

Well these images should explain the modification well enough! Note that you can't just glue or pin the adjustment notch in place as it needs to be free to jump up and down as the back band is tightened.



I also tried using polymorph (a plastic that becomes malleable when immersed in boiling water) to try and create a wedge that could hold the adjustment notch in place and prevent it from jumping into different slots, but I couldn't come up with a nice way to stop the wedge falling out all the time as the back band was tightened.

 

[ZombieCake]

Indiana Jones favored a high-crowned, wide-brimmed sable fedora through many of his adventures.  This is shown in the various documentaries of his adventures.