OSBE helmets?

[Tominator]

Saw these in Phipug's Wayne Wong thread. Went to their website: http://www.osbeusa.com/products/Light-Visor.html.

These look like a great idea, especially as I'm now skiing with glasses and hate it even though I've got some Scott Storm OTG goggles. Not all that expensive when you're getting a helmet and goggles (visor) for one price.

So, does anyone have experience with these things?

 

[cantunamunch]

Only enough to know they don't fit my head

 

[KingGrump]

My son is on his 2nd unit. He loves them. Great for general skiing.
He switches to goggles when it is snowing.

 

[meput]

I used an OSBE helmet for ~75 days about 4-5 years ago. It intrigued me after seeing it on the Realskiers web site. I am a glasses wearer. Aspects I liked: great field of vision, worked well with my glasses in the right conditions, no problem with the visor fogging when lifted in the lift line. Aspects that I did not like: mine was a full, over the ear model, and I could not hear as well as when wearing a helmet with ear flaps, my glasses fogged on snowy days under the visor, there was a moderate amount of buffeting under the visor at speeds above ~40 mph. When I sustained frostbite to the eyebrow region on a cold (- 15° F) day that was windy and while skiing briskly, I abandoned the OSBE. Currently using a POC Fornix MIPS with Anon M2 or Smith IO/X Elite fan (the fan is worthless).

 

[Philpug]

There were a lot of these style helmets on display at SIA. I might have to take one for a test drive. If I still wore glasses, I would surely have it as a priority to try.

 

[cantunamunch]

Everyone who gets forehead schwitz down into the goggle (and clouding therefrom) should.

(And grab yourself a Giro Air Attack or similar for summertime road riding while you're at it)

 

[Dadskier]

A friend bought a visor type helmet for her daughter. First time she wiped out the inside filled up with snow and it was impossible to keep clear after that.

 

[Gerry Rhoades]

I personally think the Head version is better.