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Helmet advice
crzylgs:
I predominantly boulder outdoors (not highballs!) but do some occasional sport and have got a week in South Wales coming up where I'd like to mostly sport climb with my partner and thought it was about time to update my helmet. It's quite tricky for me to get to any gyms/shops that have much of a selection to try on so I'll probably have to take a punt on the fitting and order online.
I'm learning towards the Petzl Meteor. This seems to get well reviewed and will serve as a decent all round helmet and in my opinion beats out the Black Diamond Vision on 'looks / style' points - which is obviously super important when choosing a helmet ;D
The Black Diamond Vision was another I've seen that seems to fill a very similar use case and price point to the Meteor.
Was half tempted by the Petzl Sirocco - but honestly shaving off those ~50g traded vs less durability doesn't seem worth for my infrequent and far from cutting edge use.
Anyone with any strong views or personal recommendations between those I've picked out or want to throw a new contender into the mix?
Paul B:
There's another thread on here somewhere where one of the primary concerns seemed to be how you'd transport the helmet to the crag and how easily some of the lightweight offerings could be damaged in the bottom of a rucksack for instance.
slab_happy:
FWIW, I have the original version of the Sirocco (the hideous orange one which someone dubbed Ronald McPenis), which I bought in 2013, and I haven't managed to damage it in my rucksack yet.
I do vaguely try to wedge it into the top of the rucksack rather than the bottom, but that's as much delicacy as it gets.
It looks like it's made of polystyrene and will crumble if you look at it funny, but that is not the case.
... and now I've Googled how often you need to replace your helmet and oh thank god I can finally change to something less hideous. But I will very likely just go for the current Sirocco, because the old one has served me well.
Paul B:
Black Diamond did some research that might mean you can keep Ronald a bit longer if you were that way inclined (no significant loss of strength for helmets stored correctly?).
Duncan Disorderly:
I can't recomend the Black Diamond Vapour enough!
I abstained from wearing a lid for years until seeing someone lob off a sport route I'd just done, catch a foot, flip and smack her head - the quantity of blood pissing from her head was pretty eye opening (she was fine after a trip to A&E btw)...
I found everything either looked like a penis (Sirocco) , bulbous buoy (Vision) or sat too far off the top of my head (all the rest) that I knew I'd just hit it continually... Tried every reasonably priced one in every shop I went in for ages until I finally bit the bullet and tried the Vapour (the expensive option!)... Was a revelation, felt like a cap. Now feels wierd to climb routes without it!
They've just released a new (even more expensive) version so you might find a deal on the previous model (the one I have)...
Looking now it seems that Absolute Snow have em for £79 if S/M fits yer head and you like red...
https://www.absolute-snow.co.uk/black-diamond-vapor-alpine-rock-climbing-helmet?v=253129&fc=GBP/?keyword=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiIOmBhDjARIsAP6YhSUi7JkyiKoNSu8U3LOwG2SIZTAwDJdVu6jAuIhKx2zgP2_30nX5g_UaAqCsEALw_wcB
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