motorcycle vs scooter helmets, is there a difference?

[mole2]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

Go to webbikeworld for some excellant product reports with real world results. HJC also makes some good helmets with interior visors. You might also consider the suggestion of sunglasses. Clip-ons for your present glasses or even transition lenses next time. Experience has taught me to get the stuff that works best and not settle for an almost good enough item.

Transition lenses are so inexpensive now that I would not even consider glasses without them. They are my sunglasses when riding and work well behind the helmet shield.


:rawk:

[alantf]

Originally Posted by mole2

Transition lenses are so inexpensive now that I would not even consider glasses without them. They are my sunglasses when riding and work well behind the helmet shield.


:rawk:

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm - I've found just the opposite. Mine won't work at all behind my clear visor, or car windshield. It might be interesting to ask my optician, next time I go in, why some work & some don't. :??:

[blaine]

I have had photo-grey in my lens for 35 years.Relative cheap to get added to lens.(around 30 dollars).They work well in the car or behind a shield.What if anything is the advantage of the newer "transition" lens.

[mrlmd1]

My transitions work just fine behind the full face shield as well as in the car, and all the ones I've had over the past 10 years or more have worked that way. If it doesn't work behind your visor it has something to do with the visor blocking out UV or a different formulation of the lenses.

[alantf]

Originally Posted by blaine

What if anything is the advantage of the newer "transition" lens.

It just means that they get progressively darker, the sunnier it gets. That way (theoretically!) they're never too light or dark. Then, at night, or on dull days, they stay completely clear. I, for one, wouldn't want to ride at night with ANY tint. I'm too scared of missing things in the shadows.

[blaine]

Originally Posted by alantf

It just means that they get progressively darker, the sunnier it gets. That way (theoretically!) they're never too light or dark. Then, at night, or on dull days, they stay completely clear. I, for one, wouldn't want to ride at night with ANY tint. I'm too scared of missing things in the shadows.

My old "photo-grey lens work exactly the same way.So no advantage? Just a marketing ploy of something thats been around for years under a different name.

[alantf]

Originally Posted by blaine

My old "photo-grey lens work exactly the same way.So no advantage? Just a marketing ploy of something thats been around for years under a different name.

Ah - my mistake! I thought you meant that they had a permanent tint that didn't change, but stayed ALWAYS tinted.

One of the good things that I've found, is that the modern lenses change MUCH quicker than the ones I had years ago. :2tup:

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by alantf

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm - I've found just the opposite. Mine won't work at all behind my clear visor, or car windshield. It might be interesting to ask my optician, next time I go in, why some work & some don't. :??:

That would be due to face shield material, it's ability to stop UV and then the type of transitions you are wearing. I did have one combo of items that turned almost everything pink.

[Joel K-Man]

Originally Posted by mole2

Transition lenses are so inexpensive now that I would not even consider glasses without them. They are my sunglasses when riding and work well behind the helmet shield.


:rawk:

Contacts, baby! :tongue:

[mole2]

[quote=Joel K-Man]

Originally Posted by mole2

Transition lenses are so inexpensive now that I would not even consider glasses without them. They are my sunglasses when riding and work well behind the helmet shield.


:rawk:

Contacts, baby! :tongue:[/quote:1m3le2rr]

That's the next step for me. I see my eye doctor in May so I'll ask for a prescription then.