Guest #51 June 27, 2018 kallend***QuoteThe full face skydiving helmet is more of a fashion statement than a safety device. I think most people aren't making fashion statements. They just prefer not to have the wind in their face. (Something that I don't understand myself) I agree. Full face helmets may have been a fashion statement 20 years ago but now they are just mainstream. It's all a matter of risk/benefit analysis, and it will be different for different people doing different disciplines. I used to pooh-pooh full-face helmets until the day I was in a formation that funneled and I left toothmarks on someone else's container....made a believer out of me. I went right to ParaGear and bought a Parasport Italia Z1. And yeah, full-face helmet not be cheap but just as in motorcycling - how much is your mug worth to you? mh ."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anachronist 2 #52 June 27, 2018 markharju I used to pooh-pooh full-face helmets until the day I was in a formation that funneled and I left toothmarks on someone else's container....made a believer out of me. I went right to ParaGear and bought a Parasport Italia Z1. And yeah, full-face helmet not be cheap but just as in motorcycling - how much is your mug worth to you? mh . Agreed, people like to say "not as good as a protec" but really they don't know, because a lack of testing means no one knows, they might be almost as good, and in some weird way might be better. Kick to the face or on the mouth/jaw? I'll take any full face on the market over an industrial hard hat/ballistic helmet/protec/ etc open face any day If you're suffering head trauma skydiving to the point impact rating matters, good luck to ya. (I also enjoying knowing that a number of people who disparage full face helmets and lack of impact rating probably jumped a frap hat for a decade) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
