blue24 0 #1 June 7, 2011 What is your favorite head gear: full face or open faced? Why do you like the gear? Pros and Cons. Bonehead Oxygn Protec Gath OTHER BRANDS...? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
likestojump 3 #2 June 7, 2011 I haven't tried them all, but I like the Cookie MXV (open face). I find it's a lot better and "smarter" built than my previos Bonehead Optik Illusion, and the even more previous Optik. I have kept my Z1 fullface for cold weather jumps, but I have worn it maybe 3 times in the last 4 years, so not much data there :( Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
solodude59 0 #3 June 7, 2011 I purchased the Parasport Italia Z1 shortly before I deployed. It fits ever-so-nicely to my massive dome , and Ive HEARD the vent around the mouth area allows for cool air to ventilate during freefall. I like the fact that I was able to buy a tinted lens. I bought a Neptune N3 to mount as my audible, but havent yet. Unfortunately, I havent had a chance to jump it yet , but I will get back to ya on that one... Still gotta finish AFF when I get home in a few weeks. Attached are pics with the tinted lens. In freefall, you have the rest of your life to figure out what's wrong. -Joe, AFF Instructor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 3 #4 June 7, 2011 I have one each of: Z1 OXYGN Cookie MXV Bonehead Guner Each for a different purpose. I don't really jump the Z1 much anymore because it needs new padding and the OXYGN fits fine. The MXV has my camera mounted on it, and the guner is for when I just want to fun jump with an open face (or when I need people to be able to see my mouth in the air) I keep a pro-dytter between all the helmets, just gotta remember which one I left it in last. "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roostnureye 2 #5 June 7, 2011 cookie composites all the way!Flock University FWC / ZFlock B.A.S.E. 1580 Aussie BASE 121 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackwallace 3 #6 June 8, 2011 HEAD, WHO SAID HEAD?U only make 2 jumps: the first one for some weird reason and the last one that you lived through. The rest are just filler. scr 316 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #7 June 8, 2011 I'LL TAKE SOME OF THAT!I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #8 June 8, 2011 My 1984 Brazilian Frap HatDon't bother asking if you don't know. You shouldn't wear one. Second place? And what I recomend. ProTec. Cheap, good vision and hearing, and some, not a lot, actual protection. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBachelor 5 #9 June 8, 2011 With my teammates, I need full-face. I'm fed up with my Oxygn A3. Poor manufacturing of the place that the ratchets go causes face shields to break too often. I tried both the Cookie and the Phantom, and I like the fit of the Phantom slightly better. For a teammate, it's exactly opposite -- the Cookie fits him better. The face shields on both of them are leaps and bounds ahead of the Oxygn shields.There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonstark 8 #10 June 8, 2011 squishy yellow ear plugs jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RMK 3 #11 June 8, 2011 TonFly...if you want the best."Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to attend his classes" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weaverd 0 #12 June 8, 2011 I just bought a Bonehead Revolve and have fallen in love!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lawdog1 0 #13 June 9, 2011 We had Bonehead cunstom make a run of the clam shell half rack camera helmets they no longer sell. The Best!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #14 June 9, 2011 After ~4000 jumps and 12 years my Z1 face shield closing tab has broken. I will buy another Z1. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #16 June 9, 2011 Quote Other Like yuo dont look silly enough alreadyYou must look like and BIG RED[/RED] ICBM when speed divingYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #17 June 10, 2011 Quote Quote Other Like yuo dont look silly enough alreadyYou must look like and BIG RED[/RED] ICBM when speed diving Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites