Danderson76

Thank you :-) I actually have plenty of helmets. This was a "food for thought" sort of thing. I wanted people's input and thoughts because the question crossed my mind and I just wanted a discussion on it, but I'm sure it might be useful to others reading this thread!

Thanks for the feedback everyone! Definitely not trying to re-invent the wheel. Skydiving helmets are $400 plus, motorcycle considerably less, which is what spurred the question (and I know the audience is smaller which drives up prices etc). The weight of the helmet seems to be the main factor which was my original concern. I've only seen a few and they were all heavy. I wasn't sure if they were all like that or not. It sounds like they are.

That would be something to address if you were wearing a camera for sure, but my guess is that might be an easy swap out or alteration to make if you wanted to put on the plastic snap variety. I think I would want the snap variety in lieu of the d ring if it were a possibility. Cut away systems usually involve camera helmets though which are an animal of their own.

What are your opinions on using a helmet such as this for skydiving? $90 for all normal sizes and an electric visor so that it won't freeze in freezing temps for an extra $80. Obviously so much cheaper. I don't see any snag points, the visor has good visibility from side to side, up and down would be less. I don't know how much it weighs. I know motorcycle helmets can be pretty heavy. It's crash rated though. Thoughts? http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/23957/i/z1r-phantom-solid-snow-helmet?SITEID=MSN+SEARCH+NON-BRAND+none&WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=10007&creative=4760510586&device=c&matchtype={MatchType}

I was on the jump (center of the S). -it was planned in less than a week -we shot it in one day, on a Sunday -we were asked to use our own gear (in response to the jumpsuit comment) -we did the skydive that IB wanted us to do, the formation of the word YES -point is.....we did what we were asked/paid to do (what the customer wanted - in reference to the nothing spectacular comment) It was a really cool thing to be a part of, we had a ton of fun that day I guess some people are always going to take the first opportunity to criticize....for some reason it always surprises me, especially when it's completely uncalled for