Helmet with glasses?
 

Hey, I'm looking at possibly starting to do autocross or rallycross and all the courses require a helmet. I wear glasses/prescription sunglasses so I was wondering if anyone else has encountered that same issue, I'd like the price to be low as well, maybe I'm asking for a lot but I'm just checking, thanks!

Before I got a Shark helmet with built in sun visor, I used to wear my RayBan's all the time. Shouldn't be an issue unless you have really thick arms of the glasses

A Q&D search of the WWW turned up zero helmets with prescription visors (the lens would be too far from the eye if mounted in the visor). I found a lot of pages/posts about which helmets work best with glasses. "Football glasses" were mentioned as an option.

Prescription visors would freak me out, I'm so used to glasses on my face. I'll have to check out football glasses, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

I just wear my glasses inside my helmet? Put the helmet on first, then put the glasses on through the visor hole. The padding on the side of the helmet just holds it there.

It's almost like you're using....LOGIC :gtfo2:

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Just get contacts, glasses tend to fog up with a closed visor. It's why I have contacts now. You'll love them. Think of allll theee sunnglaasssseeessss

If your glasses are fogging up you are breathing too hard. I have not had that experience and if I did...I know logic...open the visor or leave it open slightly.

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I have always worn glasses and prescription sunglasses, plus the idea of putting something on my eyeball makes me...not a fan of that idea

Contact lenses are great, but I wouldn't recommend them in a dusty environment. They make even the smallest dust particles feel like boulders. And a good blast of wind in the face can make them move around just enough to mess up your vision for a few seconds. That is my experience with rigid gas permeables so YMMV.

Race and instruct regularly in glasses and/or sunglasses in my Pytrotect Pro Airflow

Never had this problem with glasses. I've been wearing a full face helmet since they first came out in the '70's. I've had more problems with the shields fogging up. On the bike, I use a 2 piece anti-fog shield on my Shoei X11 helmet. In the Z. I wear a Bell GT5 Touring. You can wear either a visor or full shield with it. I wear the visor.

I've worn glasses since 3rd grade. Not changing now. Besides, the glasses have saved my eyeballs a couple of times now. :eek: Tried contacts and never liked them.

Is that when the short bus started requiring them to ride? :stirthepot: :icon17:

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I went from a Bell Magnum to a Bell Star.

Just make sure when you purchase your helmet that it meets any of the SNELL or DOT ratings required for the track/autocross event.

For me, I had some older helmets that I used for my motorcycles and NONE of them met the requirement that I needed...just adding my $.02. Would hate that you bought a new helmet then got to the event just to be denied...

The helmet should meet a Snell Standard. The old Standard was Snell 2010. The one still be used is Shell 2015. The New Standard is Shell 2016. Also, helmets 5 years of age and older may not be allowed. Always check with who you are running with. If a helmet has taken a hit. Do not wear it again. Helmets are a one time deal. The foam liner in them is designed to crush on impact. Once crushed. It's done it's job.

The article is a bit dated, but gives you a good idea on the Shell Standards.

Auto Racing Helmet Ratings - RacingHelmetGuide.com

I've been looking for a SA 2015 rating since that's what most tracks require. If I had the money, I'd go for a Stig look...the black Stig since I have a black car....

Mine is a SA 2015 and I like a little contrast. LMAO!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a4dd4f4ea1.jpg

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It makes you stand out or is that outstanding?:confused:


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^^^ Did you steal my desk? It looks like mine, crap everywhere. LOL

The only thing missing is the Mountain Dew can and cup of water.

Some helmets (Shoei xTwelve is one) have cutouts in the padding which allow glasses frames to pass through and over your ears more easily. It's much better in my opinion but probably more costly. Also, get glasses with straight(ish) ear hooks, or whatever they're called.

The Shoei X12 is a motorcycle helmet. Different requirements then a car helmet. ;)

I wear glasses that have straight ear pieces so that they slip in easier. :tup: