Depends on the purpose that you have it for, I guess
Personally, for my main biking (commuting etc), I have a flip-front helmet, with an integral sun-visor that can be lowered as/when I want to use it - I like it much better than having to put on/take off sunglasses (the helmet is a Scorpio x900, although Iām thinking of upgrading to the latest Shoei helmet, which looks nice)
In sunlight they are a godsentā¦ I really struggle and have on occasion had to pull over in very bright sunlight as my eyes are really sensitive.
Only tried a shark with internal sun visor and hated it so yes dark visor all the way! Sunglasses again a now go as I manage to mist them up in seconds and not really that comfortable
I usually will carry the clear one as well, unless I know Iāll be back just before sunset
think they are great, blocks the bright sunlight and at night blocks out the bright headlights and etc. i have black visor and its made riding easier as im not being blinded no more.
Just brought a new helmet actualy with a black visor for in the day. What do you all do about your clear one if you carry it around? Worried i may damage it
Iāve a ātrack use onlyā dark visor for really bright summer days ā¦ but for the rest of the time I use a clear visor with a Pro-tec Pinlok i.e. a reactalite insert.
Ideal for commuting regardless of the weather or time of day.
I do actualy
Itāll go in my rucksack i carry, not realy the scratches im thinking about, more of doing something stupid with my bag and breaking it. Time will tell
Just bought a new Shoei XR1100. Hoping to get a photochromtic insert or film for it. It changes tint the brighter the light hitting it, much like spectacles. Should work a treat.
Never had one but I think when I get my next helmet, Iāll get a tinted visor to go with it. Iāve tried the top gun internal sun visors but Iāve never found one that goes low enough to work properly.
A good pair of safety sunglasses work well, with the advantage that you can leave the visor open when itās hot to get a breeze through without getting your eyeballs coated in dead flies. They can be prone to misting up though.
I use dark tinted in the summer too, sun makes riding dangerous without one imho. Carry around the clear one in one of those Arai bags, but I donāt recommend that cos my clear visor got all scuffed up in my rucksack after it spent a summer knocking about inside it - even inside the Arai visor bag. Iāll get a visor bag I can properly close this year.
I have a flip-front Caberg with integral visor and I think itās great and the tint works a treat!
I also like being able to flip the front up when I nip into shops/garages etc.
I want to buy a tinted visor for my Shoei Qwest, but I think the legal ones arenāt dark enoughā¦I will have another look, otherwise Im going for the complete dark ones, not like its much of a hassle to switch them around when stopped by the police.