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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:17:42 AM EDT
Yes, I searched...
Given the improvised weapons the left is coming up with and the ability that these weapons have to do some real damage, I'm thinking about getting a non-ballistic helmet to throw in the back of the car in case I happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. I definitely don't want to catch a bike lock to the back of the head. I'd also like to have something that I can train with and mount NV if I ever decide to sell a kidney. You never know when I might be called upon for a swift water rescue, either. 
I'm tempted by the PT Bravo series. It's relatively low cost, but the reviews are good to meh. I'm willing to spend the scratch for a more expensive helmet, but it really needs to be worth it. If a Bravo is good for the padlock-in-a-hankerchief and hitting my head going through a doorway, that's good enough for me. If it's going to fold if a hairy inkie girl looks at me wrong, then I obviously need something better. Comment and suggestions? |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:19:58 AM EDT
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If I'm forced to get involved with those people it will not be swinging purses...
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:20:36 AM EDT
[#2]
You are getting a little paranoid
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:22:05 AM EDT
[#3]
protec skateboard helmet
you can put some sweet stickers on it too |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:22:30 AM EDT
[#4]
Totally different animals.
You need very good suspension to hold up NVG's on a helmet or else you'll be struggling with ocular droop all the time. If it's just for bottles and rocks, any skateboard helmet will do. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:23:52 AM EDT
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You are getting a little paranoid |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:26:45 AM EDT
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https://www.amazon.com/Bauer-Helmet-Combo-Black-Medium/dp/?tag=vglnk-c102-20
 
/ref=lp_3412741_1_1?s=team-sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1492781135&sr=1-1 |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:27:20 AM EDT
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Ballistic helmets can be found fairly cheap as surplus. Or even steel pots.
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:28:14 AM EDT
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just get a protech or a bell skate or bike helmet.
use the chinstrap. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:29:27 AM EDT
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Are you going to Trump rallies on the regular?
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:31:32 AM EDT
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If you're going that route don't cut corners. It'll escalate to rounds being fired sooner or later.
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:32:14 AM EDT
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I live in a state where I can carry a gun pretty much everywhere except federal property, so I'm not worried about it.
If they are trying the old padlock in a handkerchief on me, baseball bat, etc, they are gonna get shot. Its that simple. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:37:24 AM EDT
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Better to have and not need than to need and not have. Here in NY we have limited means of protection. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:37:42 AM EDT
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Ballistic helmets can be found fairly cheap as surplus. Or even steel pots. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:44:07 AM EDT
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How cheap? Are you looking for ballistic?
The cheapest non-crap one I've found is Revision Viper A3 High Cut ... |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:44:36 AM EDT
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The Nike batting helm seems to be popular. I'd definitely want something solid. The air gaps in bike helms would be vulnerable to spikes and nails.
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:46:20 AM EDT
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All you need are two loaves of bread.
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:48:03 AM EDT
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Given the price of some of these non-ballistic helmets, I may be willing to spend the extra $75 to step up to ballistic.
Ops-core bump is $275 Revision ballistic is $350 Appreciate the suggestions, but I'm not wearing a lacrosse helmet if I ever take a EAG course. Surprising there's a 70-odd page thread on plate carriers, but not a comprehensive one on helmet options. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:49:25 AM EDT
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https://www.amazon.com/Bauer-Helmet-Combo-Black-Medium/dp/?tag=vglnk-c102-20www.amazon.com/dp/B00UT58SZA/ref=lp_3412741_1_1?s=team-sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1492781135&sr=1-1 |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:51:36 AM EDT
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Whatever you do, do not buy one that looks like this-
Just saying... |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:52:52 AM EDT
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Surplus ACH Here for $179, used.
I have a PASGT from long ago. Picked up a really good condition ACH from that store. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 9:54:46 AM EDT
[#21]
Just buy an ACH. I got one for under $200
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:01:26 AM EDT
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Just buy an ACH. I got one for under $200 |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:05:46 AM EDT
[#23]
Football helmet
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:06:24 AM EDT
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I picked up an M1 pot with liner and woodland camo cover for $35 last year. Nothing I needed but it's fun to watch Band of Brothers in my underwear with my GI 1911 and helmet, and if things ever get sideways in East Tennessee I'll be ready.
I thought I was the only one....... 
OP, why not a pagst? |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:07:43 AM EDT
[#25]
If you are in a car, you are already inside of a helmet.
Just drive. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:08:43 AM EDT
[#26]
I have a truck and a .45. Fuck those idiots
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:10:50 AM EDT
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Whatever you do, do not buy one that looks like this- https://image.sportsmansguide.com/adimgs/l/2/233221_ts.jpg Just saying... 
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:17:37 AM EDT
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If you're going that route don't cut corners. It'll escalate to rounds being fired sooner or later. This. The way things are ramping up, it's only a matter of time. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:18:50 AM EDT
[#29]
I can't tell how serious of a thread this is.
If you don't have NODs just get a bell or protec skate helmet. If you need a ballistic helmet get an ACH if you're not using it with any regularity. ETA: A skateboard helmet will run $40, everything above that for a "tactical bump" helmet is paying for the cost of mounting and stabilizing NODs comfortably for periods of time. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:23:05 AM EDT
[#30]
I can't picture how I will end up in some skateboard helmets, hockey pads and flag pole fight. I think you end up in those if you show up to a scheduled fight (okay they call them protests but they seem like scheduled jousts).
If a horde of anarchists show up at my house with pepper spray, sticks and wine bottles I'm going to shoot them. I guess if I was young and lived somewhere like LA I could see investing in some makeshift melee armor |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:25:38 AM EDT
[#31]
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I can't tell how serious of a thread this is. If you don't have NODs just get a bell or protec skate helmet. If you need a ballistic helmet get an ACH if you're not using it with any regularity. I am looking for primarily a non-ballistic, simply based on cost and expected likelihood of use. But I'm not opposed to stepping up to ballistic if there's not a huge price difference (which there doesn't seem to be for the HSLD versions). The protest stuff in the OP was kinda tongue-in-cheek, but actually I have been contemplating a helmet for training/SHTF for years now. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:33:20 AM EDT
[#32]
Here you go OP! Youll be safe AND fabulous!
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:39:38 AM EDT
[#33]
funny subject.... Someone I know has ordered helmets, shield and other riot gear in bulk to sell due to the antifa crowds.
the product offering was interesting but Im not sure a ballistic plate from China is what I want. a few helmets and shield sure why not? lol |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:53:02 AM EDT
[#34]
that is awesome. we will have vendors a block or two back form the riots. how capitalist.
let me know when we are going to start neckbearding hoodies and bike locks. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:54:02 AM EDT
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Oh, I'm serious. I just noticed there weren't any dedicated threads on helmet selection, ballistic or non-ballistic. Kind of surprising on arfcom. I am looking for primarily a non-ballistic, simply based on cost and expected likelihood of use. But I'm not opposed to stepping up to ballistic if there's not a huge price difference (which there doesn't seem to be for the HSLD versions). The protest stuff in the OP was kinda tongue-in-cheek, but actually I have been contemplating a helmet for training/SHTF for years now. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I can't tell how serious of a thread this is. If you don't have NODs just get a bell or protec skate helmet. If you need a ballistic helmet get an ACH if you're not using it with any regularity. I am looking for primarily a non-ballistic, simply based on cost and expected likelihood of use. But I'm not opposed to stepping up to ballistic if there's not a huge price difference (which there doesn't seem to be for the HSLD versions). The protest stuff in the OP was kinda tongue-in-cheek, but actually I have been contemplating a helmet for training/SHTF for years now. Usually they end up with people extolling the virtues of suspect brands of imported Chinese helmets that look like FASTs but are 1/3rd the price. A used ACH on the EE will run <$150. I've seen then as low as $75. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:57:43 AM EDT
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I have this exact helmet for when the SHTF...
It's actually really comfy, and I'm from Munich...so bonus! |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:58:38 AM EDT
[#37]
Don't forget the shoulder pads.
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Posted: 4/21/2017 10:58:50 AM EDT
[#38]
Fuck skateboard helmets. If it comes time, I'll be rocking a Pickelhaube, football shoulder pads, and a jockstrap...and nothing else.
At least that way I'll be assured of my fifteen minutes of e-fame. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 11:00:12 AM EDT
[#39]
Oh, I've got a helmet
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Posted: 4/21/2017 11:01:53 AM EDT
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I picked up an M1 pot with liner and woodland camo cover for $35 last year. Nothing I needed but it's fun to watch Band of Brothers in my underwear with my GI 1911 and helmet, and if things ever get sideways in East Tennessee I'll be ready. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 11:03:40 AM EDT
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Why waste money, time, and your life on a non-ballistic helmut? I have MSA MICH ballistic helmut and have a helmut shroud mount for NV equipment. These run about $500, but, I've gotten two on sale for $250 each. There are more expensive ballistic helmuts ($800-$1,300), but, the MICH offers good coverage at a more reasonable price.
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Posted: 4/21/2017 11:07:20 AM EDT
[#42]
How about a full face motorcycle helmet?
http://www.motorcyclecloseouts.com/insanity/28919 |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 11:08:58 AM EDT
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Oh, I'm serious. I just noticed there weren't any dedicated threads on helmet selection, ballistic or non-ballistic. Kind of surprising on arfcom. I am looking for primarily a non-ballistic, simply based on cost and expected likelihood of use. But I'm not opposed to stepping up to ballistic if there's not a huge price difference (which there doesn't seem to be for the HSLD versions). The protest stuff in the OP was kinda tongue-in-cheek, but actually I have been contemplating a helmet for training/SHTF for years now. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 11:09:59 AM EDT
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You are getting a little paranoid |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 11:10:35 AM EDT
[#45]
Ive been in 4 riots in my life, 3 of which I was paid for. None were any fun even the ones where people were supposed to be happy a championship was won. Another was in our nations capitol, as an 18yo I was dumb enough to go to a Pro Shah of Iran rally in front of the WH just because I got free plane tickets/Hotel and wanted to see DC. This was the highlight of my trip, I was lucky to get out alive. Hell I couldnt even find Iran on the map at the time.
Ive gotten a little shy of crowds in my dotage. These events attract to many fools. |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 11:11:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
You are getting a little paranoid |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 11:11:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
You are getting a little paranoid |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 11:16:40 AM EDT
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Here you go OP! Youll be safe AND fabulous! https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/3d6d6021-bf87-4786-8f22-ef13ff43e8b1_1.79ec76182c5c0769aaaa575f8faa86d9.jpeg?odnHeight=450&odnWidth=450&odnBg=FFFFFF |
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Posted: 4/21/2017 11:21:45 AM EDT
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FPNI
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Posted: 4/21/2017 11:39:48 AM EDT
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