Headgear- Helmets, Hats, and all

TheRussianPoljak · November 12th, 2005, 19:12

What do you use for airsoft? or if you can show your collections?

yanhchan · November 12th, 2005, 19:31

I use the plastic helmet liner that they sell for ten bucks in U.S. surplus stores for helmet. I've put the helmet under many different guns up to 400 FPS and it with stands the impact well the BBs shatter. Balaclava bought at a dollar store protects my face. Digi Cam broke sorry no pics.

Goldman · November 12th, 2005, 19:33

I tend to just waer boonies, and occasionally a borrowed K-Pot. I can't decide if i want to shell out the money for one or not, but in all honest, helmets are overkill unless your dealing with some wierd stuff. (IE developing and testing a tank barrel full of peas on your team mates

)

DuffMan · November 12th, 2005, 19:37

CQB, I sometimes wear balaclavas. Usually, I wear a simple CADPAT skullcap, wrapped over with some cut CADPAT netting so it doesn't look like shit and adds some dimension. Boonies tend to fog up goggles, and hey, the headwrap look is sweet :P

dman · November 12th, 2005, 19:51

It's a toss up between my helmet, and a boonie hat. All depends on whether or not I want the extra 10 lbs on my head or not.

http://www.airsoftcanada.com/gallery...age.php?i=1921 <--- Helmet

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Edit:
I should note: I don't wear the helmet as protection. It's more of for the look. Helmets in an airsoft game really have a low likelyhood of saving your ass, if anything they make it easier to spot you out there. However, it does make it very easy to tell when you are hit in the head, as the distinctive "crack" is quite easy to hear when you're hit. So pretty much wear a helmet if you like the look of it, but if you're wearing it for any sort of protection (other than the low tree branch, etc) it's not going to do much.

Trader rating · November 12th, 2005, 20:28

Woodland boonie hat. I might pick up a ABS PASGT helmet an throw on a woodland cover later.

Kane · November 12th, 2005, 20:36

Depends what look I'm going for, as well as the weather on game day, but helmets and boonies are occationally worn in place of my ever-present berets...

Lerch · November 13th, 2005, 00:55

Let's see, I've got a British issue MkVI kevlar helmet, desert DPM boonie (SF-brim), SCC beret and shemagh.

I only use the MkVI when it's either cold and the boonie is usually just for the summer.

Captain Tenneal · November 13th, 2005, 05:10

The question i'd like to ask is where do you get any replica PASGT helmet that'll fit an XXXL head? (Or boonies or other headwear for that matter, I know retailers routinely stock XL as the largest size possible, but I've got a huge noggin' and I need bigger)

Greylocks · November 13th, 2005, 09:41

Boonie hat, or head scarf.

CDN_Stalker · November 13th, 2005, 09:54

Cadpat boonie or cadpat material bandana tied to my head. Depends on teh weather and my mood I suppose. My Bolle's don't fog up much from the boonie, but I DO have the problem of sweat building up on the top edge of the goggles and leaking down the inside of the vsor, creating the same type of problem, but harder to get rid of. Flip the front of the boonie up 'sniper style' and fog goes away fast. Sweat......... ugh! Wearing the bandana low so it covers my eyebrows, then putting the top edge of my goggles on that prevents sweat from getting on the goggles. When I wear my boonie I might just have to go for a Rambo headand to do the same thing.

I'm pretty old school, if that shows.

Ok, once in while I'll wear a ballcap as well.

markedman · November 13th, 2005, 10:55

[QUOTE=dman]

Helmets in an airsoft game really have a low likelyhood of saving your ass, QUOTE]

Your wearing the helmet all wrong. :banghead:

I use a Boonie or a skull cap. Also use an ESS turbo fan googles

vondnik · November 13th, 2005, 12:41

german issued patrol cap or the clubs baseball caps.

Freedom Fighter · November 13th, 2005, 12:52

I've wore whatever went with the gear I had at the time. Boonie, bandana, balaclava, PASGT replica and now for the next season I'll be wearing a PROTEC repro. Whatever you like at the moment, go with.

ouyin2000 · November 13th, 2005, 16:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Hawk

Let's see, I've got a British issue MkVI kevlar helmet, desert DPM boonie (SF-brim), SCC beret and shemagh.

I only use the MkVI when it's either cold and the boonie is usually just for the summer.

Where did you manage to get a shemagh?

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November 12th, 2005, 19:12	#1
TheRussianPoljak Trader rating Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Toronto	Headgear- Helmets, Hats, and all What do you use for airsoft? or if you can show your collections?

November 12th, 2005, 19:31	#2
yanhchan Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Scarborough/Richmond Hill ON	I use the plastic helmet liner that they sell for ten bucks in U.S. surplus stores for helmet. I've put the helmet under many different guns up to 400 FPS and it with stands the impact well the BBs shatter. Balaclava bought at a dollar store protects my face. Digi Cam broke sorry no pics. __________________ YANHCHAN'S AIRSMITHING: AEG repair/Tune up/Upgrades V2/V3 mechboxes, rewiring/reconnecting. Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country ~John F. Kennedy

November 12th, 2005, 19:33	#3
Goldman Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto	I tend to just waer boonies, and occasionally a borrowed K-Pot. I can't decide if i want to shell out the money for one or not, but in all honest, helmets are overkill unless your dealing with some wierd stuff. (IE developing and testing a tank barrel full of peas on your team mates ) __________________ Maybe you'll find someone else to help you. Maybe black mesa... THAT WAS A JOKE, ha ha, fat chance. My Buy/Sell 1337ness rating

November 12th, 2005, 19:37	#4
DuffMan Trader rating Join Date: Feb 2004	CQB, I sometimes wear balaclavas. Usually, I wear a simple CADPAT skullcap, wrapped over with some cut CADPAT netting so it doesn't look like shit and adds some dimension. Boonies tend to fog up goggles, and hey, the headwrap look is sweet :P __________________ "He resisted. I asked him to comply." "Telling him to 'eat it, bitch' is not really a request."

November 12th, 2005, 19:51	#5
dman Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2001	It's a toss up between my helmet, and a boonie hat. All depends on whether or not I want the extra 10 lbs on my head or not. http://www.airsoftcanada.com/gallery...age.php?i=1921 <--- Helmet <shameless plug>Also, though, flexfit hats work really great... http://www.airsoftcanada.com/showthr...hlight=flexfit </shameless plug> Edit: I should note: I don't wear the helmet as protection. It's more of for the look. Helmets in an airsoft game really have a low likelyhood of saving your ass, if anything they make it easier to spot you out there. However, it does make it very easy to tell when you are hit in the head, as the distinctive "crack" is quite easy to hear when you're hit. So pretty much wear a helmet if you like the look of it, but if you're wearing it for any sort of protection (other than the low tree branch, etc) it's not going to do much. __________________ - "dman"

November 12th, 2005, 20:28	#6
-Skeletor- Guest Trader rating	Woodland boonie hat. I might pick up a ABS PASGT helmet an throw on a woodland cover later.

November 12th, 2005, 20:36	#7
Kane Trader rating Join Date: May 2002 Location: Salmon Arm, BC	Depends what look I'm going for, as well as the weather on game day, but helmets and boonies are occationally worn in place of my ever-present berets... __________________ “You hear the far-off crack of a rifle, your fate finally registering in your subconscious far too late as the white hot bullet penetrates your skull. Another round slams into the chamber even as your lifeless body falls to the ground…”---Unknown sniper “Invisible souls leave .308 holes.”----USMC Recon Sniper

November 13th, 2005, 00:55	#8
Lerch * AV Status REVOKED * Trader rating Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: CFB Shilo, MB	Let's see, I've got a British issue MkVI kevlar helmet, desert DPM boonie (SF-brim), SCC beret and shemagh. I only use the MkVI when it's either cold and the boonie is usually just for the summer. __________________

November 13th, 2005, 05:10	#9
Captain Tenneal Formerly Muffinman Trader rating Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba	The question i'd like to ask is where do you get any replica PASGT helmet that'll fit an XXXL head? (Or boonies or other headwear for that matter, I know retailers routinely stock XL as the largest size possible, but I've got a huge noggin' and I need bigger) __________________

November 13th, 2005, 09:41	#10
Greylocks Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Gatineau, Quebec (Near Ottawa)	Boonie hat, or head scarf.

November 13th, 2005, 09:54	#11
CDN_Stalker Official ASC Bladesmith Trader rating Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ottawa, Ont.	Cadpat boonie or cadpat material bandana tied to my head. Depends on teh weather and my mood I suppose. My Bolle's don't fog up much from the boonie, but I DO have the problem of sweat building up on the top edge of the goggles and leaking down the inside of the vsor, creating the same type of problem, but harder to get rid of. Flip the front of the boonie up 'sniper style' and fog goes away fast. Sweat......... ugh! Wearing the bandana low so it covers my eyebrows, then putting the top edge of my goggles on that prevents sweat from getting on the goggles. When I wear my boonie I might just have to go for a Rambo headand to do the same thing. I'm pretty old school, if that shows. Ok, once in while I'll wear a ballcap as well. __________________ STKR Knives http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/STK...17036668380871

November 13th, 2005, 10:55	#12
markedman Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Calgary Alberta	[QUOTE=dman] Helmets in an airsoft game really have a low likelyhood of saving your ass, QUOTE] Your wearing the helmet all wrong. :banghead: I use a Boonie or a skull cap. Also use an ESS turbo fan googles

November 13th, 2005, 12:41	#13
vondnik Ban-Fu Sifu Trader rating Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Socialist republic of Kebekistan	german issued patrol cap or the clubs baseball caps. __________________ Vondnik, team Bad Karma, PQAC Murphy's second rule: Nothing is impossible for the man who does not have to do it himself.

November 13th, 2005, 12:52	#14
Freedom Fighter Trader rating Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mississauga, ON	I've wore whatever went with the gear I had at the time. Boonie, bandana, balaclava, PASGT replica and now for the next season I'll be wearing a PROTEC repro. Whatever you like at the moment, go with. __________________ Few individuals would view themselves as barbarous, no, instead they view themselves in a different light, a distorted reality that justifies who they are and what they have done.

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