There has been a shift in the construction industry to shift to newer hard hats that encompass the whole skull. Some job sites require these as they are safer than a traditional hard hat and they come with a chin strap to maintain a secure protective device in a fall scenario. I have been eyeballing these styles, but hey tended to be a bit expensive (approx $400-500). As time has marched on, Milwaukee came out with the “Bolt” series. I bought one for under $100 and added the visor for another $60. On my rainy afternoon ride, I put it to the test and it finally produced what I have been looking for, as I have prescription eyeglasses that always tend to get fogged up and smeared. The visor sits further away from the face and that allows ventilation, and protecting my eyeglasses. On the pictures, I show the cushioning on both my normal riding helmet and the hard hat. As you can see, the Bolt has more coverage and protection. A new option at your local safety gear store.

Thanks for posting, being retired I no longer keep track of the latest in hard hats.

But for biking in rain, I prefer the old fashioned rain cover.



And the latest bike helmets use something called MIPS, do you know if your hard hat has that? An internet search found this website:
https://mipsprotection.com

I've seen the floppy strap-on visor a couple of times. It makes sense for both rain and sun.


With the white helmet, what are we looking at? Is that a hard hat or some sport helmet? And is the swing-down visor an add-on for the helmet or integrated?

This I believe...

Maybe this add-on?

I don't ride in the rain (at least not by choice!) but I do ride when it's sunny & bright. The POC head protection I bought eariler this summer doesn't include a visor (the Bell I bought in '23 does but I prefer the POC now, it just fits better) so I found a $7.00 Walmart thingy that actually fits (with the help of a couple of Velcro 'one-side-does-it-all' tabs to keep the straps in place) and doesn't blow around or come loose when I'm pedaling furiously into the wind:



Admittedly not stylish yet fully functional.

I like the hat over the yellow helmet. I have a giant head, and I can never find a hat that fits. Even the adjustable sun hats don't adjust big enough for some reason.

I have found that the visor on mountain bike helmets is pretty useful Not only in rain, but also when someone won't dim their lights. Of course, a helmet light on bright will shut that down most of the time. I generally don't have my helmet light on. The effect of turning it on and shining it at the car gets the message across pretty well. And anyway, what are people doing with traffic in front of them with their brights on?

The white helmet is actually a hard hat sold at most safety supply houses. The visor is an add on. Both are Milwaukee products.

https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Produc...ead-Protection

Is that the Vaude helmet cover? That's what I've got. Mine has a drawcord with one of those toggle locks to adjust the fit. Very handy and effective!

I wear prescription glasses, and have some Uvex safety glasses with prescription inserts that I wear when riding. The safety glasses come with different color front elements, so you can swap the dark tinted element (used in the sun) for a yellow or clear element for poor conditions. Very handy.
Still... there are days when the rain is heavy and the airflow just isn't sufficient to keep them from fogging up and I have to put my glasses on. Some sort of visor to keep the rain out of my face might be nice. A clear face shield, though, would just fog up worse than my safety glasses, I suspect.

Steve in Peoria

For rain, I generally try to keep out of it.

My preference is for a basic rain cover for the bike helmet. The helmet is of "bike" grade and should better protect against crashes while on a bike, as compared to "hardhat" alternatives. The helmet cover keeps the rain out of the hair.

As for the eyes, my own helmets have a small attached visor. Isn't enough to keep out spitting drizzle or driving rain, but that's where an appropriately-large wrap-around pair of glasses comes in handy.

Yes, that is a Vaude cover. It often is a roll of the dice to find out if a particular brand of cover will work well with a particular helmet, but that cover fit well on that helmet. I discarded the helmet that I was wearing in that photo later, with UV damage, it was due for replacement. When I bought a new helmet, I tested the rain cover on the helmet in the store before I bought the new helmet.

I have always used those MTB type helmets with a visor on the front, and a helmet rain cover that goes over the visor is useful to keep the rain water from dripping off the helmet onto my glasses. And as you can see in the photo, I use a mirror that clamps onto that helmet visor. I used to wear hard hats for work, got used to having that brim in the rain so I could not imagine owning a bike helmet without a brim. Also had a snap on brim like that on my motorcycle helmets, but on a motorcycle at highway speeds the rain still hit my glasses.

I used to use the wrap around sunglasses with an insert inside that held separate corrective lenses. But I got my eyes lasered about ten years ago, PRK. My eyes are old enough that now I need readers for closeup, the glasses I was wearing in the photo are non-prescription safety glasses with reader bifocal lenses built in. I carry yellow glasses for rain or dark conditions, dark tint for daytime, but my daytime glasses are not safety glass rated.

I also have the Vaude cover...
EDIT: just checked and it's actually an M-wave. I have a biking backpack which is a Vaude.
...and it just barely fits my Smith Signal (mips) helmet.
It's so tight that I just removed the adjuster on the elastic since it wasn't doing anything.
No room for a visor, but the helmet doesn't accept one.
I use cheap (10-15$) wrap-around safety glasses when riding, either clear or dark.

My preferred solution is Taiga Works rain cover

Since this thread started out on rain and helmets, I am surprised nobody mentioned the free shower caps you can occasionally get in motels. I have never tried one, every time I took one I met a bicyclist soon after that needed a rain cover, so they got my freebie.

one of my favorite topics. I love personal innovation. but I also appreciate not having to reinvent the wheel by using existing products. I don't wear eye glasses so I appreciate the effort ppl have to go thru to accommodate them

I get a lot of use out of this thing

Some of us might like that thing. What is it called and where can we get it?

This is Taiga Works. It used to be available on Amazon, but the last time I might have needed to order from Canada.

oh sorry same Taiga Works rain cover in post #11 above by 2_i

they are very good in active snowfall as well!

apologies for this scary photo but it does show more how well it fits




it might initially look silly, but trust me, when you pass other riders getting soaked, you will look brilliant

love those, got a lot of use out of those & super easy to stow in a bag

tell us more about the white one w/ the visor. how does it fit w/ your glasses? got a photo? how does it feel when you are in riding position, meaning leaning forward?. with only a few small vents, I'll bet it would be a decent winter helmet