I desperatly want to be a TIE pilot BUT i'm badly short sighted and need spectacles. Is there sufficent space in the helmet to wear glasses or should i get contacts or not bother with the helmet?
Glasses in Helmet question
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Friday 6-May-2016, 02:50 PM
Helmets are horrendous for fogging glasses , I use contacts in mine with no problem at all , just eye drops every few hours .
Friday 6-May-2016, 03:56 PM
My TIE and TK helmets are big enough for me to wear glasses inside, if your fan is decent enough they shouldn't fog up. For my CT and Cody I wear prescription safety glasses, again if your fans are good the fogging isn't that bad. (I can't stand contacts!)
Friday 6-May-2016, 04:19 PM
I can and have worn glasses in my helmet ... it is doable with fans to stop the fogging (def wouldn't recommend without them)
Saying that though I prefer to wear contacts as makes getting the helmet on and off that bit easier
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Friday 6-May-2016, 04:33 PM
I tried contacts for this purpose, but I couldn't get them in. No amount of head tilting/ eyelid propping tricks could make it happen. With some rearrangement of the helmet pads and fans running directly across the glasses I was able to fit glasses in there and they don't fog. You can expect more space in a tie helmet for glasses and fans, but the important point is to make sure the fans are blowing air directly across the glasses and not just randomly around the bucket.
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Friday 6-May-2016, 04:48 PM
Its contacts for me too!
"The Death Star plans are not in the main computer"
Friday 6-May-2016, 06:57 PM
You should be fine in the TIE. The helmet is huge. When it comes to your fans just go a little bigger and use Velcro to mount the fan, so you can alter the angle. I settled on mine that now mount right next to the visor and blow across the lens strip.
Wednesday 11-May-2016, 01:42 PM
Hey Skymate....
I'm blind as a bat and I wear my contacts when wearing buckets, there is a double fog issue plus pressure spots if your bucket pushes against your ears I have found and that makes it uncomfortable, also its hard enough to see out of and 2 lots of lenses and glasses movement does impede vision in my experience. Just be sure to have a spare set and solution and your glasses when trooping for those added emergency issues! cheers Gix
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