Headgear- Helmets, Hats, and all
 

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

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.

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 ;) )

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

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.

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

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...

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.

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)

Boonie hat, or head scarf.

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.

[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

german issued patrol cap or the clubs baseball caps.

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.

Where did you manage to get a shemagh?

Shemaghs are easy to find, almost every surplus store sells them. Check the sellers/gear/clothing someone might be selling one.

I where a replica helmet with a helmet cover of what ever camo I am using.

kevlar PASGT with assorted covers, Boony hat or my ghillie suit integrated hat hehe.

Jesus mate, I've seen them in at Harrison's the two times I was there. I got mine at Dave's in New West. Then today I got a couple Quarpel hats and a CADPAT net...plus a the start of my CADPAT combats :D

boonie, or ballcap
I never have and never will wear a helmet.
save for a clown suit, nothing stands out in the bush like a helmet. It is the single easiest thing to spot, even at huge distances.
belclava, nope. just foggs, overheats, and its a solid color.
for CQB, I wear my ballcap and a smile. BBs hurt, thats why we play.
IMHO, if you wear armor for the look, well, dress-up isnt my thing, but ok, thats fine...so long as it doesnt negativly effect performance. but if you wear armor/gear for protection....maby playing a game with hi-speed automatic weapons firing solid projectiles isnt for you...maby lazer quest or some videogame.
at CQB, a belclava isnt gonna offer much help.

I would beg to differ, while it's going to sting either way, I'd rather have something soft cushion the impact of a BB going straight to my tooth. There's less chance of chipping that way.

Yea, helmets can stand out a bit(in the woods), but you can also throw scrim onto them.

Also, just because something is a solid color doesn't mean it still can't help you blend into the enviroment, unless its hot pink or something.

I've got a cam net sewn together for my helmet, complete with para-cord drawstring.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...t/IMAG0045.jpg

A helmet with the apropriate cover won't stand out in the bush. Solid black helmet will. OD a little less.


I use my helmet when I play heavy or CQB. I don't use it for protection, but for autenticity. The protection is give is welcome in CQB when you are running in a basement and a large lead pipe get in your way... Saved my head about 10 time in a single game.

[QUOTE=markedman]
how do those goggles work ?i was thinking about buying them

It's just a fan that circulate the air inside your goggle so it don't fog up.

Work really well.

In most case, a good pair of goggle and anti-fog spray will work nicely. That if you don't want to spend the 200+$ for the ESS with fan.