vonzipper Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 I'm considering a fiberglass helmet: either a MLC or NI product. Does anyone have any experience with one or both models? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Voorhees Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 MLC's are very nice, well made helmets. Ive had a couple in my scout journeys and the only reason i dont have one now is i have an ABS LW helmet. From what i understand the NI is a little bigger ,and it has a slighty more accurate look to me, but ive never owned one or saw one in person so hopefully someone else will chime in about those. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonzipper Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 I just read on another website that the MLC helmet doesn't come with a visor. Is that true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinxx44 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 It comes with everything needed I believe. Just ordered one and that's what I was told. Don't know why that website says that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stasz Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 If you do a forum search for "NI Bucket" you'll get quite a few threads discussing the NI and some good comparison pics. Make sure you use quotation marks in the search bar, or else it won't let you search for two character words. It's a decent enough looking lid, but it doesn't seem like a lot of troops use them for whatever reason. Personally, I don't like the way the visor joins the face plate but that's nit-pickey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookymufu Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I own an MLC V3 and the only things I needed to buy was a more accurate snout, I got from DVH, I got decals and a visor lens from trooperbay and authentic 3M bolts, you can only use the round parts tho and put them over the bolts the helmet comes with because the 3M bolts are far too short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonzipper Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 Still not clear as to whether the MLC comes with a visor or not. Maybe it depends on where you get it from? I contacted MLC by e-mail and he stated "we don't provide any lenses/visors due to the ff." Not sure if its a language issue with the word "visor". Has anybody who purchased directly from MLC have the visor included? I'll send MC an e-mail and see what they say about the visor being included.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01Hawk Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 It may be an issue with terminology. Some people refer to the part that is like the bill of a hat at the visor I think. I would refer to it as the black/green lense and see if that helps. I would think it should come with one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinxx44 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Do you mean the lens?.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonzipper Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 My interpretation is that it definitely doesn't come with the lens. And I get that. But, I'm not sure about the visor. I read on one website that it doesn't come with a visor. I wrote MLC for clarification and he wrote back that it doesn't come with a "lens/visor". To me the visor ought to be an integral part of the helmet but the website entry (thedentedhelmet.com) and the manufacturer's comment in his e-mail leave me to wonder. I think it may be a misunderstanding of the language/terminology. Surely, if it didn't come with a major component of the helmet, like the visor, it seems to me that folks on this forum would have mentioned that. Right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayelbe Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I think it would have a visor for a couple reasons: 1-as you said, it's an important part of the helmet, and 2-their use of "lens/visor", specifically the "/". If it did not include what *we* interpret as the visor, it would read "lens OR visor". I think a lot of people call the lens the visor, judging by my browsing of the forums. That's probably what happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01Hawk Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 I have never heard anyone who order one post here that it didn't come with the piece you are describing .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinxx44 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 The "Len/visor" was probably saidbecause some people call it one or the other.... Going to say 99.9% sure it comes with the visor.... Not the lens... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonzipper Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 I agree. I think my confusion is a result the different interpretation of the terminology "lens/visor" that MLC used. To me, the term lens has a completely different meaning than visor and don't see how the two would be used interchangeably except, maybe, for someone communicating in English as a second language! Having said all that, I've got to believe it comes with what most of us would call a "visor" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinxx44 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I would say you are correct. Sometimes people refer to say, a motorcycle helmet lens as a visor, so the interchangeability carries on from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theisaac Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 There is no way MLC would sell a helmet without the visor lid. He has to be referencing the lens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroker Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 I have two MLC's V3 and neither came with a lens. You get everything but the lens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookymufu Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 yes, it does not come with the lens, i got my lens from trooperbay, the helmet DOES come with all other helmet parts, but you'll want to use different decals, bolt covers, and snout detail piece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pean12 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 I've had 2 MLC and the visor is in there, no lens. You should be very safe. M brought the helmet to Singapore and I got it from him. Nice chap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdgr Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Yep, my two helmets bought a couple of years apart didn't come with any lens. Had to get them myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.