Is there any sort of concealable helmet that would work for this kind of thing? Wearing a full riot helmet will just be used as justification for excessive force by the cops against the wearer and their surroundings, so is there any way to protect yourself without making yourself a target?
Not really, they’re two competing design criteria. Concealable means small and low profile. But for protection you need it to be strong to distribute the impact across your head and also cushioning to absorb energy of the impact and spread the impact event out over a longer duration (like an airbag). As a result you need a relatively tough material suspended away from the surface of your head e.g. with webbing or foam etc. so good helmets are military ones (obviously) or mountaineering helmets, ski sports, full face mountain biking, construction helmets etc.
I’ve been thinking about this all week. A very slim helmet could be concealed under a hood, and that hood could have a sheer cloth front cover that hides both helmet and face at a distance
Basically a sizeable ringwraith-style hood whose job is to hide your helmet. With smart design, the helmet itself could be broken down into more compact sections for transport afterward
Is there any sort of concealable helmet that would work for this kind of thing? Wearing a full riot helmet will just be used as justification for excessive force by the cops against the wearer and their surroundings, so is there any way to protect yourself without making yourself a target?
Maybe the hair-helmet aka hairmet?
Not really, they’re two competing design criteria. Concealable means small and low profile. But for protection you need it to be strong to distribute the impact across your head and also cushioning to absorb energy of the impact and spread the impact event out over a longer duration (like an airbag). As a result you need a relatively tough material suspended away from the surface of your head e.g. with webbing or foam etc. so good helmets are military ones (obviously) or mountaineering helmets, ski sports, full face mountain biking, construction helmets etc.
Damn laws of physics
I’ve been thinking about this all week. A very slim helmet could be concealed under a hood, and that hood could have a sheer cloth front cover that hides both helmet and face at a distance
Basically a sizeable ringwraith-style hood whose job is to hide your helmet. With smart design, the helmet itself could be broken down into more compact sections for transport afterward