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Re: Helmet Recommendations
« Reply #15 on: August 17, 2020, 08:45:31 PM »
Quote from: billyb on August 04, 2020, 04:53:28 AM
Bringing this thread back instead of making a new one as it best fits my needs.

Going to be in the market for a helmet shortly... I had the Masuri Original Test? in the UK and thought the visibility wasn't great, certainly not as good as my old Slazenger (rebadged Masuri) Ti helmet.

The best options here seem to be the Shrey Masterclass (2020) Titanium at about $200, or the Masuri T-Line Titanium at $179.
I know this forum tends to be a little anti-shrey, and that might be justified, but does anyone have any experience with these two?
Leaning towards Masuri as it is cheaper, but visibility and weight are more important to me now that I'm playing somewhere substantially hotter than it was in the UK.

Thanks all for your sage advice, as always! :)

Anything that complied with regulations will have “poor” visibility by design (smaller gap between peak and grill). One thing that helped me was that I wore mine around during the day at home, watching tv, checking emails etc. Sounds silly, but it worked ! Got used to the narrower gap very quickly

Currently use the OS2 Titanium. No complaints
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Re: Helmet Recommendations
« Reply #16 on: August 17, 2020, 09:07:19 PM »
Quote from: Danny1981 on August 17, 2020, 07:17:20 PM
@jonny77 Can i see a picture of how this looks please?









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Re: Helmet Recommendations
« Reply #17 on: August 17, 2020, 09:45:43 PM »
I miss old Masuris with adjustable grills...perfectly fine for low level club cricket.
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Re: Helmet Recommendations
« Reply #18 on: August 18, 2020, 04:23:19 AM »
Quote from: brokenbat on August 17, 2020, 08:45:31 PM
Anything that complied with regulations will have “poor” visibility by design (smaller gap between peak and grill). One thing that helped me was that I wore mine around during the day at home, watching tv, checking emails etc. Sounds silly, but it worked ! Got used to the narrower gap very quickly

Currently use the OS2 Titanium. No complaints

Haha! Can't wait to rock up to Zoom meetings in my Masuri. Thanks for your thoughts! Do you like the Titanium over the Steel version?
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Re: Helmet Recommendations
« Reply #19 on: August 18, 2020, 12:15:46 PM »
Quote from: billyb on August 18, 2020, 04:23:19 AM
Haha! Can't wait to rock up to Zoom meetings in my Masuri. Thanks for your thoughts! Do you like the Titanium over the Steel version?

Haha - safety first ;)  .. the other thing I did was avoid temptation to take off the helmet during nets / throwdowns. In fact doing drop feeds, underarms etc with helmet on really helped my eyes get used to seeing “through” the grill. But honestly, just watch a couple of movies (or some live cricket) with the helmet on and you’ll be amazed how quickly you adjust.

I personally prefer the lighter weight of the Titanium, but the steel one is pretty good too.
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Re: Helmet Recommendations
« Reply #20 on: August 18, 2020, 07:51:09 PM »
Quote from: billyb on August 18, 2020, 04:23:19 AM
Haha! Can't wait to rock up to Zoom meetings in my Masuri. Thanks for your thoughts! Do you like the Titanium over the Steel version?

If you have always used the steel grill then this is a perfectly good helmet but once you have tried the titanium grill, the weight difference is really noticeable  in my view
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Re: Helmet Recommendations
« Reply #21 on: August 19, 2020, 04:13:04 AM »
Quote from: billyb on August 04, 2020, 04:53:28 AM
Bringing this thread back instead of making a new one as it best fits my needs.

Going to be in the market for a helmet shortly... I had the Masuri Original Test? in the UK and thought the visibility wasn't great, certainly not as good as my old Slazenger (rebadged Masuri) Ti helmet.

The best options here seem to be the Shrey Masterclass (2020) Titanium at about $200, or the Masuri T-Line Titanium at $179.
I know this forum tends to be a little anti-shrey, and that might be justified, but does anyone have any experience with these two?
Leaning towards Masuri as it is cheaper, but visibility and weight are more important to me now that I'm playing somewhere substantially hotter than it was in the UK.

Thanks all for your sage advice, as always! :)

I love my Shrey Masterclass titanium. I have had zero issues with it and it’s about 2-3 years old.
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Re: Helmet Recommendations
« Reply #22 on: August 19, 2020, 10:43:11 AM »
I've been using a Ganador Pro and have found it really comfortable.

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