What colour lid?

[masterofdisaster]

I wear a black kong skid lid. Love it does the job i dont wanna look like a traffic cone or lolly pop thanks lol.

 

I cant stand hi viz vests feel like a tit. But groundies i like to make stand out haha.

[MattyF]

Ive emailed NPTC to find out whether a higher visibility helmet is considered desirable or not.

 

It will be interesting to hear what they say jim.

[kevwrenn]

as the question was what looks best, it has to be black... visibility issues are irrelevant to that question! And surely, the boot soles are as important to a climber, why not make them high viz, or the arse of the trousers!

[masterofdisaster]

I have never had a job were you could not clearly see a climber. I guess as long as your planning is clear colours should not matter. When working 1 groundie should always be assisting the climber and keeping an eye on things. So i think what ever makes ya feel sexy lol.

[Tom D]

Black does look cool but its not safe for a ground worker. One of my groundies wears black the other yellow, looking from above you can hardly see the black one at all, he also says its very hot in the sun. I went for white.

 

 

I do think the vents make a difference and are worth the extra couple of quid.

[bob]

we have a at least 2 of every colour vents they do and will not buy another black one even though i have 2 black ones and think it looks nice would rather stand out than look nice

it is good if lads have different colours as you can easily tell which is which at a glance as some groundies behave different to others if you know what i mean especially new boys and nuppets

[benedmonds]

White, for me orange of others, i can see them, and it's easy to see who's in charge. Everyone else wears hi-viz on the ground and I will soon once I've worn out all my old black Hely Hansons.

 

I came to the conclusion last year one wet day, after coming out of a tree head to toe in black goretex with a black lid that I ought to be a bit brighter.. Being seen from the ground is an issue especially if you have several climbers and several groundies and using hand saws.. Also if roadside you do come to ground at some times of the day.

[ecolojim]

still havent heard from anyone at NPTC but i'm swinging toward white or orange I think. Will depend on what colours whoever has in stock to some extent

[Pete Mctree]

Sounds like we need some nice bright arb-talk stickers in the shape of a target to put on top those black lids!!! (hint hint steve )

 

 

stickers suitable for helmets of course

[treejumper]

I went for mundane white.

I might go for a different colour when changing