Struggling with Misting Up- Any views on BMW System 5?

[allthegearnoidea]

I really struggle with my helmet misting up once the weather gets anything less than tropical.

I have a Schuberth C2 and an Arai Tour X.

The Tour X steams up when I look at it and despite Fog City/Foggy Respro etc after August it is put away for the Winter.

My C2 lasts slightly longer and I have bought visor with a pinlock fitted. However now I am really struggling and my visor is misting so badly that I am getting condensation on the inside of the pinlock! I have to ride at all speeds with the visor partly open to avoid major misting.

I have already seen a few reports of misting on the Shoei multitech and so am wary about getting one.

I am considering where to go next and wondered if anyone had any experience of the BMW System 5 (as i quite fancy a flip up) and in particular whether anyone has any experience of the double glazed visor for the system 5? Comfort is obviously vital but I can try one on at my dealer but peoples experience regarding misting etc would be really useful,.

I'm beginning to get quite "steamed up" about this one so I would be very grateful if you could share your system 5 experiences with me.

Thanks

Dave

 

[davedyer]

Don't bother with the System 5 - the worst helmet I've had for misting up. Being a flip-up it has a skirt around the neck which has the effect of cutting out the drafts but also does nothing to help keep the misting at bay.
BMW even do a double-glazed visor for £60 to overcome the problem - not tried it yet, don't know if it'll be good money after bad.

 

[Mick_rw]

Read here....

Covers System 5 and its double visor, I used one all year round in all weathers and find it to work ok....

 

[The Stimulator]

I'd have to agree with Micks comments about the System 5 when used with the double glazed visor.

When I first got the 5 it was awful, and I was starting to think that it would only be of any use as a summer helmet, and even then in dry weather only (rain used to run down the inside of the visor). Eventually I tried the double glazed visor, and it completely transformed the helmet into one that can be used in all weathers. It does get a tiny bit steamed up right at the bottom of the visor now, but as it's nowhere near my eyeline it doesn't cause a problem.

Iain

 

[desertyellow]

Get a double glazed visor for system 5 it works!!