Helmet pads

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New helmet came with 4 oval pads with peel-off sticky backs and no
explanation of what to do with them.

There is some thinner padding installed in the helmet already

Probably this is obvious but I am stumped. Do I deploy them at the cardinal
points inside my helmet? Use only as needed? Save for a rainy day? What is
best?

Pads are about an inch at their longest dimension. Helmet a Giro Eclipse.
Thanks!

In article <Rrz%j.2642$ZM.1478@trndny06>,
"OughtFour" <luster@rnospam.com> wrote:

> New helmet came with 4 oval pads with peel-off sticky backs and no
> explanation of what to do with them.
>
> There is some thinner padding installed in the helmet already
>
> Probably this is obvious but I am stumped. Do I deploy them at the cardinal
> points inside my helmet? Use only as needed? Save for a rainy day? What is
> best?
>
> Pads are about an inch at their longest dimension. Helmet a Giro Eclipse.
> Thanks!

Does it fit and stay put on your head? Throw them away.

Does it shift around on you head due to poor fit in some direction? Use
them to fill in, if a minor misfit. Get a different size helmet if a
major misfit.

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OughtFour wrote:
> New helmet came with 4 oval pads with peel-off sticky backs and no
> explanation of what to do with them.
>
> There is some thinner padding installed in the helmet already
>
> Probably this is obvious but I am stumped. Do I deploy them at the cardinal
> points inside my helmet? Use only as needed? Save for a rainy day? What is
> best?
>
> Pads are about an inch at their longest dimension. Helmet a Giro Eclipse.
> Thanks!
>
>

No instructions?
I hate those pads. You can't move them around if you stick them in the
wrong place. They wear out quickly, but the company will send you more
if you ask.

This new helmet I got a few months ago has pads that are held in place
with Velcro, a much more practical solution.

BTW, I guess I have peanut sized head because small wasn't small enough.
Youth fit much better and I still use the pads.

"Ecnerwal" <LawrenceSMITH@SOuthernVERmont.NyET> wrote in message
news:LawrenceSMITH-FF055A.11080229052008@news.verizon.net...
> In article <Rrz%j.2642$ZM.1478@trndny06>,
> Does it fit and stay put on your head? Throw them away.
>
> Does it shift around on you head due to poor fit in some direction? Use
> them to fill in, if a minor misfit. Get a different size helmet if a
> major misfit.

Okay, got it, pads are all about fit and not some other esoteric purpose.

Thanks.