for Arai Helmets

This product is the bee's knees for reducing the blinding effects of early morning and late afternoon sun. Its even good for reducing glare during other parts of the day. I'm thrilled with the simplicity and effectiveness of this product. Fits my Arai helmet perfectly, and was simple to install.Another interesting aspect of the product is that when cornering, the lower edge of the Sunblocker provides a visual check on the orientation of your head to the horizon. Very handy for getting the feel for proper head angles in different cornering scenarios.I highly recommend this product based on my experience.

It was a little bit tricky getting this into position and getting all the air bubbles out, I suppose I should have removed the shield first, but I was successful on the second attempt. You can trim it up a little if you find that it is not in your preferred line of sight. Works very well, so it is an inexpensive substitute for a drop down sun visor. It seems to prevent the transition lenses in my eyeglasses from darkening so I find the need to wear sunglasses in combination with this for the best protection.

I purchased this for an Arai Corsair-X helmet so selected the Arai version. The product is basically window tint material so one could make their own but it is convenient to have the basic curvature already cut for you.The problem and reason for 2-star review is that the cut-outs on the product, for the air vents that are integrated in to the Arai face shield, are only rough estimate cut-outs and do NOT tightly align with the shape of the air vents. In other words there are significant gaps between the vents and the tinted materialso streaks of bright sunlight will zap you in the eyes.It also is too wide top to bottom as-is, so the bottom edge lands smack in the middle of my line of sight. I did not deduct review points for this though because they state that you may have to cut it to your liking but I do recommend using very sharp scissors for a clean cut.

Works very well. On my Arai with brow vents which is what the cutouts are for, I had to trim a bit off and then it was perfect. Everyone is different and this should work for all as its plenty big so shorter is easy. I used regular scissors to cut it back a bit on the vent side so I could push it up higher if I recall but its easy once you try it on.

I had a hell of time with this product, when it did finally stick and stay on without getting peeled off from opening and closing the shield, the shade was far too low on the shield, it was especially inconvenient when riding through occasional shaded areas and dangerously interfered with visibility as twilight and darkness fell. I had to keep my shield almost fully open to get the shade to be less in the way, not fun on a cold ride back home on the freeway after sunset.After reading queasyRider's 'just cut it' review, I decided to give that a try. I took visual note of where the placement looked best in reference to the Arai eyebrow vents, which for me was having the lowest portion of the shade only coming down about 12mm past the eyebrow vent's lowest point. I then went about marking and cutting the top of the shade off with a hobby knife to shorten it to the reference I made for myself, and to better match the VAS-V pinlock shield and the eyebrow vents. Speaking of which, I dont even know why this company offers an Arai cutout version when it is so far off the mark on the actual helmet that you need to cut it anyway.After cutting, the placement and usefulness of the shade is now MUCH better, I no longer feel like throwing the shade in the garbage can.

I'm very satisfied with this 'sun blocker'. Installation was pretty easy, simple instructions. I removed the faceshield...much easier to position the sunblocker and remove bubbles. I often ride heading east in the morning and the sunblocker is very effective at reducing sun glare by 60% or so. Much better than without. I can easily see under the sunblocker under normal conditions. It doesn't interfere with overall visibility. Very satisfied.

I use these on all my helmets visors clear or dark and with or without Pinlock. I find they stop glare and don’t interfere with visibility and traffic lights or other normal riding. If I do need to look up (like at a traffics light or a surprise crop dusting plane) it’s easy enough to do. Installing is a bit of a trick, takes some patience and time to work the bubbles out, especially the Arai version due to the brow vents.. if you use a Pinlock I install between the Pinlock and shield.I’ve not had any luck moving them from an old to new shield, I tried once and couldn’t get the static cling to take effect.

A must have for clear Arai shields. I buy a Sunblocker as soon as I get a new helmet. This works so well, I leave it on my clear shield all the time - never in the way in dark or rain and perfect for early morning commutes when the sun comes up half way to work. I may add one to my tinted shield to have even more sun protection here in TX.