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    Helmet Storage

    I recently got a long overdue replacement for my old helmet and am trying to figure out how to store this new one. With my old helmet, I just kept it in the car. Very bad, I know. But I don't have much of a tack storage area where my horses are kept. My tack is pretty much hiding in a corner beside the feed. I don't want to keep my helmet loose in there because there are spiders EVERYWHERE in that room. You just can't get away from them and I have a mild spider phobia. I don't mind the spiders as long as they are not on or almost on me. The thought of a spider hiding in my helmet and me putting it on my head is terrifying. I know it's silly, but that's just the way it is. I don't live by my horses so I can't just keep my helmet in my house, but neither do I want to leave it in my car as I would like it to, you know, protect my skull in the case of an accident. Right now the best idea I can come up with is finding an appropriately sized tupperware container and just keeping my helmet safe and snug in there. Anyone have any better suggestions?
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    I just keep mine in my chest of drawers.

    When I boarded, I'd take it to the barn and then bring it home again with me. If I went straight to work from the barn, I'd bring it inside if it was hot weather - I've heard heat degrades the stuff inside that protects your head.

    They are awkward things to carry around, though, aren't they? Can't overheat them, and god forbid you ever drop one.
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    • #3
      All of this school year I left my helmet in the car because
      a) I go to school in MT, and I got my nice helmet in november, so didn't have to worry about it being overheated in the ca
      b) there was really no room in my overcrowed dorm room! lol.

      I would suggest buying a zippered helmet bag, I don't think the spiders could get into that.

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        Aha! A zipped up bag might totally work. I live in North Carolina, on the coast. It gets really, really hot here. When I ride it is usually spur of the moment. If I kept my helmet at home, I would probably end up never using it. I go to work, feed the horses, go home, feed the horses again 6-8 hours later. It is quite a bit of carrying around to do to keep it out of the car heat lol

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        • #5
          I have one of these...http://www.tackwholesale.com/premium...ry-p-1348.html
          It protects my helmet AND I can hang it by the handle on the hook on the front of my saddle rack. Keeps everything nice and tidy.
          "My biggest fear is that when I die my husband is going to try to sell all my horses and tack for what I told him they cost."

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          • #6
            If you sweat, don't store the helmet in a plastic storage container or you'll be sorry. It won't dry out and will eventually stink to high heaven.

            A helmet bag would work, but it too can prevent a helmet from drying out. You might want to buy some of those little dehumidifier packets and put one in your helmet before you place it in the bag.

            I love my GPA - all the insides come out and you can wash them. I swear, sometimes I open my trunk and the stink from a dried out sweaty helmet could cause you to faint.

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            • #7
              I just keep mine in the trunk of my car. I don't want to leave it at the barn, as in the past when I did this is got borrowed without permission all the time. I never heard anything about heat damaging helmets. Maybe I need to rethink my helmet storage? Frankly it's hot in my car but it's hot at the barn too, obviously the heat in my car is worse, but it's probably only a 20 degree difference.

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                Originally posted by showhorsegallery View Post
                I just keep mine in the trunk of my car. I don't want to leave it at the barn, as in the past when I did this is got borrowed without permission all the time. I never heard anything about heat damaging helmets. Maybe I need to rethink my helmet storage? Frankly it's hot in my car but it's hot at the barn too, obviously the heat in my car is worse, but it's probably only a 20 degree difference.
                Yup you might want to rethink where you store your helmet . Storing it in the trunk of a car or just the inside of a car during hot weather is very, very bad for it. Helmets degrade over time and the heat only worsens it.

                My helmets are stored in a Charles Owen helmet bag - I keep them inside my trailer during non-summer/non-winter months. During summer I would keep it at my place and just bring it with me to the barn. I would also do the same for my saddle - best to keep that and the helmets in somewhat decent temps.
                "When a horse greets you with a nicker & regards you with a large & liquid eye, the question of where you want to be & what you want to do has been answered." CANTER New England

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