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Icons under helmets

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410steeze
Posts: 1086 - Karma: 39
i searchbarred it and couldnt really find anything but sorry if this is a repeat. which is better for under a helmet, original icon or icon2? also whats the best way to wear it with a helmet
Feb 1 2010 9:56PM
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iDK_Wear
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I fit my icons and icon 2's under my pro tec helmet just fine with little or hardly any discomfort at all..They seem to just fit right under wearing them a little pushed forward up my head
Feb 1 2010 9:58PM
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410steeze
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so which would you recommend getting
Feb 1 2010 10:03PM
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Steezegull
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icon 2s are ill. but... i would go with icons for under your helmet. the headband on icon 2s is a lot thicker and has a rubber grip thingy but the ear pads are silky and don't stay on your ear all that well. icon 2s for beanie, icons for helmet
Feb 1 2010 10:17PM
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Steezegull
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hope i helped
Feb 1 2010 10:18PM
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410steeze
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yeah you did, thats what i thought about the top plastic part. looks kinda bulky. +k
Feb 1 2010 10:19PM
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Steezegull
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i have a poc receptor bug with all the padding taken out. neither my icons or icon2s will fit under it with a beanie. if your not sure that icons will fit under your helmet then i wouldn't buy icons just to try. if you were planning on getting these headphones even if they didn't fit under your helmet, then by all means get them they're very comfortable and have good sound quality. i could go on all day about the icons
Feb 1 2010 10:38PM
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da_leet_ski
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Speaking of Icons... How is the quality? Is it better than ear buds? I ski normally with earbuds and was thinking about Icons
Feb 1 2010 11:17PM
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JayDope
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i used icons under my smith holt, they hurt a little, and then the jack broke so i got a pair of icon softs (with the soft headband) and they were so much more comfy, id suggest getting icon softs
Feb 1 2010 11:36PM
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Thenowhereman42
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Great thing about icons is if they don't fit under the helmet you can just wear them behind it like around your neck and they stay on.
Feb 2 2010 4:58AM
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410steeze
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do icon softs fit under a helmet?
Feb 2 2010 8:42AM
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JayDope
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yeah and they fit so much more comfortable than my regular icons
Feb 2 2010 9:49AM
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Ben.
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same i tuck around the back.

theres no way your helmet is doing what it should with headphones under it
Feb 2 2010 10:34AM
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thisandthatfilms
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flip the icons upside down. and then put the head thing on the back of your neck and put the headphones on yo ears
Feb 7 2010 1:31AM
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murs
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this is how i do it but it may differ

place goggles on over beanie and around where your ears are

sit the icons on your head over your beanie as normal

then push them backward so the top arch of the headphones is sitting on your neck

push them forward into a comfy position so that the speakers are over your goggle strap and over your ears,

then adjust length etc

place helmet over heal and strap on around the icons

works well for me and this is one of the most common ways
Feb 7 2010 3:51AM
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remove
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i rock mine like this
1. Headband (beats the liner)
2. Icons (not icon 2's or softs)
3.Bern Baker helmet
4. Goggles

Only problem with this system is if something gets outta place it takes a bit of effort to get everything back into place. When its nice and warm out i just skip the headband.
You don't have to get a bern baker or any bern helmet for that matter, but it would be wise to get a helmet that looks good and relatively thin and should be worn without those earpieces that come down over your ears. The best way those work is the gap where the ear can show and the headphone earpieces can cover your ears without being forced onto them too  hard. I wear mine under my helmet and adjust them around my head to where its confortable and anggle them still cover my ears. It all depends on your head on how you angle them but after you find a comfortable place for them you'll barely notice the headphones under your helmet
Feb 7 2010 4:37AM
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Ryan*
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I'll be that guy:

You really shouldn't wear headphones under your helmet at all.  They compromise the safety of the helmet itself.  Just wear earbuds.
Feb 7 2010 3:29PM
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