Helmet padding

What do you recommend for padding/stabilizing my helmet? I am presently using pieces of 'egg crate' foam padding duct-taped inside mine. I didn't want to glue them in because this is only a temporary solution. What works/doesn't work?

The guy I got my helmet from padded it with foam pipe insulation split in half. It seems to work well and holds my helmet very securely to my head.

Well, many options. Hard hat liner, foam padding velcro'd in, whatever works best for the individual.

Use airconditioner sealer foam, get it from any major hardware store... its cheap and works great! 8)

TY
~Boba Threat!
Chris CDeBaca

Is that like a spray in product, or what??? By the way, I thought you only recommended crushed velvet lining.

I used a hardhat liner and egg-crate type foam on the back of the helmet. It keeps it nice and snug on my head and there isn't any moving around at all.

Bob-A-Fett

I do not only suggest velvet liner FYI, I sometimes pad and then line with crushed velvet.... that airconditioner foam I was talking about is an actual foam rubber, its solid,,, NO spray in.
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I was wondering how everyone has the inside of their helmet padded. I haven't done mine yet and was wondering what the concensious is on comfortable and conforming. By the way i have the Don Post 96 version.

I have a DP '95, and what I have is pieces of foam covered in that cloth tape. A large piece on each side of the head, and a small one across the forehead and down the back, where the 2 side pieces meet. It works fine for me, and never wobbles.

*edit* Oh yeah, and it's all held in there with black duct tape.

I have a hardhat liner in my 96 Don Post and some foam padding on the back of the head. Its tight.

I have one of those big sponges shaped like eight, and I cut in half and and glued it on the sides. It works quite well for me.

i put 2 1" cellulose sponges on each side of the helmet...its quite snug, and i have to wet the sponges down a little if im wearing for a longer period of time...

I used some pads from a football helmet liner. It's pretty expensive, though, about $30. It's more comfortable if you have longer hair than a hardhat liner, IMO.

Lisa Fett - Thatta way ! Was it a Ridell ?

I used an old Ridell. I've found those work REALLY well, individual cells for padding. And the added perk of looking JUST LIKE the Ridell MINI Boba Helmet on the inside I dont' know if the newwer one's have the same padding or not?

FP

No, padding from a real football helmet. It's brown, though, like the Riddel. You can buy a replacement liner. I thought the Riddel helmets were really small...I've never seen one in person, but it looks like it would be too small to put inside a regular sized Fett helmet.

I think that Riddel also makes the larger football helmet.

I'm just using a hard hat liner. My hair is a constant costuming annoyance. I generally wear a balaclava that's tucked into the neck seal.

I'm going to put padding into my fg helmet when it arrives,
Phil

The football helmet liner sounds pretty good those guys have to wear them for a long time and get pretty sweaty in them. I have seen some pretty wild hair styles in the NFL and it never seems to be a problem. Plus the added bonus of being able to tackle jedi without getting a concussion!
Can't beat that.

Riddel makes football helmets? *L* I don't know anything about football. Don't tell Azeem I said that. Oh wait, he already knows...

Wow!!

Never thought of a football helmet liner! Cool idea!!

I added the hardhat suspension this weekend.

Very happy with it!! Much better fit!!

I can move rapidly around with it, and it stays put. No more bobblehead!!

Where can you find a hard hat liner- can you get those at the hardware store?

The real helmet appears to have a home made suspension system added in. The helmet is stabilized via a chin strap.



This is basically the way many fighter pilot helmets are outfitted.

I was hoping to redo the padding in my helmet with a more functional and aesthetically pleasing helmet padding. Currently, I'm using sponge type foam that is hotglued in place. Any luck using something better or more professional looking? Please share any tips!

Hard hat liner.

I've looked into the hardhat liner, but there wasn't enough room to fit it in . . . .

same here...just use a watch cap...that holds it pretty sturdy...not sure how hot it gets, might wait for MMM to post here as he was wearing his in 100+ weather in the desert for a few hours, in a metal bucket

I bought the cheap $20-25 military style helmet from CheaperThanDirt, and removed the foam core liner. Then I removed the padding layers, and spray-glued them into my Bucket:




It doesn't take up much room, but I had to cut away for my fan, and a battery. I have a huge head.

I cut our foam pad shapes, wrapped them with soft satin'ish material and then hot glued them into place.

After reading the responses about using football helmet type padding, I went to the local sporting goods store (SportsMart) and bought a baseball batting helmet. There's some good looking foam in there. It's the basic synthetic foam with a thin black fabric (felt?) fused as the top layer--good for letting the noggin breath a bit. I'll carefully peel the foam off the bball helmet and use the velcro technique when affixing to the Fett helmet. Thanks for the ideas!

Yeah, I went to Wal-Mart and bought a batting helmet too. The padding works great, plus, it's already formed to fit in a helmet. And it was only like $13.

Wes

Sadly, my head is so big it BARELY fits into my DP 95 recast, so there's not much room for padding.

Foxbatkllr wrote:
Sadly, my head is so big it BARELY fits into my DP 95 recast, so there's not much room for padding.

Me too. I have to put it on SIDEWAYS, then rotate it with my big nose over the cheek indents. Gets claustrophobic FAST.

I ripped the padding out of a skateboard helmet and hot glued the little velcro tabs on the inside, it fits great and it is confortable

come on guys riddle makees like the best football helmets ever! jeez! lol

Hey guys, if you want a huge selection of different sizes, shapes, and cuts go to a semiconductor or a computer place that sells hard drives. Here in San Jose, there are quite a few, but all hard drives and most other computer peripherals are sent in boxes with massive amounts of foam (ie egg crate etc.) most places save it for when they have to ship products back, and the stuff just seems to build up...so they are more than happy to have you take it for free. Just a suggestion, it works for me!