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Do you have a helmet light? If so, how is it mounted? (feddit.online)
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It's starting to get dark when I'm heading home, and I'm thinking that I'd like to be more visible. I have a headlight and tail light on my bike, but I'd like one that's a little higher up as well.

I'm finding a lot of headlamps that work with a GoPro mount, but my helmet does not have one of those. It also doesn't have an easy spot to stick an adhesive GoPro mount to, but I found this video where a guy uses a silicone adhesive to stick one on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLpKEc-_AQs. I'm wondering if I should try that, or just buy a new helmet with a built-in GoPro mount.

Does anyone here have a helmet headlight that you like? And, how is it attached?

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[–] hallettj@leminal.space 5 points 3 weeks ago

I used to know a guy with a lamp on the top of his helmet on a horizontal swivel. It rotated freely so the light would stay level no matter how he tilted his head. But it didn't rotate left or right, so it always pointed in the same direction as the helmet on that axis. It was a rear-facing red light - I don't remember if it also had a front-facing light. I had a conversation with him while he was wearing that helmet, and I couldn't take a single thing he said seriously with that light swiveling constantly.

Recently I met someone with turn signal lights on their helmet, controlled by a wireless transmitter mounted on a handlebar. It's not exactly what you're asking about since I don't think it had an always-on light for visibility. But I mention it because I thought it was pretty cool.