M18 camo-helmet for review

[C. Roelens]

Thanks for posting these excellent pictures. I would take a closer look at it if I were you. The original camo with the brush strokes looks very good, and shows appropriate wear on the top and other places. However, it looks like some areas of the camo on the right side of this helmet was touched up with spray paint. I question the area near the right liner pin where the run in the paint is, the mixed green and yellow panel. Could just be glare. Is there a blue colored line painted around the bottom rim? Probably just the photography again?

Chuck

[Adler 1]

Imo every part seems original, but there are some issues...
- the linerpins are not in the right place
- the metal linerband is deformed
- the linerpads are damaged
- the linerstring is not original for this type of helmet

Positive looking:
- the camo paint seems to be original
- the stamps on the pads look ok
- the dirt on the helmet and the linerband appear to be the same. This can indicate they were together all the time...

Conclusion:
The helmet looks ok, but the liner has been pulled one day and was replaced afterwards. This must have lead to the deforming of the linerpins and the linerband.
Now it depends on how you feel about that and only you can decide wether that's a problem or not...
For me personally, this isn't a good buy, even when it's cheap... Suppose you can acquire the helmet for $ 400, it will always show that it has been taken apart some day.
In this case I would save my money and wait for a better one. It will probably cost more, but I'm convinced that quality is better than quantity...
But, remember, this is only my humble opinion... and I always respect other peoples choises...

Adler 1

[PlaceOfBayonets]

Prices are down on the everyday camo pattern. The paint on this one compares to the M18 yer looking at.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...K%3AMEDWX%3AIT

By the way I lost on this one too. I'd see if you can get it for around what Adler said but the seller will have other ideas. If you want to spend 700 to 900 on one I think I know of some sites where you could do it and get something nicer.

W.

[Gottmituns]

Gentlemen, once again thank you very much for all your opinions.
After some longer thinking and reading of your opinions I decided to give up this helmet. The seller will not sell it lower than 750 $ and it’s too high in my opinion especially when we consider all your remarks. As I’ve quite similar helmet (on photos below) I’d better search for some different pattern. What means I’ll probably keep bothering you with questions regarding originality of camo helmets in the future, sorry
Regards
Maciek

[C. Roelens]

Keep em comin Maciek. Now that's a one looker...

Chuck