A versatile helmet cover with the right camouflage attachment cords throughout. Designed around the geometry of the Ops Core FAST XP high cut helmet shell, but also fits many other high cut helmets.
The world is full of covers for high-cut helmets, but since 99% of these covers don’t offer a real way to properly camouflage the helmet with foliage etc., we decided to unleash our offer on those as well. Made of 500D Cordura instead of regular garment fabric for high abrasion resistance. Unlike most high-cut helmet covers, which only have that zigzag cord at the top, our cover has elastic cord attachment points around the helmet shell. This allows you to camouflage your helmet well with foliage and the like. Because the elastic cord is not sewn to the cover, you can choose not to use it at all or to adjust or replace it as needed.
The back of the case features a piece of 25mm webbing, with bartacked mounting points for IR strobes and the like. Then we have the standard loops on the sides, top and back for identifiers, patches, cameras, pockets for counterweight etc.
The cover is attached via six pieces of one-wrap to pieces of hook on the inside of the helmet shell. If your specific helmet doesn’t have pieces of hook exactly where it needs to: that’s why we supply a piece of self-adhesive hook of 50 x 150 mm with every cover! Cut and paste it wherever you need it.
KEY FEATURES
- Designed for Ops-Core FAST XP scale geometry
- Also fits many other high-cut helmets
- Abrasion resistant 500D Cordura
- Elastic cord for foliage and all-round cable routing
- 25mm webbing on the back for IR flashes etc.
- 50mm loop on the sides and top
- 100 x 100 mm loop on the back
- One-Wrap attachment in the helmet shell
- Comes with a 50 x 100 mm piece of self-adhesive hook
- All color options offer good NIR performance
- 5-year material and manufacturer’s warranty
- Gemaakt in Finland
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Weight: L: 100 g, XL: 105 g
- Fabric: 500D Cordura (100% polyamide)
- Strap: 100% polyester
SIZE, FIT AND COMPATIBILITY
The sizes are matched to the Ops-Core FAST helmet sizes. A cover in size L fits a helmet in size L, a cover in size XL fits on a helmet shell in size XL. At the moment we don’t offer M or XXL size covers, but L size covers fit M size shells (and XL size covers also fit L size shells) with the elastic cord as a kind of size adjustment system.
Don’t forget that each cover comes with a piece of adhesive hook tape, use this to create suitable attachment points in your helmet for the attachment straps! With the elastic cord that surrounds the helmet, you can tighten and shape the case to better fit the contours of helmet shells of different shapes and sizes.
In addition to the perfect match, the Ops-Core FAST XP, we also tested the fit on a number of other common helmet designs:
- Ops-Core FAST SF (super high cut): fits pretty nicely after some tweaking
- UaRms TOR-D (slightly thicker helmet shell than Ops-Core): fits very well
- Galvion Caiman ballistic (very different shape): fits quite well after some adjustments
- PGD ARCH (old generation, Ops-Core XP shell geometry): fits very nicely
- PGD ARCH/MICH (current (2023) gen): Fits, but NVD bungees and rear rail screws end up under the cover*.
*The current-generation PGD ARCH/MICH helmet rails are covered by the visor at the front and rear. This blocks access to the rear rail screws (NVD ballast bag attachment) and the NVD bungee cords at the front of the rails. You can easily customize the cover by carefully cutting small holes (and burning them gently to avoid fraying) for the bungees and screws. Changes to the cover are of course at your own risk!
