Even a well vented helmet gets pretty warm as the temperatures rise. A new product called Airhead Cool Spray promises to cool you right back down.
You use the little bottle to apply a few sprays to your scalp at the start of your bike ride which takes a few seconds. It is designed to keep you cool for up to an hour, but you can re-apply as required if on a longer ride.
It could be a really effective solution for commuters as it is designed to work even if air isn’t flowing through the helmet. Therefore, even if you’ve got a helmet with minimum ventilation, or your stopped at lights, you’ll still get the cooling effect which helps to cut down perspiration.
The product is anti-pruritic meaning it removes any itchiness that you may experience through sweating and through contact with the helmet.
The Airhead costs £9.49 and for that you get a 30ml bottle which provides approximately 300 sprays. This should last a long time.
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Sounds good but not sure about price tag… boots do a cooling spray which looks like it would do a similar job. http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Pharmaceuticals-Hot-Weather-Cooling-Spray-150ml-_1121530/?CAWELAID=551785849&cm_mmc=Shopping%20Engines-_-Google%20Base-_—_-Boots%20Pharmaceuticals%20Hot%20Weather%20Cooling%20Spray%20150ml
Kik5ter – Thanks for the heads up. I discovered you can get Airhead cheaper by liking their facebook page then go into their facebook shop
https://www.facebook.com/Menthogen
Thanks again. L x
Looks interesting for my weekend of cycling at the beginning of July. Thanks for the tip
Boots product is an aerosol and flammable!!!! I’m also not keen on the tin size of the Boots brand could be bulky in my back-pack. I have just ordered some Airhead so will report back in due course.
I’d absolutely love to try this product. I commute 15 miles every day, as well as doing leisure rides round Richmond Park on the weekends. With the heat we’ve had this week I’ve been getting very sweaty!
This product sounds like a helpful solution.
I sweat gallons, this is right up my street!
I have long, thick hair and get super hot under the helmet on longer rides, even with my hair all pulled back in a ponytail. Would be v interested to see if this product works for ladies with longer hair…
I sweat so much everywhere else, not sure this will make a difference. If it does make you feel cool however, then I will give it a shot.
We sweat over here across the ocean too!
Being almost bald I hope it doesn’t leave stripes.
As always, London cyclist is bang up to date with the weather! Hurrah!
Awesome, this should be very helpful!
can i have a free one please
Vital when ridings the hills of Barnet and Hendon every day.
Adam
Is this product suitable for use in places other than under the helmet ?
Hi Frank
Airhead Cool Spray has been developed specifically for under helmet use.
Lee C (Ahead Solutions UK)
Would love to hear how people get on with this product!
Anything that can reduce the amount of heat my head produces during my daily commute has to be a good thing
I’d love to try this during the summer
Really disappointing that they charge another £6 for “shipping” – it must weigh a lot!
Hi Gareth
P&P should only ever be £4.75 for UK orders no matter which deal people select.
This is broken down into:
£2.70 for 0 – 750g Royal Mail 1st Class
£0.95 for recorded del
£1.10 for The robust postal tube and packaging we use.
I will have the higher price you mentioned investigated, thanks for highlighting.
Lee Cunningham (Ahead Solutions UK)
I think the problem is just with Google Checkout: £5.95 shipping and handling.
Will have Mr IT look into now. Thank you Ben.
Google Checkout sorted @ £4.75. Thanks again for highlighting.
Anything that helps stop me looking like a drowned rat at the office in the morning has got to be worth trying.
Great idea!
I found a solution to this problem riding the coast to coast ride over the Pennines at Easter. Simply wedge some of the snow, lying around in drifts at the side of the road, into the vents in your helmet, and cool down as it slowly melts down your neck and back. Great for the ascents, not so clever for the descents when you’re not doing much pedalling. I suspect this product might be more convenient in London when the temperature is 28 degrees and there’s not a lot of snow lying around.
Anything that helps keep me cool I’m going to have to try. I always end up overheating. I wish I’d seen this before my 60 mile ride yesterday.
I’ll be interested to see how effective this is.
If this size lasts a long time then the 4/3 deal must be a lifetime supply… interesting.
I’ve tried this on MTB rides and it’s surprisingly good. There’s an initial cool feeling and then, mysteriously (I have no idea what causes it) your head feels cooler for quite a while afterwards. The little pump spray’s a nice size for a pocket too if you’re going to be out for a while.
I haven’t seen this before and will have to give it a try. Particularly this weekend, I was feeling very hot in my helmet!
Now, is there anything to make my nose stop running?
just deal with being hot a sweaty its half the fun ! and baby wipes when u get where your going
Anyone who has the misfortune to sit next to me on the 1754 from Waterloo on a hot afternoon will be very grateful if I invest in an Airhead. Do they do an Airpits too?
I don’t wear a helmet, my head’s shaved and I still sweat buckets 🙁
Would love to give this product a go.
Hmm sounds interesting but there is a suspicious lack of information on ingredients. I’d like to know what I’d putting on (i.e. in) my body before I would use this.
Any more info on this from Lee @ Ahead Solutions?
Hi Adam.
Nothing suspicious – only ever transparent. There is an image of the entire product label here: http://www.airheadcoolspray.co.uk/airhead—helmet-cool-spray.html
Active ingredients:
Menthol – Cooling plus counteracts irritation that may be caused by sweat
A.D.B.A.C. – Anti-bacterial
Spirit of camphor – Anti-pruritic
Boric acid – Antiseptic / antipruritic (0.005% – less than in Boots eye drops)
Menthogen on the other hand is a more specialist antipruritic (anti-itch) for helmet wearers – the ingredients listed transparently on the same name website.
Thanks, Lee – Ahead Solutions UK.
Should have mentioned – the product label is at the bottom right of the page in the link.
I just stop and take my helmet off for 30 seconds and then when I put it on its nice and cool!! Interesting to see how this product works?
Do you need hair? Does it work for us shavers? Great idea and timely given the recent weather!
No. Active ingredients works on the scalp.
Anything to nicely cool the noggin whilst I’m on my rides gets my vote!
worth trying. Does it work under the arms as well !
This sounds like a great idea, would like to give it a try on the commute to work as my head does tend to get sweaty and itchy which can be a real pain if you are having to stop more regularly.
Interesting. Would be nice to see more reviews
Great idea if it works (and it seems it does) – I want some!
Am curious how this works! Will be so awesome for cycling back home in Malaysia where my boyfriend and I spend our summers. It’s just so unbearably hot in that tropical weather, totally unlike the dry summer days here in Europe.
Does hair length (or lack of it 😉 ) effect how well it works?
Hi Geoff,
I’m not blessed with much hair any more and the stuff works brilliantly for me. As far as I can see, it works on your scalp moreso than the actual hair. All I know is, my bald patch also feels cool!
My head gets sweaty on my commute and the lack of hair makes it look bad in the office. This sounds very promising!
Is this just a watered down version of freeze gel? Interested to see if this would actually reduce sweat rather than just making you feel cooler
Interested, I’m usually ok when riding, but start dripping when I stop and head indoors. Wonder if it helps with that.
Would be happy to try this out and report back if I win a bottle – I spend up to 4 hours a day commuting on my bike!
That sounds almost too good to be true. Squirting water out of a drinks bottle through the vents works well on a leisure ride but not so good on your way toork. If this is as good as it sounds, then it could be really useful.
If only it worked with hot headed, intolerant car drivers too!
please please let this work, for some wierd reason my head is a waterfall in summer
I will be great if the summer actually comes – and lasts more than the blink of an eye. In Britain you never know!
BTW, andreas thanks fir the blog!
Very welcome Dimitris!
This would be incredible if it works!!
Sounds ideal for the Ride of the Falling Rain in August, since will probably not be raining…
Dont count on it!
Ordered this product Tuesday after catching this post. Arrived yesterday.
Tried it and it’s VERY COOL – literally and metaphorically!
I love it … (pls still enter me in draw).