lightheir wrote:
The 'third-eye' style helme tmounted small square mirror on an arm is the best. I've tried a bunch, this one is def the best.
Important to know though - do NOT expect to put it on your helmet and think 'voila - ready to go!" like you would a car rearview mirror. The small helmet mirror takes a fair amount of practice to get to the point where you can both position it AND aim it where you want to see behind you.
But after you get the hang of this, it becomes the best option. Mainly because you can now tilt your head in various angles to see all parts of the road behind you - which means you can spot behind you quickly on even windy roads where a straight-back aimed mirror would be blind.
I tried the bar-mounted and bar-end mount mirrors at well and still run the bar-end one. The problem with both is that they only see one fixed spot behind you (not good on windy roads), and you have to take your eyes way off the road to spot with them. The helmet mounted one is sufficiently close to your main field of view that you can take good looks even while descending fast, something I don't feel safe at all doing looking down at my bar-end or even bar mounted mirrors.
And yet again - it takes practice! It's gonna suck the first few rides you use it - you'll probably hate the tiny field of view, but stick with it, and you'll 'get it' at some point. Now it's especially invaluable for me when descending fast down winding roads so I can take the lane and know there is no car right behind me.
+1 to all of this. A helmet mounted mirror is so much more useful than a bar mounted one.