One of the drawbacks of riding in the rain wearing a motorcycle helmet with a visor is that the rider’s vision is cut-down considerably by rain drops accumulating on the visor. British inventor Adam Aarons thinks he may have the answer to the problem with Rainpal. In a Motorcycle News report, Aarons has designed a wiper system that attaches to the helmet, with a wiper blade sweeping across the visor, providing 140 degrees of sweep.
A 100 ml fluid reservoir allows the rider to squirt water, letting the wiper blade remove dirt. The tiny resorvoir is powered by a rechargeable battery that can be swapped out, good for about two hours of squirting. “Cars now have all sorts of safety technology, but riders are still waiting for something as basic as the windscreen wiper. There are riders in countries like the UK and, to be honest, they can’t see where they’re going,” said Aarons.
Rainpal weighs about 150 grammes and is operated wirelessly using a wristwatch like control that straps to the handlebars. The system has been tested to 160 km/h and Aarons says it comes with a two-year warranty.
The project is currently being crowd-funded, with a target of 97,000 pounds sterling (RM570,000). Rainpal is offered at between 49.99 pounds sterling (RM293) and 69.99 pounds sterling (RM410) for early pre-production orders. While Aarons is confident the crowd-funding for Rainpal will succeed, he has guaranteed that all orders will be honoured if Rainpal goes into production, even if the crowd-funding target is not met.
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cute thing!
Better just to apply Rain-X
Waited for this idea / product for a long time. Good for motorists safety market
drizzle bikers just ride on.. heavy rain dont be stupid stop and relax under the bridge lah..easy got wiper oso wet mah
I did not find this issue.
only some fog on visor during stop but it will clear once you continue ride.
If rider cannot see during rain batter stop because it may happen to car driver and lorry driver too.
If raining, best to stop wherever possible. Having wiper on helmet visor still not safe enough. Road can be slippery too.
this sounds like the hundreds and thousands of scam ‘inventions’ that are flooding crowd funding sites
this invention not beneficial to riders.
This wiper system reminds me of the old Volvo owned by my engineer uncle back then when they have mini wipers for the front headlights!
two hours of squirting… does it involves a lot of thrusting? lol.
well… if someone can think that legalise rempit is a good idea, I don’t see how adding a stick to the helmet can be bad…
Two years and Aarons still hasn’t produced a video of a working unit. Today’s photo just shows something unfit for purpose as it neither fits the visor or stays there without his hand holding it. Don’t be conned, there are no products and it doesn’t work. He is ripping people off. http://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=309728
It has NOT been tested at 160kmh, it does not even exist.
A prototype was demonstrated on video. That prototype was hooked up to a large mains power supply and it managed a very small wipe, once!