Nubrella: hands-free umbrella • Hacker News Board

Re: Nubrella: hands-free umbrella

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Post by paulbaumgart » Fri, Jan 15, 2010, 10:53 PM UTC

Nwallins wrote: post #18

paulbaumgart wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does that work for you? I always get my face shield so covered in rain I can barely see. Also, it is a cheap helmet, but the higher air humidity on rainy days means it fogs up from the inside far too easily.

> I always get my face shield so covered in rain I can barely see What makes you think this will be any different? Trading one plastic shield for another doesn't seem to solve the problem.

I guess just the fact that people wear it in front of their faces while walking/cycling and can maintain good visibility. I don't know enough about fluid mechanics to understand how 65 mph winds factor into that, though. :-)

Re: Nubrella: hands-free umbrella

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Post by Nwallins » Fri, Jan 15, 2010, 11:07 PM UTC

paulbaumgart wrote: post #21

Nwallins wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I always get my face shield so covered in rain I can barely see What makes you think this will be any different? Trading one plastic shield for another doesn't seem to solve the problem.

I guess just the fact that people wear it in front of their faces while walking/cycling and can maintain good visibility. I don't know enough about fluid mechanics to understand how 65 mph winds factor into that, though. :-)

On a motorcycle, wearing a helmet, at highway speeds, if the visibility problem is due to water droplet buildup on the face shield, you can simply turn your head to the side, and the wind resistance will push the droplets off to the side.

One brief turn to each side every 30 seconds or so takes care of it. Now, if it's torrential, the problem is likely not 'static' interference but 'dynamic' instead -- not much to do but find a place to stop.

Re: Nubrella: hands-free umbrella

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Post by MartinCron » Sat, Jan 16, 2010, 1:03 AM UTC

paulbaumgart wrote: post #17

MartinCron wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On a motorcycle, you wear a really close-fitting umbrella called a "helmet". Problem solved.

Does that work for you? I always get my face shield so covered in rain I can barely see. Also, it is a cheap helmet, but the higher air humidity on rainy days means it fogs up from the inside far too easily.

I ride every day in Seattle (it does rain a lot here) and I've found that I can generally just look past the raindrops on the face shield, if that makes any sense.

Re: Nubrella: hands-free umbrella

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Post by forgotmypasswd » Sat, Jan 16, 2010, 5:10 AM UTC

sdurkin wrote: post #8

Even if it works it suffers from serious Segway Syndrome. Anyone using one looks terrible.

I want to see someone ride a segway while wearing this. Hopefully while also using a bluetooth headset.

Re: Nubrella: hands-free umbrella

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Post by GrandMasterBirt » Sat, Jan 16, 2010, 6:36 AM UTC

forgotmypasswd wrote: post #24

sdurkin wrote: post #8

Even if it works it suffers from serious Segway Syndrome. Anyone using one looks terrible.

I want to see someone ride a segway while wearing this. Hopefully while also using a bluetooth headset.

They hint that this style might catch on.

Now granted that this is brilliant. Looks horrible or different but brilliant. Lighter, easier to carry, more wind dynamic, covers you completely (xept feet if wind is blowing the rain at angle) protects head from wind (thus warmer) its great, but are we ready to be enclosed?

Re: Nubrella: hands-free umbrella

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Post by DougBTX » Sat, Jan 16, 2010, 9:29 PM UTC

og1 wrote: post #12

Looking at the homepage it shows a broken umbrella, a problem I have all the time. What I want is a something that doesn't break so easily, a sturdier umbrella. I don't want something that makes me look like an astronaut.

Ford's faster horse fallacy?