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Bern helmet gopro problem

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ski_utah
Posts: 494 - Karma: 160
hey my brother has a bern hard hat helmet and we have tried sticking the gopro mounts on it and they just slip of every time while skiing. I think it's the paint on there or something because it's just doesn't stick. Is anyone else having this problem?
Feb 22 2011 11:34PM
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ganja_enthusiast
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is it black or colored
i dont think its the paint
my brother has one and its just an awkwardly shaped helmet
so you have to find the right spot
Feb 23 2011 12:05AM
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NWPA
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try the curved one?
Feb 23 2011 12:07AM
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ganja_enthusiast
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Yes^
if you are trying to use the flat sticky your dumb
Feb 23 2011 12:09AM
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JAHH
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Same thing happened to me
Feb 23 2011 2:46AM
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K-Dubs
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i havea white one and the mount sticks on fine

Feb 23 2011 8:48AM
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steep
Posts: 6063 - Karma: 297
Heat up the mount with a hairdryer, apply to helmet, let sit over night, ??????????, profit
Feb 23 2011 9:25AM
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Finstad
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hahahaha.. genius
Feb 23 2011 9:50AM
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EmperorKuzco
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Yea I have the same helmet and I just let it sit for 1 day and it was fine
Feb 23 2011 9:52AM
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JayBadge
Posts: 199 - Karma: 1,335

The mount fit fine on my XL Bern Macon, you just have to find the right spot.

 pretty sure I hit a branch with it (the gopro) the other day and it didn't come off, I gotta get used to being a couple inches talle lol

Feb 23 2011 11:03AM
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austinvt
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It probably has something to do with the Matte Black color. Theres a coating on the black to make it black that the sticky mount can peel off. This has been happening to my roomates bern helmet/gorpo. Maybe try sanding down a small patch with very very fine sand paper and sticking it on. Or, my roomate uses the helmet stap and it works perfectly.
Feb 23 2011 11:37AM
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ski_utah
Posts: 494 - Karma: 160
it is matte black and we did use the curve mount mabye ill try the hair dryer see how that works
Feb 24 2011 1:50PM
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rooftop
Posts: 110 - Karma: 8

as stated use the concave mount, the warmer the better to get a good adhesion to the helmet, and make sure there is good adhesion all the way around, clamping it down and letting sit for a day or two will only benefit you.

Feb 24 2011 3:24PM
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.jon
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use hair dry to to heat up the adhesive and press down really hard for as long as you can, or until it's no longer hot.
Feb 24 2011 3:38PM
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Moosen
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same problem but now i lost my gopro!
Feb 24 2011 3:52PM
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.jon
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hmmmm. i need to work on my english.
Feb 24 2011 3:53PM
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ski_utah
Posts: 494 - Karma: 160
hahahaha  thats what happened to my brother but we got a new one and made a leash for it
Feb 24 2011 6:14PM
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ganja_enthusiast
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i did too and then someone took it
Feb 24 2011 7:06PM
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Z-Juice
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I had two curved mounts fall of a POC helmet so now I just put on the headstrap and problem solved. Easy to find if it falls of too which is doubtful.
Feb 24 2011 8:24PM
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ktd619
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curved mounts suck, use head strap, it works with that helmet i have it.
Feb 24 2011 10:01PM
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Whale
Posts: 226 - Karma: 16
Anyone who has a mount fall off doesn't know how to put them on. I landed on mine when I tore my ACL last year, the plastic groove snapped off, I had to pry off the mount. You have to clean the helmet surface, apply the mount when the surface is dry and in a warm location, you can't use the mount instantly, wait a day or two. When you put the mount on, push down on it for a while.
Feb 24 2011 10:24PM
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ski_utah
Posts: 494 - Karma: 160
yah we did all of though we cleaned it in our house and waited 2 days and it still fell off it was the paint on there we just sanded a small spot for it and heated the mount and it works perfectly  fine now so we do know how to put mounts on we are not idiots!!!!
Mar 4 2011 6:57PM
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