I'd agree, I wasn't impressed with the shield either. It's far to easy to knacker it completely when putting the 'shield' bit on as it's not hard to cross thread the screws.
I bought a 360 to replace it and that's much better, but it's very warm as there are no vents on the top and only a couple on side. That's great for winter and cold weather. Not sure how it's going to pan out for summer tho.
Cross season cover? I might be the only person who does this but I have a petzl Elios which I use for whatever situation I'm in. The majority of the people I know also do this and don't have 2 seperate helmets.
Is this filling a niche in the market that doesn't need to be filled?
It all depends on whether you like rock climbing in a nice light foam helmet or not. If you do then you'll prob feel a bit exposed when things start falling past you on alpine routes. For someone who wants to buy a foam shelled helmet for rock climbing it makes sense to consider something like the alpine shield so as to avoid buying a second helmet at a later date.
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