Howdy
Well I finally have what I need for my cranium and thought I would share and offer my own end user opinion on it all.
I combined the PVS 14 red dot scope with the JUST MICH 2001 helmet, a pair of goggles I had laying around and a cool looking headset I found by accident on the internet.
Although I'm happy with the helmet, I wasn't too super thrilled about the suspension system that came with it. The helmet is the most comfortable helmet I've worn so far with it's padded inserts and it fits really nicely on my skull. As for the chin cup, I still haven't found much ergonomic use for it. It doesn't conform to my chin no matter how I've adjusted the retention straps and slips down with a little bit of a tug, under my jaw; so I'll probably just modify it. The horizontal strap connected between the two rear straps that run behind the ears was already falling apart, so I cut it off and haven't had any problems yet (I'll end up making my own rear strap connction and use that or just install a brand new retention system).
The headset I used is called the "Commander tactical headset". It works with two prong Motorola professional series radioes. I found that with it's "unique" deisgn of running a metal connector between the two ear peices _horizontally_ around the back of the head and a couple of velcro straps over the top of the skull, it made it impossible to fit the helmet on over it, so I had to pretty much just work the headset straps around the helmet straps and integrate both helmet and headset as one. It's not too bad now that I've fiddled around with different ways to don the helmet with the headset inside of it, so I don't really mind it anymore.
As for the goggles, I found the helmet and headset along with the PVS 14 to work really well together and not inhibit goggle function. It took some messing around to get the helmet and the goggles to work together when I initially got everything, but after adjusting some tension here and some tension there, I found that the goggles and helmet worked well together and I didn't have my goggles grinding down my face.
So over all, I would have to say that initially when I put everything together, I was a bit disappointed with some of the ergonomic disagreements between gear peices, but with enough patience and effort I got everything to work together and now I'm quite happy with what I've got now
