I noticed after a fire the band got brittle, and had cracks in it. I should have shucked it right then. The next time it got hot it broke right at the seam. I thought it was just a bad seam, maybe too tight on my helmet so I sandwiched the ends under my shield. Next fire it busted again. It's just not up to the task. Might be good for wild land firefighting.

Was great until we went into the burn building. I didn't see a temp rating on this when I bought it, but anytime anyone in our crew went in a room at 700+ degrees the bands popped, so that's 4 bands down on our crew, while the old school inner tube ones were fine. I guess if you don't see fire or your fires are cooler then it's great, the second it gets hot we were yardsaleing all over the place.

Simple, cheap, versatile. Holds almost anything you want to the helmet. I have several FF jobs and use this on all my helmets with a streamlight flashlight.

I tried putting it in my helmet, it tore some, as I tried to put a pin in it, it made a big hole.

Great for holding flashlight . But it failed and popped in half when worn in class a training burn. I recommend using it for fire ground evolutions , and vehicle crashes . Not interior attack if suspected high heat.

I have used these bands on several different helmets in a couple of different departments, and they're the best solution I've found for helmet mounted lighting. They work well on traditional and modern helmets, and allow you to hold any kind of small flashlight you like plus all of the wedges, pens, punches, and other junk people seem like to keep up there. They're also much more low-profile and snag resistant than any of the brim-mounted lights I've seen. The only downside is that they don't really work with a faceshield. As for the folks who say they fail in the heat, mine stand up to a pretty regular shift of firefighting and rescue work and have never let me down. They do wear out after a few years depending on use though (it is just a heavy rubber band after all). My advice is to just buy a couple of them. I usually buy three or four so that I'd have extras, but my partners always buy them off me.

I've used this band for about 3 months now, and I love it. I've yet to go interior with it, but I'm more than confident that it will hold up.

this rubber strap is junk it broke in less than 2months of use :( ;

I like the strap to hold my Light & Chocks. I like it better than cutting up a tire tube. My last one broke in a structure fire and I almost have lost my $100 flashlight with it. It may have been dry rotted and I didn't notice. But I bought a couple of backups and I inspect it every shift for rips.