People like that can be handled by volunteers acting as ‘designated victims’ on a rotating schedule.
“Ohh dang! Here he comes”
“Who’s on diversion duty today??”
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Absolutely 
true!
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A lot easier these days. You arrange for your mate to call you when the enthusiast comes over… “Oh, it is the wife…sorry better take this” - walk off with a nod to your mate.
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If the fix doesn’t hold, take it to a place that fixes plastic car bumpers. I read where someone did that for something similar and it was so easy the place did it for free.
Is that the optivisor you can get at Harbor Freight? I’ve been buying those for years. Each time it would last for about 8 months before it became too loose to be functional (you can normally push it up and it will stay up on your head when you don’t need to look through the visor - when it gets loose it just won’t stay up like that). I mail ordered a couple during CoVid and neither lasted 8 weeks. Anyone know a fix to make it stay in place better?
That rivet gets worn loose after a while. Not the rivet itself but the “stay-up” feature depends on the friction between the plastic parts. I don’t think you can hammer the rivet tighter, the inside part of it feels like plastic. It might be possible to slide/force some kind of shim in between the head band and the visor.
I haven’t used the “stay-up” feature like that, I set it so that I can just about see beneath it and the elevate my eyeballs to see through the lens. Not ideal but it works …just …
I did get rid of the silly little lamps and their battery holders. Lost some weight off of the visor which makes life less stressful for that rivet. I tried to get the lens bulbs to light up the same area but I gave up on it after 20 minutes. Even if they had been perfect they can’t beat good workplace lighting.
I’ve wondered about using some kind of tacky glue smeared on it to see if that improves it - something like the stuff you use on paper - doesn’t provide a solid bond like white glue but might slow things up. But I’ve not tried it yet…
I thought about the sticky stuff method too. Just need to find the right stuff …
@phil2015 Phil, not a Harbor Freight visor, one of those high priced hobby shop visors. It’s Probably exactly the same as the Harbor Freight one 
The repaired visor has survived for three hours of use so far
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For my vision, the extra light actually helped me see into very tight areas… for about a half-an-hour. As with another one, when the batteries died, I 86’d the light. … So, light or lighter? I went for the latter. Lol!
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Some ideas - never tried them.
Ball bearing and some of Michaels Gaffer tape/Duct tape? I don’t think you could get in to drill a dimple for the ball bearing but if you can make a small dimple in the visor and glue the ball bearing in it, then drill a corresponding dimple on the head band. When lifted the ball bearings on each side should be enough to hold it. If you can’t get a drill in, maybe tape the ball bearing inside the lifting part and it may put enough pressure between them to keep it in place.
Other option is velcro. Glue a piece to the band, and glue the other strip to the visor with a piece ‘flapping’ so it fits along the band when its raised. When you raise it, just tap the loose part onto the hooks. Peel the loose part of the hooks to drop it down to use it.
Not aesthetic, but if it works…
Take the headband off of your head before drilling! 
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Can I steal that for my motorcycle club page?
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@Hohenstaufen , absolutely! I stole it from somewhere on the interweb so feel free to share the fun!
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Yes, I have put a disk of EVA foam (hope that is the name of the product in English) on each side between the headband and the visor to add friction and works better than new. Stays in place without moving at all.
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The repair can be tricky. The light switch does not give the repair much purches. The repair needs to be strong yet flexable. My recommendation would be to clean the area to be repaired. Cut a piece of plastic that spans the break a quarter inchon each side of the break… Apply Shoe Goo to the patch and then press the patch to the side of the visor spanning the break. About 24 hours later you will be good to go. I use it on slot car bodies and it holds up under impact well.