Does anyone know who sells ladies sized hard hats in the UK? I had one years ago from Arco and now they are looking at me as if I'm mad. Cheers

Or you could always try this beauty..... http://www.safetysavers....adies-pink-hard-hat.html

We've never had anyone complaining that the hard-hats don't adjust small enough - and we've got one very petite female member of staff who is a right pain with respect to every other piece of PPE (small enough jacket, small enough boots, small enough gloves).

When the words female, jaw, gab and ear defenders appear in the same post you now it must be Friday... (takes cover)

I'm not sure if you mean a gap in that the ear defender cups are not pressed against the side of your head or a gap in the sense of they are in the wrong position vertically. Anyway, in either event, have you tried the approach of defenders with a neck-band rather than helmet mount? I probably prefer helmet mount myself, I admit, but if the problem is the size of the actual hard shell I suspect you're going to struggle to find a helmet that works. We normally solve helmet - hearing protection issues by using earplugs, but I personally don't like ear plugs (and my GP has told me I must not use ear-plugs due to existing ear canal damage, but I've already got hearing damage so do use them sometimes).

Sorry if my removed reply offended anyone, the op query was answered so I thought I would post it-obviously it was very tongue in cheek. If the query hadn't have been answered I would not have posted. Is ice good for a slapped wrist! Regards SW