Dropped my helmet!

[The_One]

New helmet, only a week or two old... and Whoops! I drop it today! Bit of a bummer!
I dropped it from just below my waist, worried about the integrity of it.

There is a visible crack, but it's on a air vent, you can peel it back and see that the helmet isn't cracked underneath.
Not sure about it as the air vent took the impact.
Thought I'd ask you guys

Pics included. . .


https://img295.imageshack.us/img295/6829/herecx9.th.jpg

https://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3368/crackedal3.th.jpg

[Shaane]

it will be fine

Will still do the job if you fall off in the future.
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[Ariel Badger]

definatly a scrap hat. Send it to me and I will dispose of it for you.
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[Mudskipper]

General concensus is that damage occurs when the lid is dropped while full (of head). Compression of layers etc.

A low empty drop is unlikely to have diminished it's safety.

However some claim any drop is not worth the risk.

Personally I'd still wear it, but it's your head, so your choice.
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[The_One]

Haha Well im sure it's better than my Nitro plant pot

[Shaane]

I dropped my helmet about 10 times and it also rolled off my Mums car roof. I then crashed wearing the same helmet and i come off completely fine (well at least my head did).

Still use the helmet tbh. Although i keep meaning to replace it.
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[Ariel Badger]

[colin1]

I'm another one who thinks that there need to be a head in the helmet when it hits something for the polystyrene instead to get squished.

Having said that, the outer is important too, so it depends what you dropped it onto. Id still use it anyway if it was just from waist height, but onto concrete is worse than onto a carpet or grass.

Another side to the polystyrene squishing, is that I now believe that a helmet that has seen a lot of use being pulled on and off, will have had its polystyrene squished so wont be as tight a fit, as something that has been only put on and off a few times.

It may even be that a new nitro helmet is better protection than an ari that is two years old and has been used a lot.

I met someone who bought fresh tyres for his bike every month, bought a brand new bike every few years, and bought a cheap new lid every year. Im starting to come round to his point of view to some extent.
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[trevoriv]

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[LankyPaddy]

Can you send helmets back to the manufacturers for a check-up (maybe an x-ray)?
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[Whosthedaddy]

Give it too me and I promise break out the sledge hammer this time.

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[mark83]

I've always thought that sweat causes more damage than a small drop.

If you think about it, all the layers absorb the sweat, then it dries. It happens over and over until you're left with a shiny lid on the outside, but compressed rotting layers on the inside!

Hate the thought of it really...
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Him]

Never replaced a helmet yet just because I have dropped it, but as someone else has said, its your choice, (although I suspect someone will be along soon to tell me my choice is wrong)

[Carl Howell]

Cut it in half and see if its compressed. Only way to be safe lol.

How did you pay for it? Could you be insured. Failing that claim on house insurance saying you keep it on your mantle piece and it fell off.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Carl Howell]

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[Carl Howell]

What about that advert on the telly where the bloke get handcuffed to the bed by a woman he's just met and she steals everything and his mates taking the piss saying he should of used his credit card as he would be insured?

[Nebzor]