Whats your favourite helmet and why?

[ureanooly]

Just getting into riding and not sure what kind of helmet to choose. I'd like to know what's your favourite helmet, and maybe I can get some inspiration from it:)

[to v or not to v]

go in a shop and try some on for comfort. people come with different shaped heads.
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[doggone]

Depends on your bike to some extent, I increasingly favour open face style for local trips in warmer weather.
You are better spending more than bargain basement even for first one.
Try a few on don't rule out good used one especially from friends if funds are tight.
If looked after a good helmet might last ten years or more.

[stinkwheel]

I like flip-overs so I can decide if I want to ride full face or open face. I also like minimal intrustion into my visual field so thin cheek pads and (oddly) a very close fitting chinbar.

I'm wearing an airoh matisse just now but I tried on a scorpion exo-tech evo carbon recently and unless something else comes on the market by then, that'll be my next one.
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[Fullers1845]

Just try on lots so you find something that fits really nicely.

I'd also go for a pinlock visor and good ventilation.

I prefer a clear visor and having a drop down integral sun visor is a godsend when the sun is low in the sky.
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[c_dug]

It must be a me thing, but I can never make pinlock work properly. It baffles me that nobody else has issues.

Must have had half a dozen helmets from different brands, and whether the pinlock is fitted by the shop or by me it still fogs up in between the layers, gets rain drops inside in heavy downpours, and eventually comes loose from the fittings and jiggles about up and down eventually hazing the contact area.

I think next time I may actually run a very thin bead of clear silicone around the joint between visor and pinlock.

As for general helmet choice, I stick with a basic bitch full face jobby. It might be an unjustified fear but I hate the thought of an flip lid coming open during a crash.
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[stinkwheel]

[Ayrton]

Whatever fits the best really. There's some really cool helmets I like that I just cant buy because the fit is terrible for me. I also like it if they have some way of keeping the visor slightly open for a bit of airflow. my HJC has that and I noticed a lot of visors don't.

Never really had a issue with pinlocks myself, never had my visor fog up with one on or had it leak. I think they just have to be fitted perfectly and if you mess with it at all afterwards they never seem to seal properly again.

[Nobby the Bastard]

[stinkwheel]