Lids Direct - CHEAP helmets!

[RePT]

Hi all! Hope the biking scene is well! I haven't been here in a while . Seen this offer and thought I may aswell post it here!

https://www.lidsdirect.co.uk/clearance-sale/clearance-helmets.html

Peace, and take care all!

-Ameen

[CaNsA]

PEA ROAST TO THE FACE!

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=3201345

[nisp]

seems like they take money off for delivery too

Delivery

Standard mainland UK delivery - £5.95 (2-3 working days, postcode restrictions apply) - FREE on orders over £50

NI, Highlands & Channel Islands delivery - £14.95

Saturday delivery - £14.95 (when available, postcode restrictions apply)

EU delivery - £24.95[/u]
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[Rogue_Shadow]

Rather than making a new thread ...
Anyone heard about or own the HJC CS-14?
It's either fairly new or Sharp has gotten slack, because it doesn't have a rating.

Cheeeers

[Baisemontchou]

[bunglebubs]

Wouldnt buy anything from that place!

Shockingly bad sevice
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[J.M.]

[Baisemontchou]

All three helmets I ordered arrived today, although my order on their site still says processing!

2x HJC CS-12N Session - £20 helmets, both fit very well.

1 x BOX BZ-1 Hazard Blue - £39.99

Well packed and so glad they finally came.

Ridiculously low price makes the delay worthwhile.
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[Shinigami]

I caved and decided to upgrade, only had my Box bx5 since october but it looks a bit beaten and I really didn't take good care of it.

Decided (even though i'm skint) it was worth getting a new one so ordered the Box fz-1, fibreglass with pinlock and built in sun visor for £50.

doesn't score too well on sharp but not convinced on their methods.

on a side note, is fibreglass better than polycarbonate or does it make no difference?
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[Shinigami]

Not being convinced does not an expert make sir.
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[colicabcadam]

my brain's worth more than £20 lolol
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[Shinigami]

Seems the fz-1 in medium is about £120 elsewhere. So not bad. Came today and it's much better than my bx5
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[Dean-J]

Whilst i would tend to agree that your head is worth ivesting money in to protect, a 3 star £20 box lid is no worse than a 3 star £450 Arai.

Its not the money that counts, its the construction of, and more importantly imo, FIT of a lid that count.

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[thepuma]

I wouldn't bother with them again to be honest.


Made an order last week which said was in stock and would be despatched for next day delivery. 4 days later and no helmet!...decided to email them, no answer. Re-emailed them next day, got a reply to say it was being sent out and I would receive it today by Citylink! Asked the missus if she could hang about for courier (its her day off)...decided to give them a call just to double check the tracking number , they told me it HADN'T gone yesterday afterall as it wasn't in stock...and that it would go today.

I dunno, I think this company just lies and makes it up as they go along. They blatantly sell items on their website that they simply don't have in stock (even though they say they are).

All round bad experience.

Counter that with an order I just placed at Newitts for some cones...placed order at 10am, got confirmation at 10.05 and got despatched email at 10.15. Now that's proper customer service. Not some chimp making things up when they know they don't have stock in)

I guess there's the reason why LidsDirect are cheap, you just don't know if or when its going to arrive.
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[thepuma]

My helmet finally arrived..but its faulty! The visor won't fully close.

Now I've got the hassle of returning it and getting my money back.

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[daemonoid]

[Rogerborg]

HJC by any chance? They all do that, mister.

Just return it under the Distance Selling Regulations, don't get into an argument about whether it's defective or not. There's no provision in there for them refusing because it's a safety item (there probably should be, but there isn't).
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[Polarbear]

I just received my HJC IS-11 from them. I ordered it yesterday and it arrived today. I can't fault that kind of service.

It cost me £99 and some are being sold for £218 on ebay

Oh and yes, the visor shuts leaving a small gap but will shut completely if you push it firmly shut.
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[kotachi]

do HJC's fit the same size as AGV's?

cause there's nowhere really local to me where I can try on HJC's and I have an AGV K4 Large which fits perfectly, want to assume I'm ok to order an HJC large off there and it fit "well" also...
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