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Hi folks,
off the tops of your heads, anyone know which helmets have passed the Snell tests?
Thanks in advance, Den
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Reasonably certain that there are none at present... certainly none by any of the major manufacturers. The folks who did have some in the past don't seem to anymore.
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| Denni wrote: |
Hi folks,
off the tops of your heads, anyone know which helmets have passed the Snell tests?
Thanks in advance, Den |
None. There's no point wearing a helmet. Nuff said.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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A quick look at Snell's home page confirms this. They only had a few models listed as being certified and a quick search on those models produced some utterly lame-looking helmets with crap ventilation, a massive chin-guard (admittedly detachable by unscrewing some enormous bolts, but nobody would ever want to use it - modern chin guards for racing are much less obtrusive) and a rounded shiny surface which a goggle strap will slip around on. They also look pretty heavy, although I couldn't find a specification which stated the weight.
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There were quite a few issues with SNELL's testing (on motorcycle helmets specifically) until relatively recently. By concentrating on shell deformation and puncture resistance, the actual G-forces transmitted to the head were getting worse not better, to the point that one of SNELL's founders actually left the organisation.
SNELL is a US based organisation, and only really exists, IMHO, because the US DOT standard is a self-certification standard, not a standard with a specific set of tests and criteria such as the EC standards used here.
As long as it meets the EC/ISO standard it should be good enough.
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Hi folks,
many thanks for all the replies, much appreciated.
I only asked as I am in the market for a new lid. I did buy a Salomon Prophet Air because of a perfect fit but unfortunately upon closer inspection it had a hairline crack in it and In the meantime whilst the shop is hunting one down for me, I thought I'd ask the question.
I realise that the european certification or rather legal standard, seems the norm so will just go with that.
Thanks again, Den
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The ASTM standards are slightly more stringent than the EN ones (and isn't EN1077 being relaxed a little?) so its worth looking for a hat with that certification, but not worth losing sleep over.
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Thanks again for the replies folks and the link to the discussion.
I knew there were a couple of classifications but not fully aware of the ins and outs of both.
Will do a wee bit more research.
Den
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