 Poster: A snowHead
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After a few hours of trying on helmets we found that a junior helmet fitted my wife better than the adult model (Giro G9) working on the the basis that a better fit is safer than one where the helmet doesn't.
Does anyone know what criteria is used to determine the difference between Adults/Juniors in helmet manufacturer ?
At what weight.height does a Junior become an Adult ?
I'm not trying to save money, just to ensure that the helmet fits correctly and will protect her head. (couldn't face doing my own ironing, cooking etc).
Your views/thoughts please.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I ski in a kids helmet under the theory that it fits better!!!
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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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My wife and I bought helmets at the same shop (my wife bouht a childs helmet) the very helpful guy at the shop explained, and it seem sensible, that fit is the most important given that if you don't wear it then it won't help. And also pointed out that they are made to the same standard - nobody would buy a poor lid just for a child.
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I've just bought a childs helmet after trying on countless expensive adult ones in the big ski shops - the childs one fits far better than all those I tried on - and probably no VAT!!.
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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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Led, a friend of mine has just bought a child sized helmet (she's only 4'9" bless her). If your head is rattling around inside the helmet because it doesn't fit, it will offer very little protection. Instead of the helmet absorbing any impact, with room to move you will just head butt your helmet.
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Some helmets offer better protection than others. The ones sold here will satisfy European standards and may well satisfy more stringent N.American standards too. I believe that bigger helmets are manufactured to deal safely with greater impacts but of course this won't help you if the helmet doesn't fit in the first place, so ultimately it's still down to finding one that fits. It will be the size it is and presumably won't matter if it's designed for kids or adults.
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Crikey!!! 6 consecutive sensible posts on a 'helmet' thread - Snowheads.........friends............we must be slipping!! 
And if we are, I hope we are wearing our helmets!!
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Actually, I was going to ask a sensible question too, perhaps I might be permitted to add it to this thread? Could someone please tell me where in London has the best selection of helmets to try? I need a new one, and it will make a change to have one that actually fits: therefore need to try on as many as possible. Thanks.
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Ski Bartlett in Hillingdon has a wide choice but couldn't say if it's the best in London as I don't know the other shops.
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slikedges, thanks, but I was hoping for somewhere a little more central. Say within Zone 2.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Hurtle, do you turn into a pumpkin if you stray outside? 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I've just bought a youth helmet (Scott Shadow III Youth, size medium) because it was the only one that fitted well, having tried all the ones in both S&N and EB. It cost £40 from EB. Also it weighs only 400g (actually a shade under), which is great considering S&N charge £239 for one largely because fancy technology has managed them to reduce the weight to "only" 500g.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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anotherproblem, quite. And I must admit that Greenford is even more ewwww-inducing than Hillingdon. 
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Poster: A snowHead
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You could do worse than going to Decathlon. The one I know is in Canada Water, not central London but easily accessible on the Jubilee line and there are other stores around the country
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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tafflondon, thanks, I've just been looking them up online for the very purpose. Canada Water is fine - perfectly accessible for me.
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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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Reverse situation in our household. The kids use adult ski and cycle helmets.
Bunch of big heads 
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stoatsbrother, I had that problem throughout my childhood, on account of my bloody massive head
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hurtle,
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I come from Middlesex
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Ahhhh...explains a lot 
I would guess that not many places in the UK will have the selection that Bartlett has, though they are a race orientated shop, so a fair amount of their stuff will be of that vein, so no guarantees even if you do eventually decide to hire a guide and visit the ungroomed.
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Led, I had to buy a junior helmet to get the right fit, according to the staff in the shop, it is exactly the same spec as the adult ones. As they are also meant to protect you from other skiers/boarders and not just falls, I can’t see the age of the user having any bearing on the helmet structure, unless you are talking about helmets aimed at toddlers who wouldn’t be in contact with skiers/boarders going at speed in the first place.
A 12 year old boy would hit the ground far harder than I would, if they are anything like my kids where at 12, so it surely wouldn't be safe to make them a different spec because they are junior sized.
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slikedges,
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visit the ungroomed
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You mean Hillingdon?
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Hurtle, that's what I meant  (maybe I should have said "greater ungroomed" or ungroomed suburbs"!)
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Hurtle, slikedges, and of course not forgetting that in the past our very own rob@rar has refered to SkiBartlett as 'is my favourite shop in the world'
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Led, as far as I am aware Junior Ski helemts are the same spec as adult ones, as a test measure around the outside of different sizes of the same helmet. If they are the same then its internal volume that dictates the size.
However there is a difference between child sizes and Junior models, so only apply the above to small adults and junior sizes.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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youngeratheart, try this
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You know it makes sense.
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Should just add that we went to Bartlett's recently as well and had very good service and came away with three well fitting children's race helmets of different sizes and shapes. I suspect we couldn't've done that anywhere else in the country.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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anotherproblem, Yeah ssen it but they tease you with pics, but no link for stickers, I'll pm Michelle later to see if she can sort it.
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FAQ
sticker for it. I've messaged admin but its still sitting in my outbox. Any ideas 
