Re: £16 Helmet on Ebay
 

Well it appears that the ones are eBay are these: Red Zed RZ-401

A quick Google Product Search of RZ-401 shows M&P Direct Ltd sold them for £17.99 (they're no longer listed on their website, though various other models are).

Looks like it's just left over stock from a discontinued (no idea if it or not) model.

Re: £16 Helmet on Ebay
 

what would be a good way to sort this out is buy one & film you launching it off a wall & see how it fairs.

only an idea.

Re: £16 Helmet on Ebay
 

That particular helmet is a rebranded Nitro N750VX. Take it from me, I should know these things as I was Nitro's sales rep for the eastern region for a few years.

That helmet - same design and same method of construction - was retailing at over 80 quid 4 years ago.

It's not a 16 quid helmet, it's an 80 quid helmet being sold much cheaper.

Re: £16 Helmet on Ebay
 

value my head and life more than £80! let alone £16.
For a decent helmet in general you looking at £200, then the price spirals for not much improvement. look at shoei and arai, thay have there own tests....... a flower pot will pass the EU tests!

this is one thing you do not want to save money on!

Re: £16 Helmet on Ebay
 

I have 1 but problem with helmets.

My head wont fit AGV ARAI or SHOEI just wont sit right.

i have a CABERG that fits perfect & only cost me £120.

if you have a head like mine you cant buy the £200 to £500 helmets & why should you if you can get one for less.

Re: £16 Helmet on Ebay
 

You know alot about helmets, their construction and design and the testing proceedures then, do you? Obviously not!

Posting from a position of ignorance does you no favours.

Re: £16 Helmet on Ebay
 

Will a £500 ARAI & SHOEI fight off a stone chip any better than a £80 helmet?

id say no. i had to change my helmet last week due to a stone chip from a car & im glad it was a £85 one not a £500 one.

why claim its cos you value ur head & not that you just want that badge on you helmet?

they all smash much the same anyway

Re: £16 Helmet on Ebay
 

i went into my local bike shop and tried on about 12 different helmets ranging from £80-£400 I was looking to spend about £300 on one, in the end i left with a Caberg V2R for £120 because it fitted the best. Even the salesman said that it was the one he'd buy if he was me as its all about the fit.

Re: £16 Helmet on Ebay
 

That must have been one big stone chip to warrant writing the helmet off like that. You sure it wasn't a half-brick?

I wear Arais because value for money wise they are the best on the market, as well as being one of the safest helmets available. I'll get 5 years use from an Arai costing 200 quid. I'll spend 300 quid on cheaper helmets over the same period of time. I can afford to blow 200 or even 400 quid a time on a lid, but there are a huge number of people who can't, and for them an 80 quid helmet makes sound economic sense.

Having said that, I recently bought a 100 quid Nitro flip-front to wear when I'm doing long distances as it's quieter than my Arais and the earpieces from my bluetooth headset fit it better. I trust Nitro lids because I've been involved in the design, and have seen the methods of construction and testing they go through.

Very very wrong. You need to research this subject very thoroughly before making claims like that.

Re: £16 Helmet on Ebay
 

I looked into testing and the difference between the old BSI and new EU helmet tests. Whilst not an "expert" in helmets i am a full time engineer and do actually know a fair amount about materials.

Brand name doesn't matter, (well, maybe not some!) but people have heard of shoei/arai.
If you must know the helmet i want is a schuberth, has no "name" on it, but it's a bit expensive.
so do some research, and actually look at the figures for helmet impact test, in particularly look at the different areas of the helmet they test, and the tooling they use to test them...... then maybe you might have a different opinion.

maybe you got a good deal.... they do do nice helmets.
£200 is a rough guide. there are things called sales... i like them :)