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Which Helmet To Choose

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loveyoursneakers
Posts: 1090 - Karma: 76
I have a choice between:

POC Receptor Bug
Smith Variant Brim
Bern Baker
Bern Macon

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May 20 2009 8:15PM
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the-big-lepowski
Posts: 1212 - Karma: 544

POC has great swedish quality and kind of funky bug-inspired design - unique, but probably more $ than the others.  I have a Bern halmet for mtb and longboarding and its great quality and good fit.  I like the hard-hat look and brim of the baker, but if ventilation is important, keep looking.  Not much experience with smith, but they look nice.  Why no GIro?  I have the encore and the shiv is supposedly amazing too.

Good luck and protect da noggin

May 20 2009 8:44PM
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tonyflow1
Posts: 82 - Karma: 27
i have the recepter. its kinda a big looking helmet, but in terms of safety probably the top of your list. i reckon the grio shiv does look pretty good. bern has the worst ventilation and safety of your list and dont know about smith
May 20 2009 8:48PM
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Lemuel
Posts: 14477 - Karma: 10,515
I have the variant brim and it is sick.  It's probably the lightest (well the variant is probably a little lighter) helmet out there.  It kinda gets old after a couple seasons though.  I have had some gnarly crashes with it and no cracks or anything. a couple dents, but i did a rodeo 5 attempt to faceplant right on the brim and i have no idea how it did not break off.  you will not be disappointed with the variant brim.
May 20 2009 8:52PM
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tonyflow1
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oh yeh, that's the other thing - ive heard reports that poc helmets can only take one hit and they're dead. apparently they fall apart when hit hard
May 20 2009 8:59PM
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Lemuel
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well, in reality all helmets should be replaced after 1 good hit.  But if everyone did that they would be going through helmets every couple weeks, days, or even hours. I have had some hard crashes with my smith, i have not had experience with and POC products, so i cannot really say.
May 20 2009 9:26PM
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tonyflow1
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yep, totally agree. the giro i had before the poc took countless hard knocks but is still in one piece. the thing i heard about poc, is that it falls apart after a decent hit. im sure it won't happen to every poc helmet but i've heard it happen to quite a few
May 20 2009 9:40PM
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loveyoursneakers
Posts: 1090 - Karma: 76
Thx for the help I think Bern is out of the Question and Smith, Poc and Giro will be in my final options.

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May 21 2009 12:19AM
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zagfan5
Posts: 2608 - Karma: 144
The smith holt is a sick helmet.take a look into it
May 21 2009 12:24AM
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Dvacc20
Posts: 344 - Karma: 19
Go with the Red Trace. I know its not in your options but I love mine.
May 21 2009 9:26AM
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chazz.
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thats only in their race helmets, like the skull x and skull comp. there is a seam line running halfway up the helmet that runs around the head, upon hard impact it is designed to split apart and absorb most of the energy of the fall. works only in hard enough falls where the foam and honeycomb membrane would not be adequate enough to protect your noggin from serious injury. On a side note, i have a skull comp, loved it for racing, and am definitely gonna get a receptor bug next year.
May 21 2009 9:58AM
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urbanjib
Posts: 1801 - Karma: 255
thats an awesome idea for the company... thats like so sick technology
May 21 2009 11:23AM
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i.ski.troll.
Posts: 4692 - Karma: 245
RED trace. love mine.
May 21 2009 12:06PM
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Pman13a
Posts: 3800 - Karma: 451
my holt is sick, it protected me real well this year an is really stylie.  I took out the ear flaps and got a size larger so i could wear a hat under and it turned out to be money
May 21 2009 5:39PM
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TheBeardedOne
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 58
Definitely a good pick, I love my holt. It's way comfortable, light and has good ventilation if you pull out the vent plugs. plus you can pull out the liner and wear a hat under like he^ said.
May 21 2009 7:25PM
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summersover
Posts: 5777 - Karma: 233
I happen to love my Shiv and G10MX
May 21 2009 7:33PM
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loveyoursneakers
Posts: 1090 - Karma: 76
I'm lookin into gettin the Shiv, cause it's not to pricey and the design and construction looks pretty good.

Thanks again for the Help.
May 21 2009 8:03PM
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Z_rob
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i think the berns look the most stylish
May 22 2009 4:17PM
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