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Worth it to switch to mips

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HomerPimpin
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when i bought all my gear about a year ago i looked into everything except for the helmet. i kinda just chose one i thought looked good and ended up getting a mod5, but i didn’t pay any attention to mips. now that i’m consistently skiing blacks and double blacks a lot of the time, im wondering if it’s a good idea to get a mips helmet. the giro ledge seems great and $90 is relatively cheap compared to a lot of the other helmets i’ve seen.

just thought i’d ask around for opinions cause it’s one of those things where i’ve got a functional helmet and there doesn’t seem to really be a “good time” per se to actually switch, unless i take a gnarly fall or crash and crack my helmet, but who knows how good or bad that might turn out
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saucelars
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Hit my head the other day pretty hard and am happy that i haven’t felt anything change from it. No idea how much mips makes a difference but from all the slams i’ve taken in my giro ledge and the reasonable price i’d always say it’s worth it
3 years ago
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whitenab
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If it's on your mind it might be worth switching to know you're doing the most to protect your brain.

I took a really sudden/random fall last week and hit my head really hard. It was not on dangerous terrain. I ended up with a super mild concussion. I was wearing mips. Maybe it helped maybe not but I'm searching for a new helmet right now and it's going to be mips or wavecel so I know I'm doing the best for my head.
3 years ago
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Biffbarf
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If it's worth your peace of mind then it's worth it. Nobody can tell you the exact threshold of when a non mips helmet wouldn't save you where a mips helmet would. It's probably pretty small considering plastic helmets slide on snow pretty well and all mips is is a sliding interface between your dome and helmet
3 years ago
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tutipups
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HomerPimpinwhen i bought all my gear about a year ago i looked into everything except for the helmet. i kinda just chose one i thought looked good and ended up getting a mod5, but i didn’t pay any attention to mips. now that i’m consistently skiing blacks and double blacks a lot of the time, im wondering if it’s a good idea to get a mips helmet. the giro ledge seems great and $90 is relatively cheap compared to a lot of the other helmets i’ve seen.

just thought i’d ask around for opinions cause it’s one of those things where i’ve got a functional helmet and there doesn’t seem to really be a “good time” per se to actually switch, unless i take a gnarly fall or crash and crack my helmet, but who knows how good or bad that might turn out


I have a mips ledge and i love it and also remember that a huge portion of people here also love the ledge
3 years ago
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HomerPimpin
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tutipupsI have a mips ledge and i love it and also remember that a huge portion of people here also love the ledge


yeah i saw somebody recommend it on a thread a couple days ago
3 years ago
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Logi
Posts: 388 - Karma: 3,889
No reason not to get mips really. It’s like 20 bucks more, possibly could save your brain from a bad slam (more than a non-mips helmet would). I have a mod 1 with mips and it’s pretty great. I’ve heard the ledge mips is great too for 40 bucks cheaper
3 years ago
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toe-bang-gang
Posts: 208 - Karma: 1,272
mips isn’t really going to be the deciding factor between a brain injury or not. Mips is a great feature to have but more in a moto helmet or something like that, as for as skiing goes, it isn’t a dire need.
3 years ago
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Tannerhalscousin
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No.
3 years ago
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sexyjulian
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I like to get a new helmet every year, I got way 2 many concussions to play around
3 years ago
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