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Re: junior helmet snell
Posted by 'SimonS' on 14 Jan 2015 @ 00:01

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Although "the best one can afford" may sound like good advice, it should come with a warning.

Many expensive helmets offer no more protection than less expensive helmets, simply because the money hasn't been spent on 'protection' but on other factors...like style. The certification process states the tests that any helmet wanting that certificate has to undergo, and there is little incentive for a helmet manufacturer to exceed those limits, so for the most part, they don't.

You also see idiot behaviour with helmets. People buy an expensive helmet and then fit a camera mount. One expensive helmet that is effectively scrap! (Ask Schumacher why is isn't a good idea).

Additionally, simply dropping a helmet from waist height onto a hard flat surface, let alone a stone, is enough to compromise it. The more expensive the helmet, the less you may be inclined to replace it.

The other question to ask is whether you also use, or intend to use earplugs. A kart engine, producing 104 decibels at six feet above the track is producing a lot more two feet from your ear. It can and will cause industrial noise damage, possibly deafness.

If you aren't concerned about the almost certain damage done to the hearing, why spend so much money on the far less likely need for excessive head protection?

The most expensive helmet you can buy is often for the purchaser's benefit, not the wearer!

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junior helmet snell by 'k04karting' (12 Jan 2015 @ 21:17)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'SJTKart76' (12 Jan 2015 @ 22:49)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'SimonS' << You are here!

Re: junior helmet snell by 'itpro' (14 Jan 2015 @ 0:50)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'SJTKart76' (14 Jan 2015 @ 1:00)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'RoadRat' (14 Jan 2015 @ 18:38)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'MaxRacewear' (14 Jan 2015 @ 23:18)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'itpro' (15 Jan 2015 @ 0:01)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'SJTKart76' (15 Jan 2015 @ 12:29)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'richydehav' (15 Jan 2015 @ 13:03)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'MaxRacewear' (15 Jan 2015 @ 14:13)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'SJTKart76' (15 Jan 2015 @ 14:17)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'MaxRacewear' (15 Jan 2015 @ 16:49)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'itpro' (15 Jan 2015 @ 17:19)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'k04karting' (15 Jan 2015 @ 17:27)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'SJTKart76' (15 Jan 2015 @ 19:08)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'richydehav' (15 Jan 2015 @ 19:33)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'MaxRacewear' (16 Jan 2015 @ 8:33)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'SimonS' (16 Jan 2015 @ 10:09)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'IainB' (16 Jan 2015 @ 17:50)

Re: junior helmet snell by 'itpro' (16 Jan 2015 @ 17:53)

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