Motocross helmet: photo and reviews. Motocross helmet for children

Long before buying a motorcycle, the first thing to focus on is the choice of a helmet. In an inexperienced consumer, the choice of a necessary and safe model can take far more than one day, so in this article we will try to figure out what a motocross helmet is, and how to behave when buying.

Types of helmets

In the car market you can see several main types of helmet:

• open;
• Integral (closed);
• Modular (mobile mechanism);
• Cross;
• "pot".

In addition to the main varieties, there are several more types of helmets that can combine the above types. We will analyze all the pros and cons of each model separately.

Open

This type is suitable for owners of choppers and classic scooters. Motocross helmet can be with or without a visor, with a visor and additional protection for the cheeks. Such a helmet has a more or less normal degree of protection for your head, but your face remains vulnerable. It would be possible to turn a blind eye to this, but only the statistics of the accident indicate that in 70% of such cases with the participation of motor vehicles, blows and injuries occur on the face and jaw.

There are few significant advantages for such a helmet: a slightly fresh face in the summer, a little better overview (if compared with closed types) and a low price. It is not necessary to recommend such a motocross helmet to novice bikers or children, especially since responses about them are distributed approximately 50/50.

Integral

Closed type of helmet is one of the most popular types of biker protection. Used in a variety of purposes and categories. There is a motocross helmet for children, professional, off-road, motorways and many other directions.

"Integral" has the maximum level of protection, for which it fell in love with urban motorcyclists, athletes and simple mototourists. The helmet completely covers the head with the face. In their reviews, many bikers complain of insufficient ventilation and sometimes a small viewing angle, but there is no caveat as to security.

Modular

This type of helmets are also called transformers for the available design features. The front part of them (or in another way - the "jaw") reclines, due to which the helmet becomes universal and something middle between the integral and the open type.

It is this motocross helmet (photo above) that is chosen by those who move from an open version to a safer one. Transformers have reliable face protection, but due to their safety design they are a little underdog to integrals (the more moving parts, the less strength).

Numerous reviews about the modules are reduced to the fact that the most weighty disadvantage of a motorist considers their weight. Very often, the transformed models weigh almost half a kilogram more than the usual closed analogs. A bright representative of the line of modulators is the motocross helmet Fox.

Cross

Models are characterized by well-developed protection of the eyes and jaws due to a specific visor and protruding lower part. Typically, this type of helmet is used only for its purpose - sports crosses and professional sports, that is, where dirt, dust and impassability.

The helmet is additionally purchased with special glasses, if one is not equipped with a visor. On the car market you can find combined models of high comfort, which are often used by motorists.

They all respond in different ways, but the only thing that they do not like motorists, is the universality of the sizes. Sometimes picking up the right motocross helmet under your head becomes a real problem.

"Pot"

This type of protection and a helmet is hard to name, because how to protect in the event of an accident, it can only be from the sun.

But nevertheless he is very fond of confident "reinforced concrete" bikers and similar personalities who believe they will cope with any emergency situation on the road.

Reviews leave only them lovers of design and good review, and therefore about any security of such a helmet can not speak.

What to choose?

If we talk about their safety or, even more, about the safety of the child, then the choice is obvious - they are closed helmets. Professionals and motorists of a specific orientation can find other options for themselves, but we will dwell on integrals, and everything below will be based on this type of motocross helmets.

Expensive or cheap?

To begin with it is necessary to be defined with the budget which you are ready to allocate on purchase of a helmet. The spread of prices is very high, they can start from 4,000 rubles and end somewhere closer to 500,000 (carbon, diamond frame, titanium and other "bloat").

Unfortunately, manufacturers, raising the price tag for their products, do not always pay due attention to the security of the helmet. It often happens that the model for 30 000 rubles has a fairly mediocre protection, and the analogue for 10 000 differs not only in increased comfort, but also beats safety records. Therefore, the rule: "The more expensive, the better" is not always suitable for motocross helmets.

Sometimes in different stores the cost of the same helmet is significantly different, so do not be lazy, but it is better to choose and watch all the vending options in several places.

Security

After you decide on the budget for the future purchase, you can create for yourself a security filter of the models you like. Below is an example search algorithm.

1. Choose the brand you like.
2. We watch crash and other tests on official websites (motocross helmet Shoei, for example, publishes them at SHARP stands).
3. We select according to the test all models that have received a minimum of four stars.
4. Models whose weight exceeds one and a half kilogram mark can be excluded (gravity is needed for professionals and specific kinds of motocross).
5. We look at the price range and we filter out what is contrary to our budget.

After passing these points, you get the most restrictive list of suitable helmets. It remains to choose the desired and liked model in size. After fitting, do not rush to remove the helmet for about 10-20 minutes. If at the end of this time you are as comfortable as at the beginning, then the helmet is quite suitable for you. Be sure to pay attention to the material from which the model is made, and to the true build quality. It must be protected by all possible holograms and certificates of conformity.

You can pick up any model you like in the online store, but it's better to choose a live choice because of the above factors, although some brands are ready to come to you for their own sake. For example, if you chose the motocross helmet Monster Energy on the official resource, the store representative will come to you for fitting, which is extremely convenient, although troublesome.