Are Cheap Bike Helmets Unsafe? We visited a helmet testing lab to find out

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• homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  TL;DW: Yes. Not bad. Not as good as some pricer ones, better than other pricier ones.

  Top marks: 8 This $25 one: 16 A bad one: 25

  Way better than nothing, not bad considering, and better than much more expensive ones.

  Plus the helmet lab was cool.

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• scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Tldw: no.

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  • hamid@vegantheoryclub.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Actually the answer is it depends. Many of the 20 and 30 dollar range helmets scored as high as expensive ones. A 59 dollar helmet has top scores over very expensive options. Some of the really expensive helmets online are counterfeit and don’t work at all so it’s better buying a cheap actual helmet than expensive fake. Buy at a bike store and not Amazon if you want a four hundred dollar carbon fiber helmet.

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