Lidl Flip Helmet

[dannyringking]

Hi All,

These any good as a spare???

http://www.lidl.co.uk:80/cps/rde/xchg/l ... _11634.htm

Danny

[Pete]

Cheers Danny, think I'll nip up and get one of these for my girlfriend!

[dannyringking]

Cheers Danny, think I'll nip up and get one of these for my girlfriend!

 

Don't nip now it's not there till next Monday and u didn't answer my question lol

Danny

[Guest]

that looks alright that! i would be thinking about getting one as a spare if i didnt already have a spare.

[Decor58]

I've gone off flip helmets since I found out they only have a 40% chance of staying shut and intact in a serious crash.

However that looks pretty good! If it comes in other colours I may buy one.

[Guest]

I've gone off flip helmets since I found out they only have a 40% chance of staying shut and intact in a serious crash.

However that looks pretty good! If it comes in other colours I may buy one.

If you go on the sharp testin web site, and enter a flip front helmet they tell you what percentage of the time the lid stayed closed during testing.

[Decor58]

Yeah that's where I go the information from, I don't think I saw one that said more than 40% lol

[7vwh]

The Shoei Multitec gets an 83% score for that, well chuffed with mine after a 288 mile run on Saturday

http://sharp.direct.gov.uk/testsratings/shoei-multitech

[Decor58]

Ok I'll correct, any helmet costing a reasonable amount lol (less than £150 to me)

Just been browsing the newer helmet on there though and they actually have one helmet for £90 that has a 90% chance, next best is only 56% though.

[cypek]

seems ok they also have bike to bike radio kit for £15... I would buy it but I work 5-1 so it will most likely be gone wnen I get to my local store

[waynebev]

Like the look of it too.

I have signed up for the e-mail news letter as they seem to get some quite good biker stuff now and again!!

[Guest]

Excellent stuff, cheers Danny! Gonna get me one of them flip fronts me thinks!

[dannyringking]

Glad I could help guys, altho no one as commented whether they think it wud be any good or not, not the flip bit but the actual helmet itself, I want one cos i wear specs and its a pain taking em on and off every time i take my helmet on or off...

Danny

[Guest]

might try and get one of them radios...

[Decor58]

With helmets you get what you pay for. Any helmet will offer you good protection as it will have to have passed EU and British standard. So in that terms it's fine.

However with cheap flip helmets there is a chance of the flip coming up, though the rest of the helmet will still be offering protection if it does.

The other issue with them is the amount of wind noise you get. I bought a flip helmet for £40 in a sale so I assume it is normally about £60 and the noise is ok but I tend to ride with ear plugs because of it now.

To answer your part about glasses flip fronts will help you no end! I bought mine because it's easier to wear sun glasses with them, also it save a lot of time with paying at petrol stations and if you just stop for a moment, you don't have to take it off, so they are good.

So if you just need a helmet then yes this is very good. Personally though, I think I would rather buy one that is better quality and will have better ventilation, protection and sound proofing.

[Guest]

This might be a better buy... Box helmets tend to have a really good sharp rating!

Box FX1

[Decor58]

For an extra £20 you might as well get the Caberg Trip, has a 5 star rating and 90% chance of staying shut.

I've been reading reviews on it and there seems to quite a mix, some saying it's amazing, comfy quite etc. other saying it's really loud and poor peripheral vision

[dannyringking]

This might be a better buy... Box helmets tend to have a really good sharp rating!

Box FX1

 

Heres another Cobbz and only in Preston too, might have a ride tmrw

http://www.ghostbikes.com/products/Helm ... elmet.html

Danny

[Guest philgale]

i would never trust a helmet that cheap, call it snobbery or whatever but i dont care.

im gonna get a flip front and its gonna be the 420 quid multitec, not a chance am i trusting my head on a 40 quid lid.

[DeeJ]

ATTENTION To all who is going to buy a flip front helmet from Lidl

I work there as a Manager and in our store we have only received open face helmets and not flip front helmets.

Just as a heads up as the Lidl warehouses are useless and never send the right stuff into stores.

So just be ready to be disappointed if you go to buy a flip front and they have only got open face helmets.

[Jimmi_929RR]

i would never trust a helmet that cheap, call it snobbery or whatever but i dont care.

im gonna get a flip front and its gonna be the 420 quid multitec, not a chance am i trusting my head on a 40 quid lid.

 

having sampled Lidl's budget version of McCain's frozen oven chips, i have a funny feeling their helmets are going to be just as awful.

[The Drain]

Spend the same money on Ghostbikes and get something much better that is reduced price.

PS Caberg Trips don't last too well, not that impressed with mine

[Scorpion]

Lidl do some good bike kit

they had an alarmed disclock for a tenner a few months back, didnt get there in time to pick one up though