Anyone buy from Helmet City...?

[DG Viper]

I'm in the market for a new helmet, and I was wondering how many people have purchased from Helmet City. Looks like a decent place, and supposedly they offered a VCA discount? Do I need to ask for someone to get the discount, or is it pretty simple?

Any insight is appreciated...

 

[Joseph Houss]

Yes, .... and yes!

Bought it from 'em .... and they do offer a 10% discount to VCA members.

FYI: SA2000 is the rating you want.

 

[Fred(DrivingSchool)Kinder]

Ask for Kyle, VP.

I Have purchased two helmets, Simpson car seats, gloves, etc.

 

[DG Viper]

Thanks guys... I figured someone had the info!

 

[Viperzilla]

Get it to match your Viper color scheme, it's so subtle, I love stuff like that (completely the opposite of the yellow boys ). I know I've complemented to you before, but I figured you were due again.

 

[99 R/T 10]

What is the cost of these things? Can you use them to ride the motorcycle around(dual use )?

 

[DG Viper]

http://www.helmetcity.com/

Costs vary... depending on what you want. Couldn't tell if you could use them for "dual use" - I would assume so, but I don't ride a motorcycle, so I wouldn't know!

 

[McGuireV10]

A decent Snell SA2000 (car) helmet will run you about $300-400. A really nice one can easily run $650+. Car helmets are VERY different from motorcycle helmets, which are rated with an M-number.

The Snell website has tons of technical details, but the big one is the interior. A motorcycle helmet has very stiff foam designed to keep your head in it's original shape during a single hard impact (e.g. you flying over the handlebars into that f#cking minivan that just ran the redlight). A car helmet has very soft padding designed to keep you from getting too banged up as your head clunks around inside the car during an off-road excursion (possibly involving some tumbling, etc). Also the placement and shape of the pads is different, and the testing & certification process is completely different.

Surely ANY helmet is better than NO helmet, but they are very different beasts...