The Unit 1 Helmet System both protects your head and lets you listen to & control your favorite tunes via its integrated headphones. We’ve been using it this season and have come away quite impressed — check out our full review.
“Dual-Certified” helmets — designed to protect you both while climbing and skiing / snowboarding — are a growing product category. And for 19/20, Sweet Protection is presenting their own version. Check out our full review for more on their new Ascender Helmet.
The Meteor has served as Petzl’s lightweight climbing helmet for more than 20 years. This year, they made their most significant update yet — making it dual-certified for both climbing and ski touring. Check out our full review of this versatile helmet.
For people who like to climb up mountains and ski down them, the Scott Couloir 2 helmet — which passes skiing and mountaineering certifications — is a very compelling option.
Climbing helmet standards have typically been focused on protecting against impacts from above (e.g. rockfall). But Petzl’s new Boreo helmet is also tested against the front, side, and rear impacts that are common in actual falls. The idea certainly makes sense, but how well is that idea executed here? Check out our review.
Once upon a time, climbing helmets were pretty much all the same. Not anymore. There are ultralight helmets on one end, and durable but heavy options on the other. The Black Diamond Vector falls in between, making it a versatile option. Check out our full review, with comparisons to several helmets from Black Diamond, Petzl, and Mammut.
Budget-oriented bike helmets tend to all be pretty similar. But the Sweet Protection Dissenter has a few key features that make it stand out, and you won’t have to take out a second mortgage to afford it.
With a removable chin bar, the Leatt DBX 3.0 Enduro helmet gives riders the option of a half-shell helmet on the way up, and then full-face coverage on the way down. We’ve been very impressed by its versatility, and you can check out our full review here.
The Giro Combyn is a comfortable, low-profile helmet that’s designed to withstand the daily abuses of skiing / snowboarding, and so far, we’ve been impressed by its performance. Check out our review.
The Smith Rover is a very breathable Trail helmet, but that breathability seems to come at the cost of durability.
After 40 more days in the Zone MIPS we’ve got a 2nd Look at Giro’s high-end helmet.
The Sweet Protection Grimnir TE is a high-end helmet, with the performance and price to match.
The 6D ATB-1T Helmet has some very unique safety technology, but how does it perform on the trail?
The Sweet Protection Trooper MIPS is one of the nicest helmets we’ve reviewed, and one of the helmets we’d trust most in a crash.
Giro’s new Ledge MIPS delivers high-end safety in a sleek package that costs about the same as most non-MIPS entry-level helmets.
More and more MIPS equipped helmets are hitting the market, so we took a look at how MIPS works, and compared five trail helmets from Lazer, Scott, Smith, Giro, and Sweet Protection.
For skiers getting into terrain that involves exposed climbing and mountaineering, the Salomon MTN Lab helmet represents a nice solution to the dilemma of comfort vs. protection.
Smith builds on the success of their popular Maze and Holt helmets with the Pivot, which features better venting, and a new adjustable fit system.
