Safety is often an intangible concept. We are rarely put in the situation to put the safety of our products to the test. We don’t drive cars to a wall to compare safety rating. We rely on lab testing for that and hope we will never have to find out by ourself!
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| Clayton Lindley putting his brain on the line - Pic by willy Cashion |
For our S1 Helmets, one could say that we didn’t need any lab tests, feedback from pros and riders for all level are plenty enough!
“S1 Save my life” is a common rhetoric on our insta comments or on YouTube reviews
Skate dad’s review: https://youtu.be/AK9xnNYA7Ao
Undialed TV takes on lab testing! https://youtu.be/HEsbeb9yqdk
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| YouTube Undialed TV with its own testing |
No doubts from anyone who has rode on a soft shell helmet before that the difference with the S1 certified is striking, it doesn’t take many falls to realize how much extra protection the S1 Lifer is providing.
But no one ever wants to duplicate a fall to test the difference in helmets protection! S1 Scoot Brand Manager Pierre Camoin can attest, after a bad fall skating downhill “I’m sure with my old soft-shell it would have been way worth, I’m glad I’ll never found out!
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| "Probably saved my life" Insta DM from @Cameron_Burr |
It doesn’t hurt to bring scientifically facts to prove everyone right!
Lewis Crampton, S1 Lifer and District Scooter team Manager won’t have to do scientific testing by himself (as he mentioned in his insta post!).
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| "will still undergo vigorous scientific testing" NO NEED @LewisCrampton! |
In a accredited, independent testing facility (aka lab ) conditions are controlled, the same test is duplicated with different helmets to measure the energy of the impact on a “head-form” (what would be your head!).
Helmets are lifted up to 6 and half feet before being dropped, creating a 1000 G impact.
A rider falling 6 and half feet hitting his head to the ground would suffer an impact of similar force.
As mentions Dan MCCashin during the latest S1 Youtube video the goal of those tests are to “show in a scientific manner the difference between how the S1 Lifer helmet and a soft foam helmet absorb impact energy”.
Bringing scientific facts to the intangible concept of safety.
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| It's Science! Check it on YouTube! |
Warning: parents if your kids is currently riding wearing a soft shell helmet you might want to postpone this reading until he gets home or worry sick until he does.
Indeed soft shell helmets provide ONLY .5% of impact reduction during lab testing.
Yes there is a “.” ahead of that 5! Not even 1% of the impact is reduced by a soft shell helmet, the hard plastic shell just carry the energy straight to the brain.
Why? Why such inefficiency pre-dominant on the market?
Because no-one checked, because it’s assumed that a layer of hard plastic is enough to absorb energy.
It is not and lab test show this easily, brining facts to fight a market inertia.
In comparaison?
The S1 certified helmet reduces the force of the impact by 74.7%!
Yes, 74.7% vs 0.5% that is the scientific comparison of a S1 with a soft shell helmet.
The results are mind blowing, particularly if you wear a soft shell helmet, pun indented!
It’s just like washing hands, a simple things that can have huge impact on your health.
Would you wash your hands with a soap that takes less than 1% of the dirt off your hands?
Would you protect your brain with a helmet providing less than 1% impact reduction?
Popular hand sanitizers get rib of 99,9% of germs, that’s what people use!
Costs? Regular skate helmets prices hoover around $40, with the cheapest online deals in the high $20s while the S1 certified MSRP at $55.
Why waste money on a cheap ineffective gear when actual quality product is a few dollars more??
Certified helmets should be the only helmets wore by riders of any action sports!
Soft shell helmets should be relegated to relic of the past (when we didn’t know better).
There are no alternative facts or scientific consensus to discuss here!
The tests are pretty simple and duplicating real life situation perfectly, your head hits the ground after falling form 6 and half feet. That’s pretty concrete! Any rider can relate, this is exactly what happen to anyone trying new tricks, they fall from their height or more onto the ground.
The real life conditions are quite perfectly replicated in laboratory, shading no doubts on the results.
the difference is so striking, the protection gap so huge!
The feedback and feeling from riders, their intangible feeling of better protection is overwhelmingly confirmed by the scientific tests, the increased protections offered by S1 Helmets is a fact!!
So, dropped than soft shell & get yourself some real protection!
Check all the facts on https://youtu.be/2aHaMMVF7qE
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Look for S1 Lifer helmets, liners at your local scooter shop or get yours online:
http://shop.s1helmets.com/s1-helmets/
Pro Kneepads coming in Spring
S1 x LIT collab helmet back in stock in February
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For wholesales inquiries, contact Pierre Camoin pierrecamoin@gmail.com, headline “Safe Helmet”!!
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