Lifting the lid: A new £40 scan claims to reveal hidden helmet damage after an accidental drop

[MCN]

For the first time ever, a company is offering a service that claims to be able to scan your helmet’s shell for hidden signs of damage or degradation. Before, if you accidently dropped your lid there...

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[Bob R]

This company probably won't last. Either not enough business or the first time someone that is wearing a lid they deem safe is in an accident and gets gorked (medical term for becoming a vegetable) they will be sued fr everything they own and will become a member of the destitute class. It sounds good and it may be a great thing but until all of the helmet manufacturers endorse it and possibly do it themselves it will remain on the fringe of motorcycling and mainly appeal to people who want to save a few hundred bucks when their helmet reaches voting age and they still don't want to replace it.

bob

 

[scot in exile]

If you are in an accident replace the helmet no brainer(pardon the pun) if you drop your helmet stop leaving it on your bike another no brainer.

 

[Jallen3.14]

If a helmet's integrity is compromised by a fall from 3-5 feet, I doubt it would've done much to protect me from a crash right out of the box.