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Kids helmets - weight?

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  1. SRD
    Moderator

    * As with other children's helmets threads I'd like to ask for immunity from 'debate' about the principles of h*#mets here *

    My youngest has outgrown his second helmet. I'd been intending to get him a red kiddimoto helmet mainly cause they look cool. But I picked one up at the nearly new sale and was struck by how heavy it was. I can't find weight specs for them online.

    Does anyone have one they could weigh for me? his head is 53 cm now so he'd need a medium size (another confusion is that kiddimoto says they have 3 sizes - S/M/L - but chain reaction says they sell S-M and M-L (I'm assuming that this is because they're in the kids section, so they L is actually an adult size??)

    Any advice on comparative weight would be helpful. At least one of the other websites says weight 'from...' Which I suspect means that weight is for their smallest helmet. So tricky to compare to equivalent Medium.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  2. chdot
    Admin

    "I'd like to ask for immunity from 'debate' "

    Don't think anyone is going to start arguing against personal/parental choice.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  3. wingpig
    Member

    I have sent home a request for a Specialized Flash to be weighed, seeing as the internet won't tell me. The Which? review might have done, but it's not visible without registration.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  4. chdot
    Admin

    I believe Which is viewable on-line at the Central Library (you have to ask).

    Posted 10 years ago #

  5. wingpig
    Member

    I have appended a request to confirm that it's a Specialized Flash which has been requested to be weighed.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  6. SRD
    Moderator

    cool. we (well, mrsrd) have a which membership. will ask him to check it out.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  7. HankChief
    Member

    My kids have Bell helmets, which t'internet tell me should be 310 grams.

    I could check they actually weigh that tonight.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  8. wingpig
    Member

    A Giro Flume (50-57cm) is 250g (258g on the label). The Specialized Flash must have been the one with insufficient adjustability of the straps.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  9. SRD
    Moderator

    maybe i'm being unfair to kiddimoto. found at least one blog describing it as lightweight. and this from an 'evans staff member': Boxed product Weight is 467g , you will be looking at approx 300g.

    then again, this discussion seems to confirm what i thought: http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-helmet-style-for-a-4-5-year-old

    maybe the uvex is the way to go... (which doesn't review their kids helmets, or the kiddimoto ones as far as I can tell).

    Posted 10 years ago #

  10. SRD
    Moderator

    thanks wingpig (and mrswingpig). that's very helpful!

    Posted 10 years ago #

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