Son got a MIPS, now I want a MIPS or a Wave helmet
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https://www.pinkbike.com/news/mips-s...is%20better%20
https://cyclingtips.com/2019/05/wave...test-rankings/
https://road.cc/content/tech-news/26...safety-test-us
According to those 3 sites MIPS beats the Wave technology.
https://cyclingtips.com/2019/05/wave...test-rankings/
https://road.cc/content/tech-news/26...safety-test-us
According to those 3 sites MIPS beats the Wave technology.
The next two are from one or two years ago and really the same info, which led me to the actual
https://www.helmet.beam.vt.edu/bicyc...t-ratings.html
Virginia Tech helmet test web page and there I see in what seems to be the latest results that a WaveCell helmet bested some 39 MIPS helmets in their tests. Fifteen of those 39 MIPS helmets only reach the 4 Star level in the Virginia Tech tests, another just rates 3 Stars. I'm not seeing 'technology A beats technology B'; I'm seeing 'the devil's in the details'.
Virginia Tech does independent (AFAIK) helmet testing. So does Consumer Reports.
https://helmets.org/cu_2020.htm
They have different test regimes that they feel most accurately model real-world events. They have different lists of the 'best' helmets.
#27
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Bontrager's claims (48x safer) seem pretty outlandish, but the Virginia Tech tests show they are good helmets. In the same league as the MIPS helmets. Bontrager has a new model, the Starvos for $100 that is very highly rated. I'm thinking of getting it, but it is on the heavy side: 335 grams for a medium. What do people think of the weight of the wavecel helmets?