Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
And now Specialized is not displaying a Snell certification sticker? So what does that mean? The helmet is not as safe as before or Specialized decided not pay Snell Foundation a fee for the negligible/questionable benefit of affixing their unnecessary sticker to their helmets, or what? How many helmet customers give a darn about Snell or their certifications?
I believe it means that they are now going with MIPS certification, which also requires testing.
Feel free to buy a helmet that lacks certification for any independent testing, but I'm pretty sure almost all the major manufacturers are going with one sort of certification or another, or they are publicizing their VA Tech results.
People who buy helmets tend to want to be reassured that they are actually tested safety equipment. Go figure.