Are helmets supposed to crack? - Snowboarding Forum

pailhead · 12-24-2010, 03:19 AM

My Hi-fi red has a mighty crack going all the way through on the inside of the helmet. Is this a normal thing that actually makes the helmet differ from slamming into concrete, or i might be looking at a defect?

Hellude · 12-24-2010, 03:22 AM

Contact the retailer with your question.
Or post a picture of it

Tarzanman · 12-24-2010, 09:35 AM

Most likely a defect. Take it back, or don't trust it for big impacts

pailhead · 12-25-2010, 02:09 PM

Guess it's not that mighty, but id does run through. Weird that it appeared right at the corner point where the foam has a detail. Seems more like a design defect than a manufacturing one.

labowsky · 12-25-2010, 02:22 PM

i would say if you had a hard fall, its normal.

alex12 · 12-30-2010, 03:40 AM

^ agreed. as far as i know, helmets are good for one hard impact. after it has visibly deformed or cracked, it is not nearly as safe anymore

ev13wt · 12-30-2010, 04:33 AM

So the shell is fine? You can probably ask Burton, maybe they will send you new foam?

I would trust it still, because its a small crack and doesn't "look" compressed - but a part of me says get a new helmet.

Actually, get a new one period. You know you want to!

pailhead · 12-30-2010, 07:47 AM

New foam?

I know that the trace helmet seems to have the shell and the foam independently but i always thought that was just poor design or poor quality. I've got another one, a mutiny 2, but i wasted the last gopro mount on the hi-fi before i noticed it was cracked. I think i may have lost the camera and got the crack at the same time.

ev13wt · 12-30-2010, 05:09 PM

I had a trace so yea, I figured they all where removeable.

pailhead · 12-30-2010, 05:57 PM

Got a response, they said thats the way they are designed.

12-24-2010, 03:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
pailhead Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 171	Are helmets supposed to crack? My Hi-fi red has a mighty crack going all the way through on the inside of the helmet. Is this a normal thing that actually makes the helmet differ from slamming into concrete, or i might be looking at a defect?

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12-24-2010, 03:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Hellude Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Sweden Posts: 24	Contact the retailer with your question. Or post a picture of it

12-24-2010, 09:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tarzanman Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,394	Most likely a defect. Take it back, or don't trust it for big impacts

12-25-2010, 02:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
pailhead Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 171	Guess it's not that mighty, but id does run through. Weird that it appeared right at the corner point where the foam has a detail. Seems more like a design defect than a manufacturing one.

12-25-2010, 02:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
labowsky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: nanimo B.C Posts: 194	i would say if you had a hard fall, its normal.

12-30-2010, 03:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
alex12 Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 65	^ agreed. as far as i know, helmets are good for one hard impact. after it has visibly deformed or cracked, it is not nearly as safe anymore

12-30-2010, 04:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
ev13wt Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 446	So the shell is fine? You can probably ask Burton, maybe they will send you new foam? I would trust it still, because its a small crack and doesn't "look" compressed - but a part of me says get a new helmet. Actually, get a new one period. You know you want to!

12-30-2010, 07:47 AM	#8 (permalink)
pailhead Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 171	New foam? I know that the trace helmet seems to have the shell and the foam independently but i always thought that was just poor design or poor quality. I've got another one, a mutiny 2, but i wasted the last gopro mount on the hi-fi before i noticed it was cracked. I think i may have lost the camera and got the crack at the same time.

12-30-2010, 05:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
ev13wt Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 446	I had a trace so yea, I figured they all where removeable.

12-30-2010, 05:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
pailhead Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 171	Got a response, they said thats the way they are designed.