Bicycle Helmets Consumer Reports

No wonder road users are asked to be observant of their safety.

Bicycle helmets consumer reports. Bike helmet ratings stay safe during your commute mountain biking adventure or ride in the park with a bike helmet. Consumer reports and virginia tech ratings can help you select a helmet. I am the technical director for consumers union publisher of consumer reports magazine. Consumer reports is rating three bicycle helmets don t buy.

They give excellent impact protection ratings to 22 models with most of the remaining ones scoring very good. June 13 1997 an open letter to bicycle helmet manufacturers and the cycling public. Consumer product safety commission which is standard for helmets made in the united states. Unfortunately neither has tested many helmets so the list at the bottom of this page where their ratings concur is short.

Safety risk after those helmets failed our tests designed to assess how well a helmet would protect a rider during a crash. Helmets are important for everyone but especially for kids in fact wearing a helmet is the law for kids in 21 states and the district of columbia according to the bicycle helmet safety. In consumer reports latest round of bike helmet evaluations three helmets failed cr s tests the bontrager ballista mips helmet the morpher flat folding helmet and the woom kids helmet. This indicates that a helmet has passed the safety tests of the u s.

In best sports outdoor products. Here are updated 2020 ratings from two independent labs of bicycle helmets tested for both high level and low level impacts. They recommended 15 models. Cycling helmets help prevent concussions and new helmet technology may make some even better at protecting you.

Reviewed august 14 2019 july 18 2020. These tests include a g force drop test and a strap strength test. Of those they scored four at the top of the ratings including three mips models and one without mips. In 2020 consumer reports updated its bicycle helmet report on the web site.

Fit comfort and durability are important factors when you choose a helmet. Irrespective of where you are or whatever you do you cannot afford to overlook this rule. In recent weeks consumers union has come under a barrage of false accusations from bicycle helmet manufacturers and a manufacturers association over an article in the june issue of our magazine. Well while riding on your bicycle.