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Bought a new helmet. Leatt MTB Urban 2.0.
It's got 8 of these blue discs around it that spin and absorb energy in a crash in addition to the normal foam.
And some grade A engrish.. "for use in syateboarding or tricy rollersyating".
they got any documentation that explains how that works?
All I've got is their marketing material.
Our 360° Turbine Technology not only mitigates rotational acceleration, but also low-velocity linear acceleration that has been shown, if repeated, to have cumulative effects on the frequency and severity of concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). In short, this brain injury reduction technology significantly reduces the risk of sustaining serious head and brain injuries during a crash.
How does it work?
Disc-shaped turbines that are constructed from an energy-absorbing material, a non-Newtonian polymer that can absorb energy, are strategically placed all along the inside of the helmet’s EPS liner. So, when you put the helmet on, they are positioned directly against the skull.
In a crash, these turbines deform and bend, reducing rotational impact forces and absorbing energy from the impact. This technology can absorb both low-velocity linear and rotational impact forces in a crash.
Legit tech or snake oil gimmick, dunno. Basically the discs spin like wheels and squash like bushings.
It works a bit like MIPS or SPIN in cycling helmets. But most helmets are tested in a lab on a solid, one-piece hard dummy head, and on these it does help, but they don't behave like a real human head.
One company developped a testing head which much more ressembles a human head with a solid core that mimics a skull, and a flexible layer over it that acts the way skin does and they found out the skin moving a little bit around the skull gives almost the same rotational impact protection... so these tech don't make a huge difference in real life apparently, but they don't hurt.
The rotational acceleration protection I mean sure I'll take it even if limited but for skateboarding the low velocity linear impact protection might be even more useful.
My previous helmet had the WaveCel tech from Bontrager (Trek) and it has received heavy criticism from (the biggest competitor) MIPS. But when I hit my head the WaveCel structure broke and I was fine. So, seems legit enough for me. But there's not really a proper WaveCel skate helmet available just some snowboarding ones and bike helmets.
Good to hear. But you might have been prefectly fine as well wearing a helmet with a more standard foam construction, it compresses and eventually cracks as it absorbs shock, different way of doing the same thing WaveCel does. WaveCel does a great job, but not any better. The best WaveCel helmet is only
49th safest in the best regarded independent testing study (and MIPS and SPIN are not at the top either)... and as a cyclist and someone who runs hot, I personally hate that they limit ventilation so much.
I'm typing this but really, all helmets are required to pass the same standards, any helmet is better than none. And even knowing this, like many, I never wore a helmet to skate. I do when cycling for long hard rides but not all the time for commuting around town, and always when snowboarding... Not really logic.
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