Hehe, its funny I’m kind of the opposite way now. I used to be 100% for snell and then I read some really good arguments why snell might not be the best test, and why it might even put your brain in more danger. Basically a quick 1 sentence summary of the many pages I’ve read on the subject is as follows:
For a helmet to pass Snell it generally requires harder (and therefore sometimes thinner) foam then a helmet that only has to to pass DOT.
Having harder foam means that the helmet will be able to take more than 1 impact in the same place, but it also results in your brain being slammed harder against the side of your skull then you would have with a softer/thicker foam that might only be rated to take 1 impact. Anyway, I don’t want to get in a huge debate about this, but that is the super short version of my thoughts. I would definitely encourage you to research the Snell/dot debate further if it interests you. I think we can all agree that having any type of helmet is lots better than having no helmet at all.
Ben
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