June 4, 2009 at 5:12 pm
#19289
SantaCruzRider
Participant
I have the IS-16 and I love it. It’s super comfortable, well ventilated and the visor feature is addictive.
Not sure where you’re shopping, but I got mine on NewEnough a couple months ago for something like $145.
The lack of Snell rating doesn’t bother me in the least, having read the studies listed above. It’s always interesting to see technical data about minute test bench advanges of one helmet over another. But I’ve seen some medical research showing that by the time most helmets fail, enough tramma has been inflicted on the rider in other areas to be fatal. I’ll try to find the study online a post (keeping in mind that almost any opinion can be supported with some kind of posted research).