Helmet safety

What makes a good helmet? 

A helmet should obviously protect you from getting hurt when you fall. Most are designed to handle a direct hit, but crashes don’t work like that. For example, if you’re cycling on a road or trail at 10, 15, 20 mph or faster and you fall and hit the ground, there is a lot of moving energy. The angled impact of your helmet on the ground causes rotational motion, and those forces can transfer to your brain. Our low-friction layer inside the helmet allows multi-directional movement of 10-15mm on certain angled impacts, intended to help reduce rotational force to the head.

 Do Mips® safety systems make helmets heavy?

We have different helmets for different activities (road cycling, mountain biking, motocross, skiing and snowboarding to name a few). There are different Mips® systems for different helmet types, but none weigh more than 20-45 grams. That’s not much more than the weight of a typical energy bar. 

Helmets with Mips® safety systems are well-ventilated

We know overheating isn’t fun when you’re riding, skiing or doing other sports. We have worked hard to ensure that Mips® safety systems do not affect temperature regulation inside the helmet. Extensive testing helped us design systems that do not compromise the ventilation of helmets. 

140+ different brands

There are currently 140+ helmet brands using Mips® safety systems in their products. No helmet is approved by Mips until it passes our strict test protocol.