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- The Fly Racing Formula Helmet is the best dirt bike helmet I have ever used.
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I have the Fly Carbon, Im 68 and just had a big high speed endo in the desert here Fernley Nv. My Fly Carbon saved my life. Ankel, Rotator Cuff, wrist all are a minor compaired to my head. Im am buying a new replacment one
I've had a Formula Carbon Composite for a few months now. It's the 1st helmet I don't mind wearing. It was also the most I have ever spent on a off road helmet. The CC is light enough and "feels" like a much more expensive helmet.
Its definitely not a deal breaker but a $700 bucket should have quick release cheek pads , not snap in pads from the 90's
I’m a 6D guy, but it’s supper cool that we have options. Just buy the best one you can afford, fixing your head is a lot more expensive 💰
Yep
After going asleep in two different cheap helmets I bought a 6d.. knock on wood. Haven't had a giant get off to test it yet. But all the little hits feel better running through the woods.
@@woodysrockspyro6436 they are super safe
I'm a 6D guy myself and I've sold many of each of those brands including the competitor brands. After being in the powersport industry and working for many brand name companies, after doing research of them all, 6D came out to be the winner for me due to all the research I did. The rheon product found in Fly is the same just named differently in fox, leatt and other brands that use it. The only difference I believe is how the helmet shell is built and how the padding is position when trying them on. Now the latest what mx helmet companies are doing is making the head liner adjustable like Alpinestars and other brands. Oh and if you purchase a 6D and crash, you send it back to 6D and they will replace the eps liner for a fee of $149 and also inspect it, call you and let you know the outcome of the helmet. You are correct about fitment, it all comes down to how well the brand will fit for that person. Not all brands fit equally. Great review on the Fly sir.
There is a new shell coming out that is said to work better than Mips. It is called a "round" shell. No ridges on the shell to grab the ground, and twist your neck off.
The concussion and low speed crash element is not discussed/advertised enough in the moto helmet world, but it's SUPER important. Especially for offroad and trail riders, where most of the crashes are relatively low speed. The traditional safety mechanisms inside helmets (EPS and shell) are not designed for that kind of crash, they're designed to keep your skull intact in a road or MX track accident. So you're really paying a ton of money for protection that's not really working as well as it could for you. That's where the 6D, Fly, Leatt, and other helmets with the additional very soft impact / concussion oriented protectors are awesome.
Just like an MX bike is not idea for singletrack, I wish helmet makers would make more of a delineation between what kind of riding their helmets are good for.
Also - thanks for a great review. This helmet and the Leatt are at the top of my list. I went with a Leatt because they had a 50% off sale which made for a crazy good deal. If you're looking for something to try, give one of those a go. The Leatt helmets are rated to the new ECE 22.06 standard, and they publishes all of their testing data, which is pretty interesting to read.
I also have a 6D which I really like, but like you said it's on the bigger side... though it's honestly not that noticeable when riding because it's actually super comfortable. A big benefit to the 6D is that they are rebuildable and it's way cheaper than buying a new $500+ helmet.
Although this is an old comment, I have to chime in as I just recently experienced the same exact scenario you described and started looking at helmet protection from a totally different perspective now. I am not even considering a helmet if I cannot stick my finger into the EPS and feel that is soft. Your comment should pinned to the top.
@@the.pineapple right on! Hope you came away from your "experience" intact.
My own anecdotal evidence is enough proof to me. I'd get a headache from every tap to the head (branches, small tip overs, normal offroad stuff) in helmets without dedicated concussion prevention... even a top of the line premium helmet with MIPS. Never happened in a 6D or Leatt, even after some hard knocks.
I use the fly carbon composite version of this helmet in size XL and it was just shy of 3-1/2 lbs I switched from shoei VFX and my shoei actually weighs a few grams less and it’s an old model it’s also better built as far as the way the liner attaches but the fly is definitely a nice helmet
🔥sweet looking lid, liking the paint 🎨 job 🔥👊🔥🔨🏍⚙️
First time hearing about This helmet thanks for making a video on it!
They are great
I love this helmet!!! I have a little more of an oval shape head and this thing fits perfect
I just bought a Klim F5 ECE helmet. I weighed it...size medium...2 lbs 12oz. Lightest helmet I've ever owned. Fits my slightly oval head perfectly. I held back on the purchase for a while...$599.00 is a lot more than I've ever paid for a helmet, but now it seems worth it.
The Fly looks like a great option as well.
I guess when they are DOT approved, they get at least .5lbs heavier and at least $100.00 more (for quality helmets). Klim gives us a bypass on that regulation for off road helmets. Thank you Klim. :)
I have the same helmet and love it!
I've got this same Helmet in red and black and love them this is my 3rd one the past 3yrs I replace them yearly for the most part but I love them they are comfortable light goggles fit well with them they're just nice just wish they had quick release chin strap I've had the black and grey the matte black this year running the red and black there the best man
I have been happy with my Leatt helmet and it's light also.
I watched your video and listened. I just bought a CC today. I have a Klim Krios and it's fine for travel, but most of my riding is local, long, but local and all dirt. Bottom line is I bought the CC to better use goggles and as a "second" helmet, though now I think it'll be most of the time. When I put it on I feel, I don't know, safe, which is quite an inner statement for a guy who's had knockout concussions (um, even the old helmets kept the brains in my head :-) (debatable) from doing stupid stuff on a mountain bike. It fits great, opens wide, and doesn't make my goggles smash close my nose breathing. Besides, it looks cool
I have been wearing Fly helmets for years, I think they are best value for the money with great features. and they fit my melon pretty well. I am currently using the Formula CC Driver.
I also have an Arai helmet and the Fly Carbon helmet fits the same but I do notice the Fly is considerably lighter. They fit people who have the long medium head shape the best. That’s what head shape most Americans have.That’s also why you should always make sure you never mail order a Arai from a Asian website because those Arai have a rounded shape. Arai even cautions people about this on their website.
I've got the bell mx-9 with mips absolutely love the helmet great venting pretty dang lite and extremely durable. And the price point is right there about 200 bucks. I would really like to get the new Moto 10 by Bell but it's about $900
My favorite helmet 🤘🤘
That is a good looking helmet. I use the Airoh Ace. I like to light weight, heavier helmets bother my neck ever since i switched to a lighter helmet i have had no neck pain. 🤘🤘🤘🤘
I just received a Klim F3 carbon pro, and I think it tips the scales at about 2lbs 7-8oz, (not DOT approved). I can tell right now it is the best helmet I ever had, but I have not had a good quality helmet since the Bell Moto-5. :) I am sure I would like this one too. But I think Mips does work some, but is over rated. The fact is, the more a force that causes rotation, (force on an angle, deflected), the less blunt force it is. Mips works best when the blunt force is the least, and probably hit the end of their travel before your neck starts moving. A helmet that is a little too big will do the same thing, and a round helmet shell would probably work better too. :)
Klim is nowhere near as the safe technology these have
Great info as always, I'm looking to buy a new helmet - took two huge diggers last ride and both times hit my head pretty good...normally I never go down but time for a new brain bucket.
Yep. Gotta replace if you have a big one.
Just picked this helmet up, $370 on sale, it’s extremely light, I had a 2017 fly formula carbon and I had gnarly crash two months ago, smashed my face into the dirt snapped my arm and broke my nose, however I wasn’t knocked out and I wasn’t concussed, and I never had a headache after it neither which is crazy cause I landed on my arm and my face hard from being thrown in the air and rode off the berm in third gear lol. The fly lids are serious stuff 💪 only thing I don’t like too much about this one is I got the same size as my other fly that I’ve now retired and it’s extremely tight to get on but fits snug when on.
Maybe you can swap the cheek pads?
Rocking the scottish Flag nicely..✌️
Looks like nice helmet
I got an Alpinestar S m10 a couple years back and I really enjoy it, not a huge fan of the color scheme but couldn't pass it up. I got it at a dealer cost, $700 carbon helmet for $300 😎
I have one. Had a big crash on it. Concussion and split the foam liner down the middle. Saved my bacon. Moving to a fly. I had one prior and never had head related injury from any big crashes.
Fly Formula Carbon or Shoei VFX EVO (old faithful)?
I have an egg head and Shoei fits perfectly so I keep buying them. Those Fly helmets sure do like nice though. I’m a big fan of Fly pants and jerseys; they hold up well (for me).
Mines egg shape as well and these fit. Lol
@@mikelowry007 Good to know. Thank you.
Klim Carbon f3, cheaper $350 and lighter then the F5, hands down best chin lock on the market, Goggles fit well.. always wondered about the Fly tho!
Airoh, arm and a leg and fall apart way to fast for the Price. The rest Arai/Shoei/ just weigh to much for my old neck these days.
Im on my second fly formula. I originally purchased one because they are lightweight. I don't see myself buying anything else at this time.
Thank you I just ordered one on sale for 280$!
Rad!!
Cool helmet and 1 kg that’s light👍
My only real issue with my arai is losing the vent pieces constantly. I've had to get a bunch of replacements.
I had that too. And they aren’t cheap
Since you didn't call dibs on the Klim helmet, you can send it to me... its literally the coolest helmet ever!
Hahaha
My buddy has this one so obviously I can't. Have had 2 Alpinestars sm 10. Bike landed on me and cracked my helmet probably saved my life.
I've had two Fly helmets both great, they also come with an awesome helmet bag. My newest helmet is a carbon Klim, also a great helmet, but came with a cheap, sucky bag, very disappointing. My new klim now lives in a old Fly bag. Come on Klim, step up your game a bit. Beauty helmet by the way.
Which Klim do you have and how does it compare in weight to the Fly, Im looking at the F5 and Fly CC
@@xzibito187 I have the F5 Koroyd which comes in at 3.2 lbs vs 2.9 lbs for the Fly. I would say feature wise the the Fly Carbon Prime would be a better comparison, which is 2.8 lbs.
I just received a Klim F3 carbon pro. It is a nice helmet, but I found a couple flaws. 1 is some flaws, (just a few tiny pieces in the paint), on the shell and visor, not a big deal to me really. Next is the rubber trim around the vent holes above the goggles is crooked, (glued crooked). I can fix the funny shaped holes because of it with a exacto blade. Last is a design error. My liner covers up about 95% of the largest rear 2 vent/exhaust holes, and almost no air will escape from those vents. The liner needs to be redesigned, or they put it together with the wrong one. The helmet is great looking, fits great, very light and is the best helmet I ever had. But that is the kind of stuff we nave grown to accept (unfortunately), with china made products. It broke my heart to see it made in china, then I started finding the little flaws. :)
I wanted to like the fly helmets but I hate the ear foam ring. Very weird feeling to me.
That’s the thing with heads. They are all different
I use a super lightweight BMX motocross style helmet. I don't race, just an old trail rider. I figure if they're safe enough for those crazy bicycle riders they're good enough for me. The weight is a big deal for me because of neck issues.
I hear ya
I have the same helmet. Love it for comfort, but I did end up with a mild concussion after a low speed tip over into a tree. Didn’t hit my head hard at all. Might have got me in just the right spot but I’m not super impressed with the safety aspects of the helmet, even though on paper it all looks great. I’ll probably try something else next time I’m ready to buy
Huh. I’ve had some big ones in mine (the same but previous ones) and all been great
Maybe you hit your head harder than you think you did, and the helmet did its job. You might want to consider sending it back to see if the energy absorption material is compressed. I was not there of course, but if the foam is compressed, you probably hit your head harder than you thought. If it is not compressed, then you either get concussions pretty easily, or that foam is too hard,---I would think anyway. :) Doug in Michigan.
@@EarthSurferUSAyou are 100% right! If you crash hard enough to get a concussion you absolutely need to send that helmet in!
I am trying an HJC i50. HJC's fit my head the best of all brands & are made to accommodate eyeglasses.
Bell fit me very badly.
The Fly carbon is a nice helmet. Your new graphics are particularly sick and improved over last year! Those are definitely very light helmets and seem safe, however, not sure I buy into the marketing wank and wonder why they are not Snell certified. Fly and Arai do not fit me well. For me Bell fits the best so thats what I run, and the Snell certification is icing.
I agree about Snell. I used to always lean on that but I do know it also costs more to get snell certified so it’s not for sure that this wouldn’t pass, just not tested. Maybe. I don’t know if that is true with this helmet but I know it’s true with some.
@@highlandcycles I hear ya, but at $700+ a pop, seems like there should be $ available for testing. Stay huge!
@@repoman6034 for sure. I talked to my rep about that and what he said was that they actually paid for a ton of independent testing during development and that it was more stringent than the snell stuff. Can’t substantiate that but I can say I’ve had some big crashes and my head has been safe.
My Klim F3 carbon pro is not DOT certified (a selling point to me). So it is not legal for the road. I am just doing 30 mph max single track, and i am glad I have the option to get a lighter and less expensive helmet than what DOT will allow. I know the protection is just fine with the ECE certification. Personally, I would rather have a good court system than government regulation on our stuff. 1 law suit can fix a bad company pretty fast. The baby sitters are getting out of control, and I would not be surprised if the improved materials today, (and a check on reality), out date their methods. Is the Klim F3 carbon pro really a sub par helmet for protection because it is not DOT certified? I bet not, and so far, that bet saved me at least $100.00 and at least .5lbs. :)
Anybody tried the Klim F5 KOROYD HELMET, Im curious on how they compare to the Fly carbon ??
I got the f3 and it's nice but I'm also gonna just get the fly next time I'll be honest the klim is light but it's not a premium helmet besides the buckle I do like that it's slick .
@@wrenchone5003 The F3 is a premium helmet if you think Mips is over rated,---and I do. I know Mips is an improvement. But I think a old fashioned round shell would actually work better with no modern shell ridges to grab the ground, which is another reason why I choose the F3 pro, for its shell is fairly round. If you think Mips is over rated, I have a lot of reasons to pick the F3 over the Bell moto-10, a premium helmet. :)
Is this easy to breathe in when you’re out of breath? Some helmets seem to trap your breath and you’re breathing back in your exhale, and if really out of breath I have to just get it off my head. Like when you been lifting and wrestling bikes on a crummy hillside. 😊
Yes. Super easy
@@highlandcycles. Ok thanks. I was able to score a deal on a closeout color way. Trying it this weekend. 😀👍
Is it well ventilated? I am looking for a helmet for hot wheater.
Breathes very well
Which model is that helmet Morgan?
Formula Carbon
Whats everyone recommended helmet for pwc racing ?
I don’t know
Where is it made?
China. I think the only helmet not made in China is Arai now
@@highlandcycles that sucks. Still, looks like a very nice helmet. My shoei is a couple years old, its made in japan.
@@maxhenry1977 right. I always forget about Shoei
I think Bell helmets are all made in the USA
@@tactical1224 really? That’s awesome