Xnito Old School Collection Helmet Review
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- Xnito sent me their Old School Collection Helmet for testing and review. This helmet was designed for ebikes and other fast-moving electric personal vehicles. The helmet is NTA 8776 (ebike) safety certified for up to 28 miles or 45 km/h riding speeds. In this video, I go over the features and identify the pros and cons of the helmet.
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00:00 Introduction
00:49 Difference between helmets
01:11 Safety standard
01:32 Unboxing
02:17 Features
04:42 My Impressions
05:49 What can be improved?
07:06 Final points
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I bought one for myself, and my wife checked it out and immediately wanted one. We've been on about a half dozen rides and both LOVE the helmet. They're lightweight and don't give you that mushroom-head look. We even took this helmet to the next level and added a Cardo Edge comms with the half-helmet boom mic and it works a treat. The front light is just to make you more visible and not any night light EXCEPT when you stop and want to look in your bag for something you don't need to grab your phone for a light to see inside. The chin strap is comfy and super easy to get on and off once you get used to it (takes using it a few times to get used to it).
Thank you for this comment and for sharing how you use it, including the use of the front light. It does come in handy, doesn't it? I have two helmets with integrated lights and really enjoy that feature.
My pleasure. It really is a great helmet. Very happy with the purchase.@@WheelsonaBike
I really like this in depth review!
Glad you found it useful.
I agree, it looks like it would be really hot in the summer. Great review... Very thorough.
Yes, way too hot for summer use on a regular bike. ebike is a different story. Thanks for watching.
I’ve been binge watching your videos riding across Canada, very much appreciate the work u put in for ur content and the grinding ride across Canada, especially when the past few years I’ve taken all the roads you were riding n knew where u were exactly through your trip, love your videos, will like and subscribe
Thanks for the comment and for binge watching the videos! I appreciate it. It's good to know someone out there knows exactly what I've ridden through.
@@WheelsonaBike very high quality content, camera quality, the sceneries you take and your commentary through your journey. Love it 👌🏼
Thanks for your review, These are great helmets, this is now my only helmet I wear, I feel that this is designed very well for e bikes
Yes, I've been using the helmet when riding my ebike and it continues to work well. I hope to never have to really test it (in a crash), but so far, so good.
Very nicely done review
Thank you.
Good information. When considering a helmet, don't look at the price, but instead ask yourself, what is my life worth? 50 years ago, when helmets first came on the market, I bought a spring-loaded helmet instead of a foam lining, made in the USA by Mountain Safety Research MSR I was T boned by a car and I flew over the top of the car and landed on my head on the pavement. The helmet absorbed to impact of the fall. Because of that helmet my children grew up having a dad. and their kids have a grandpa. The E-bike helmet looks like much thought was put into the design. Similar designs are now available for lower speeds. Six months ago, I bought a Bern helmet from REI with a similar design including the removeable visor, but with more air flow. The price was about $125 USD. More air flow means less protection. Everything in life is a tradeoff. Traveling at higher street speeds than a peddle bike means more protection to the front of the skull is needed, which means less air flow. The built in front and rear light on the E-bike helmet should be on all helmets.
Thank you for sharing this! And what an amazing story to have, especially one that ended so well for you and your family.
I agree with your point about lights on helmets. I, too, think they should all have them. As well as some reflective components on the sides.
After years of having cheap helmets, I truly underestimated the value of a good helmet. Thank you for showing this
Thanks for the comment. I have a family member who suffered a brain injury, so protecting my head is a huge priority for me.
A good helmet is like a good bike lock. Lots of people ride and tour without them. And you don't need them, until you need them, and then you really need them; if you get my meaning.
Good point.
Thanks
Allways good information here! Thanks for sharing. We are looking at a new helmet for tour this summer. Good to know about the poor ventilation. Also, is there a head band you (or anyone) recommend for absorbing sweat? I tried many products and have always gone back to a cloth rag.
I used to wear cycling caps underneath my helmet and they were sufficient about managing sweat. I always get swear stains on my caps as a result but they do the job.
Thx for the video! I normally wear a helmet, but a standard bycicle helmet as ventilated as possible... my helmet now is from Alpina...
Thanks for sharing the helmet make you wear, I appreciate it.
Good day Agnieszka! Excellent review. When you have some time, can you show us how you shot the segment from 2:58-3:03 with the “mystical invisible selfie stick”? I have seen this in some of your other videos. Very impressive. Thank you!
Thanks for watching and for the question. I have a video that explains my 360 "camera moves" czcams.com/video/0N4R_BCkzBw/video.html.
@@WheelsonaBike Thanks Agnieszka!
I don't like helmets but if I'm doing long fast downhills, I'll put one on. Through the years I've noticed chrome motorcycle helmets are cooler inside them. Would like to see more bicycle equipment companies chrome their helmets.
Interesting. Maybe pitch this as a product idea. ;)
@@WheelsonaBike Eae! No one listens.
Great review! I didn't know that there was different helmets for ebikes. What did you use to film this video?
Thank you! The main camera i used for the talking head video was Sony ZV1.
I’ve flown over the handlebars of my bike too many times to risk my noggin without a helmet. I currently have a Bontrager Starvos Wavecell that fits well. I just wish I had bought the neon yellow version to enhance visibility. I have the white version.
Yes, you don't need a helmet unless you do, and then you really wish you had a good one. I, too, have a Bontrager Wavecell helmet, and I like it. I have it in black and also wish I bought it in a brighter colour. Live and learn.
Good review, nice helmet with some useful lights, although they could be a bit brighter perhaps. But the price is a bit high for me.
My current helmets? I ride with helmets that offer additional cover to the back of the head.
One is a Decathlon Van Rysel helmet that I like because there is a clip at the back for one of Decathlons rechargable bike lights.
My favorite helmet is a Monca brand (maybe not available in N America) MTB helmet. I like the Monca becuase it has both a sun peak and a visor, you can attache one, or the other, or both. It is a magnetic snap on visor, not a flip up or slide version. I find the visor useful for cold wind days, or blowing sand/dust. The helmet comes with two visors, once clear, one black.
Under my helmets I generally wear a UV protection fishing hat with peak, face veil and neck cover. This gives good UV protection and stops me swallowing bugs. NB I cannot use the visor on the Monca wearing a peaked cap.But I use the visor for winter riding only.
Thank you very much for this comment and for sharing the helmets and their design features that work for you. You were right about the Monca helmet - I'm not familiar with it, but found it online.
One thing that I left out of the review (it was getting a bit long) were my asks - one of which was a pull down visor for eye protection at high speeds, this would negate the need for me to wear goggles in the winter time.
You're right about the brightness of the lights, they're not super bright, but they're not meant for seeing but more to be seen.
Is it comfortable?we all love to watch your vlog desperately.😊
Yes, the helmet is comfortable.
I usually wear a helmet, but not always especially in the summer. I find they don’t have enough of a visor to keep a low sun out of my eyes. In winter, I have a helmet with a tinted face plate I can slide into place. It’s nice but does get too hot when I’m pedalling across a frozen lake….but too cool to take it off. The one you featured might be a good compromise esp with a liner if I find it too cool without one.
Thanks for sharing what works and doesn't for you.
The visor on this helmet is quite wide, but not adjustable - unless you want to reposition it with the velcro attachments. My oyhrt helmet has an adjustable visor but it's very shallow and doesn't really work too well. Nothing's perfect.
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I love the lights. I have long hair. How comfortable is this with a pony tail? I hate wearing helmets because of the lump at the back of my head. I rarely when helmets because of the discomfort. An exception is when mountain biking. Riding the forest is a constant fall hazard.
Hmmm. That's an interesting consideration. I wear my hair short now, so can't speak for how this work work with a ponytail, but it may be an issue as the helmet sits lower at the back of the head, which would mean your pony tail would have to be tied at the base of the neck.
Hi! Helmets are also useful, in my case, for protecting yourself from accidental tree branches on the road. Unfortunately, in my country people do not wear them 'cause they do not find them useful or are too expensive. Thanks for the video.
Good use case for a helmet as well. Maybe you'd also need a face shield. 😉
Very cool helmet!..is the battery also replaceable?
I don't know. I think you'd need to replace the entire rear light component, which has the battery integrated in the unit. Here's what xnito sent as a how to video of replacing the light components: drive.google.com/file/d/13rdM-aGGaBAvaNoQZdl-EABb-4_6XIXc/view?usp=drivesdk
@@WheelsonaBike Thanks, That has always been the biggest thing for me with anything that has an integrated rechargeable battery...I just hate having to replace entire units when battery expires.
Take care.
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I have a helmet, I don't wear it and I really have no excuse. I pictured having to explain to a neighborhood kid why I don't wear it and I couldn't think of a good reason so I'll start setting a better example from now on.
Many people don't wear helmets. If you watch videos of people riding in the Netherlands, for example, hardly anyone wears them. Living in North America, our infrastructure is very different and the chances of being hit by a car while riding, for me, are quite high. Been there and done that. So helmets are a must for me. But are they necessary for everyone, especially if the infrastructure is right? Certainly for ebikes, as they move at a faster speed, but regular bikes, cruising speeds, this can be argued both ways.
Where I live and ride we have a crackpot helmet LAW. Everyone whatever your age or experience is required to wear one, on roads and on any bike-path as well. ALWAYS, under pain of $300+ fines!
This ridiculous law has seen the decimation of teenage bicycle use. In 1990 I did the counts at a school that I worked at. After the law change, 200+ regular riders became just 19 within 3 months. Let people make up their OWN choice about helmet use. The nations which are safest to ride a bicycle in, do not have ANY helmet laws. Helmet use is not even any recommended safety strategy.
Yes helmet laws seem to be in place when infrastructure is questionable. Very few people wear helmets in the Netherlands, from what I see in videos, and there are so many people riding bikes there.
Probability of dying from skin cancer is greater than from getting killed by a car. I wear a large hat to protect myself from the sun. I get a potentially lethal allergic reaction from contact with cars so I avoid them at all costs and have a long and sharp stick that points out to the left of my bike when I ride. It works. Unless someone is on their cellphone. But then I'm already dead, regardless of whether I'm wearing a helmet. (Happened to a former co-worker of mine. Flew 25m through the air, dead. Then he hit the ground. In front of his wife. Could have been me today.) Our infratructue and legal system puts us "in harms way". Furious, I am!
Riding with a soft noodle sticking out to the side is something that I saw cyclists do while touring. It wouldn't necessarily work here in Toronto, as other cyclists wouldn't have much room to pass. The trails are getting very full and they are on the narrow side. I don't use a noodle, but I do take the lane when I need to. The man who hit me at highway speed while I was on tour didn't see me either. I was very lucky and walked away with minor scratches and bruises, but it could've gone badly.
:-( I do not wear a helmet. My average speed ranges between 20 and 25 km/h. I max out between 40 and 50 km/h daily. My "regular" helmet will not protect me at this speed. My helmet is not designed to protect me against impacts with cars. When I am on separated bicycle infrastructue I no longer NEED the helmet. We wear helmets to make motorists more comfortable passing cyclists, not to save cyclists lives. If we really wanted to save cyclists lives we would build infrastructure for them. And we lost one in Elora/Fergus Ontaro today. :'-( >:-( Tired of the dying and the patronising and the pacifying. Make it safe. Do it now. No more funerals.
The points you make are absolutely right. There aren't too many people who commute by bike in the Netherlands who wear a helmet. Infrastructure is key.