Helmet Standards (DOT/SNELL) Comparison

g21-30 · March 23rd, 2009, 04:09 PM

Finally found it:

http://www.smf.org/articles/mcomp1.html

Snake · March 23rd, 2009, 04:52 PM

Thanks thats alot of help. Makes me want to have my my next helmet be SNEL certified.

Alex · March 23rd, 2009, 06:02 PM

That page is on the snell memorial foundation website itself, it's not surprising that on the face of it, it looks like snell is much more thorough. But after you read that chart, read this article from Motorcyclist Magazine about helmet safety. Some of their testing and conclusions actually changed quite a bit about the Snell 2010 standard, to bring it more in line with the other helmet standards around the world.

Here's a link to Snell's M2010 standard, which replaces the 2005 standard that was used in Motorcyclist's article, and is represented in the chart linked in the first post. Two significant changes are snell now uses different size and weight headforms for different size helmets, and the impact force was lowered to be significantly closer to the DOT standard. At this point there is less of a dichotomy between DOT and Snell 2010 than there was between DOT and Snell 2005.

Purspeed · March 24th, 2009, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

That page is on the snell memorial foundation website itself, it's not surprising that on the face of it, it looks like snell is much more thorough. But after you read that chart, read this article from Motorcyclist Magazine about helmet safety. Some of their testing and conclusions actually changed quite a bit about the Snell 2010 standard, to bring it more in line with the other helmet standards around the world.

Here's a link to Snell's M2010 standard, which replaces the 2005 standard that was used in Motorcyclist's article, and is represented in the chart linked in the first post. Two significant changes are snell now uses different size and weight headforms for different size helmets, and the impact force was lowered to be significantly closer to the DOT standard. At this point there is less of a dichotomy between DOT and Snell 2010 than there was between DOT and Snell 2005.

+1

Alex is correct. Read the article. Then read it again.

Lurkable · March 24th, 2009, 08:09 PM

Thanks guys, very interesting and relevant debate.

March 23rd, 2009, 04:09 PM	#1
g21-30 ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Sam Location: Northern Virginia Join Date: Nov 2008 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250R 2009 Posts: A lot.	Helmet Standards (DOT/SNELL) Comparison Finally found it: http://www.smf.org/articles/mcomp1.html

March 23rd, 2009, 06:02 PM	#3
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Snake ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Rick Location: Alexandria, Louisiana Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 Blue Ninja 250 Posts: Too much. MOTY - 2017, MOTM - Jan '19, Oct '16, May '14	Thanks thats alot of help. Makes me want to have my my next helmet be SNEL certified.

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