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A motorcycle helmet is, without doubt, the most important piece of motorcycle protective wear you will ever buy. We are asked a lot, “What’s the Best Helmet?”, “What’s the Safest Helmet?”. But that is a difficult question to answer. Are we talking about a full face helmet, an adventure helmet or a flip lid helmet. Or indeed, even an open-face helmet although we are not big proponents of wearing an open-face helmet.

The truth is that the most important factor is fit and the fit of a helmet as much to do with shape as it does to pure measurement. And that is why we are great fans of Shoei helmets because of their new Personal Fit System (Shoei PFS) which gives us a computerised system to help perfect the fit of any of the Shoei helmets. 

So all helmets now have to meet the ECE 22-06 standard. But, not all helmets that meet that standard are the same. For us, the two brands that stand head and shoulders above the others are Shoei and Arai helmets. These two brands are the longest established and the most respected names in the business. Both of them prioritise safety above all else. They don’t make helmets to a price point, they don’t make entry level helmets, and the invest heavily in R&D to ensure they are continually improving. 

For us, the best helmet for commuters and tourers is the Shoei Neotec 3. As an alternative the Schuberth C5 now also has options to fit it better and has the added advantage of taking either a Sena or a Cardo integrated comms.