SMITH Scout Snow Helmet

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If you are not home to sign for your delivery the driver will try your immediate neighbour or take it to your local Post Office for you to collect. If the Parcel Force depot is closer, your parcel will go there instead. The driver will leave a card informing you of where they have left your parcel. A MIPS-enabled helmet essentially functions dynamically, offering protection from a wider variety of impacts and multiple angles. A non-MIPS helmet still protects you, but it does so statically and against fewer types of impacts. If you are not home to sign for your delivery the driver will try your immediate neighbour or take it to your local Post Office for you to collect. If the Parcelforce Worldwide depot is closer, your parcel will go there instead. The driver will leave a card informing you of where they have left your parcel. Take it from a ski shop employee: When people try on the Vantage, their fashion concerns usually end. We place a high priority on ventilation. Throughout the course of an average resort day, we open and close our vents on multiple occasions as we hunker down on a windy lift ride or heat up on a sidecountry hike. The technology behind keeping you at a comfortable temperature isn’t as simple as putting a bunch of holes in the helmet—that winter air is rather cold and can lead to dreaded brain freeze when you are trying to let out some steam. Smith's Vantage (left) has far better ventilation than a budget option like the Anon Raider (right)

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AB31, AB33, AB34, AB35, AB36, AB37, AB38, AB45, AB52, AB53, AB54, AB55, AB56 FK17, FK18, FK19, FK20, FK21 In testing the Merak, however, a few complaints have emerged. The most significant is the padding design, which doesn’t protect you as well from the Boa fit system as we’d like. Cinching the helmet creates light pressure points at the sides of the head (the shape could’ve also been part of the issue, and the Merak seems to favor more of an oval-like head rather than round). Additionally, the minimalist padding meant the helmet ran on the cold side on frigid resort days, and the foam used around the ears muffles more sound than we prefer. Some will find these tradeoffs worth it for the advanced safety tech, but we’d like to see some of the finer details sorted out before moving it up our ranking. Other folks asking the “do I need a ski helmet” question wonder if they or their kid can just wear that trusty bike or skate helmet on the mountain. Short answer: not if you want to guarantee the best protection you can. SKI HELMETS VS BIKE AND SKATE HELMETS If you’re still on the fence, you can always grab waterproof Wireless Earbuds for the Outdoors, just make sure they fit snug under your helmet. Our one issue with this is depending on how it fits and conditions, sound can be impacted a lot by wind or movement. The biggest thing to watch out for when purchasing the Ledge MIPS, and any other Giro helmet for that matter, is the fit.

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But scientists have conducted numerous tests on MIPS helmets, dropping them from 2.2-3.1 meters on 45-edges angles onto grinding paper. Ouch. It’s also warm and comfortable, made so by wool ear pads that reviewers routinely praise. And, it’s safe. The primary reason we called out the Obex SPIN Communication is this: several other audio-integrated models have hit the market in recent years, but for whatever reason, they tend to be mediocre ski helmets, audio aside. Either their sizing is off or they are uncomfortable or they don't vent well, or some combo. But with the Obex SPIN, just because you want built-in Bluetooth doesn’t mean you should have to compromise overall helmet quality. Oh, and you can assure your kiddo that the earpads are removable, helping them keep up with the other members of ski club. We’ll explain the advantages of MIPS later in our section about MIPS (hint: there’s a reason every helmet on our list features that or similar technology), but in addition to multi-impact safety, the Vantage MIPS also features Smith helmet's Aerocore construction. That’s the honeycomb design you’ll see through the vents. Aerocore blends EPS foam with Koroyd, tiny tubes that are welded together and positioned to collapse in an impact. Added bonus? Aerocore also improves airflow and helps keep your goggles from fogging.

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Each model includes MIPS (or an equivalent tech such as POC’s SPIN). You can read more about MIPS in our section dedicated to explaining how the tech works. Just know that MIPS offers a wider variety of protection from impacts and multiple angles. Meanwhile, you’ll know that the classic ABS hardshell and an EPS foam liner, when paired with MIPS, will protect their brain just as well as many other helmet models out there. If you’re able to try your helmet on before you buy, even if it’s a different Giro model from the Ledge MIPS, that will help you figure out if that fit will work. Unless you know already that your head is oval, which makes you the most self-aware person in the room. The Smith Scout is a tough, durable, and well-styled helmet designed for progressive users, with a lifestyle fit system that creates a comfortable fit whether wearing goggles over or underneath. One of the biggest differences from the Vantage MIPS is in the Cynic X2’s venting. It’s got 12 vents to the Vantage’s 21, and they are fixed rather than adjustable. This can be a bummer during warm springtime skiing.