Cheap helmets at Aldi this week

Novice1 · Postby **Novice1** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:57 pm

At $69 I will be getting up early to get one. A $69 helmet for a $69 head :shock:

Cheers novice1

MY91MX · Postby **MY91MX** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:07 pm

I got mine today. It's amazingly well constructed for $69. For a first timer I think it is a great buy. Anyway if I crash my car I deserve to be belted in the head.

Novice1 · Postby **Novice1** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:43 pm

Got a helmet also. Well worth the price. Egad I would paymthat price for two visors.
Cheers novice1 aka ron

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:00 pm

Does the visor have an Australian Standard sticker on it?

egads · Postby **egads** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:54 pm

Yes it does. Sadly no tinted visor, both are clear

PeterB · Postby **PeterB** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:18 am

I have also picked one up - couldn't not for the price, even if just for a spare.

They are labelled as autoXS which is an Aldi brand name, but a web search shows they are a chinese (of course) based manufacturer - Foshan Nanhai Jiujiang Jiadeshi Helmet Co. Ltd who claim to be a high volume helmet manufacturer established in 1994 and who meet appropriate standards. I expect that most of the generic helmets come out of one of these factories.

It is hard to check the construction quality, but they don't look much different to the $150-250 motorcycle or low level Revolution helmets that many of the super-sprinters and hillclimbers use.

Seem adequate for low level motorsport where a hans device is not used - better than borrowing a mates that doesn't fit or renting a cheapie.