Changing Your Helmet

[monnet]

What do the manufacturers say? I've a feeling they say replace every 3 years. I replace mine when they start to get tatty (usually coinciding with the 3 year recommendation). Obviously, any serious knock means getting the credit card out.

 

[Stu99]

I've also heard that polystyrene, rubber and some plastics tend to degrade over time and become brittle due to leaching of chemicals into the atmosphere.

A & E is not the place to discover that the inside of your helmet has turned to dust!

I can see the sense of changing it every 2-4 years depending on use/ climate exposure etc.