Customer Reviews

Bell Faction Multi-Sport Helmet

5 star:		(50)
4 star:		(16)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I've used a lot of bicycle helmets over the last 30 years. The Bell Faction is the best commuting helmet. It's one of the only helmets that you can put a rear-view mirror onto. The helmet seems safer than because the vents are smaller, the shell is thicker, and the helmet comes down further in the back and on the sides. I've never felt hot wearing this helmet. I wouldn't want to wear it on a five-mile climb on a 90-degree day, but for riding around town it's fine. In the winter I tape over the vents and stuff the vents with foam. Below 20 degrees I wish it had a fleece liner, but next winter I'll figure out how to make one.

I just got this helmet delivered to me about 20 minutes ago.
The design is great, and it fits my head perfectly. They provide extra pads (thin and thick, medium is the defult) so you can adjust. If you don't like the BELL logo on the helmet, you can easily take it off as it is just a sticker. Mine left no sticky residue or anything, and it looks great. They provide you with an extra sticker, too.

This properly protects my forehead, as well as the back of my head.
If you are not sure what size to get, go to their website and they tell you how to properly measure your head size, and provide a size chart. That's what I did, and got a good fit.

This is THE best bicycle helmet I have ever had. I ordered it for in Baghdad Iraq, because the ones AAFES sells are junk. I can't believe how comfortable it is. It is VERY cushy in the top. It makes me feel much safer with the side protection. Other guys keep asking me where I got it, so I know it looks good too!

This was reccomended by the local bicyle shop, because he said it gave more protection than the standard bike helmet I already owned. It is comfortable, and it looks a lot better. Even my sons (19 & 21), their friends, who refuse to wear helmets, and my wife agreed.

I also took some Jogalite Silver reflective tape, and styled the back of the black helmet to be light reflective, as an extra safety precaution. Just a little tape placed near rear vents looks like it was designed with the helmet, and doesn't look nerdy.

This helmet is comfortable, and when I street skate wearing it, I forget I have it on my head. Mine is charcoal gray, and when I look in the mirror with it on, it makes my face look better than with it off.

very nice helmet,a little heavy.the only complaint i have is while there was plenty of extra padding for adjusting around the perimeter of the helmet there was none for the very top.your head will come in contact with a very hard surface at the top center.

When I was riding Motorcycles many years ago and rode about twenty years or about 200,000 mile, I was using a Bell Helmet. You are trusting your life to what you are wearing. When I though I want to get a bicycle to partly relive my motorcycle days and partly for local transportation, I got a Bell bicycle helmet again. As usual the quality is very good. The color is molded in the plastic and you can adjust the liner inside the helmet with spare pad that come with it. The only thing I didn't like is the fact that Amazon dose not carry this type of helmet in a large white (I got a plane black one). Once you get the helmet adjusted to fit you head, you hardly know you are wearing it.

I bought the "Matte White Plaid" helmet in Large. I measured my head before ordering and used their size chart to decide which size I needed. I used my dad's Amazon Prime to get free 2-day shipping, which made this an awesome deal considering the helmet itself was only $31. I ordered it Saturday and received it today (Tuesday). The quality is great and it fits perfectly. It also comes with extra foam padding in case I need to make any adjustments. The strap is soft against my face and it looks good. The BELL stickers can be removed if you want to have a blank helmet or want to add your own stickers. I haven't used it enough to determine the ventilation quality, but 12 ventilation holes, so I assume it will be fine. I'm really happy with this helmet - after doing a lot of research for the best option for rollerblading and biking, I'm glad I went with this particular product.

This helmet replaces my old Bell helmet, which was about 5 years old. I thought I liked my old helmet, but then I got this one. It is way more comfortable than the old one, not as hot, fits my head better, and it's even a bright, adorable, shiny pink! What more could you want?

I picked Bell rather than another good coverage helmet because at one time they made a good motorcycle helmet so I had some brand recognition. Overall, I'm satisfied and comfortable with this helmet. I gave four stars because, in the absence of test data, I can't vouch that there's nothing better.

I think this form of helmet should be more common. Watching the Tour this year I saw lots of riders go down. Some had head injuries despite the helmet they wore. This raises questions about the effectiveness of the common shape of helmet. I saw a documentary on a bike company that claimed the designers of the common helmets all had ponytails so they designed a helmet that was comfortable despite the ponytail haircut. I ride bikes and motorcycles (with a full face motor-sports helmet). I don't have a ponytail. I want a bicycle helmet that, unlike the ponytail-accomodating-high-fashion lids offers some protection for my frontal, temporal and occipital lobes. This helmet offer that coverage. It's comfortable. The ventilation is OK. The sizing inserts allow it to be tailored to my head size. If I were to do any riding at night, I'd add some SOLAS reflective tape to the front, back and sides. Patches of this tape ought be included with the helmet.

Personally, I'd like to see more helmet vs brain trauma testing since bicycles can reach automotive speeds. I've been hit at automotive speeds by a drunk, an age enfeebled (I'm 64 so no bias here) gentleman (who tried to flee the scene) and a "distracted" driver. Hence, I think helmets that are more than a security blanket (read ponytail liberating fashion statement) are a really good idea.