Customer Reviews

Bell Radar Bicycle Helmet

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(22)
3 star:		(9)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I needed a bike helmet. This one was hard to pass up for this price. It's made by Bell, a well-known manufacturer. The helmet is rather simple. What you would get by spending more money on a different helmet would be one that was slightly lighter, with more air vents and a fancier strap adjusting mechanism. This helmet came with the visor (not yet attached, so you can put it on or not), three pieces of extra padding (thicker than the padding that comes installed in case you want to switch), and a generic instruction manual (written for all Bell helmets, not just this one). Anyway, it looks decent, and will protect its wearer in case of a crash as well as any other helmet.

This Helmet saved my life I went over the handlebars of my bike sent about 12 feet hit the ground headfirst I weigh about 230 so I would be dead had I not worn this helmet.I'm amazed at the quality of this product Highly Reccomend!!

While shopping for a helmet, I noticed that this helmet had decent reviews and the price was good. However, after a couple of weeks of use the cheap plastic that attaches the strap to the helmet broke off. Looking at it and the design, I can see why it broke off. Without this attachment, the helmet is useless. Tried taping it, but the design makes it difficult for it to stay on.

I had purchased another product from Bell (the headlight and taillight combo) that also had incredibly poor quality parts and design flaws. This product was so poorly made, when I tried to insert the battery, the thing literally crumbled. Five different parts broke off in a snap.

It seems the company has been doing a lot of cost cutting and it really does show in its products.

Although this item is indicated to a range of sizes (and I picked a size with a similar range to my current bike helmet), this helmet just could not adjust to fit properly. There is no "band" around the head to adjust fit. So, although one could adjust the neckstrap to make the helmet more snug-seeming, it will never fit around your head properly (unless your head is the EXACT size).

With the fit of this helmet, frankly it isn't safe! This helmet I'm promptly returning.

I had a wreck 3 weeks ago and the helmet did its job. My head hit the pavement on a fall during a training ride. The foam cracked instead of my skull. Many thanks to Bell for making a reasonably priced and effective product.

The "smart system" didn't work for me so I must be dumb. I normally wear a large helmet. I fiddled for over an hour trying to get a tight fit and could not.The Bell instructions did not indicate how to tighten up the fit. The back strap is non adjustable. I am returning it.

...and could never find a decent helmet. All the others pinched the side of my skull as if they expected me to have a peanut shaped noggin. Then, one day as I was admiring the gray hairs starting to sprout on my sides I realized my head was not spherical but that I had a natural bump on the right side. I'm no phrenologist (i.e., head bump reading fortune teller) but I could tell this helmet was in my future, snug, light, unobtrusive and stylish. Moral: knobby, big headed cyclist stop here.

I don't like to wear a helmet. If you are smart you will. The Bell Radar is light, comfortable, stylish and inexpensive. I don't plan on seeing how it will hold up under a crash, but based upon the design, it should. If I were riding in the mountains, or needed extra protection, I would upgrade to one of Bells more expensive products. This one will be fine for me.

That is what I said when I was told that I should get a bike helmet when I decided that I wanted to get a bike. But I am so happy that I followed my friends advice and ordered it, it came to me quicker than my bike did, I put it on and the fit is great and I even fell off my bike and my head hit the ground and it was well protected. I happen to be in the store to get a bag for my bike and I saw a Bell helmet and it was way more expensive than what I paid from Amazon. Thanks for the savings.

I know bike helmets aren't meant to be flattering, but the cheaper Bell helmets, like this one, tend to make one look like a mushroom-head. After much careful study and input from friends, it appears the the problem lies in the extra swath of visible grayish styrofoam along the hairline, giving the whlle thing a less-than-sleek look. That said, it keeps my head unsmushed, so I'll wear it anyway.