It definitely looks very, very interesting. I wear earplugs every single ride, but in my opinion, anything that removes something from my pre-ride routine without sacrificing safety is a good thing. I've always wondered why noise cancelling helmets weren't a thing. I'd love to try one of these out.
Many years ago, I asked why the helmet mfgrs could not just "spray" or line the inside of a helmet with a thin layer of Dynamat. There's not a good reason this can't be done, and it would be very cheap on a huge manufacturing scale. The noise/vibration damping would be awesome.
Someone's gonna do it and say how "revolutionary" the idea is - you all heard it here (from me) first! lol
You can still do that yourself but you're going to have zero ventilation he less you're prepared to spend time cutting pieces out to not obstruct the eps lines.
I haven't seen anything posted about price. Not even on their site. Looking at it though, with only top vents and chin vents to push air in and two rear vents to suck air out, don't you think it will be a little warm in it?
EDIT: Someone mentioned something on Facebook that it would be around $600-$800.
IMO Dynamat wouldn't do anything except add widget to the helmet. Dynamat mostly dampens noise by adding weight to a thin material that would normally vibrate. The weight dampens the vibrations. Try she'll of the helmet doesn't vibrate. Also most noise is from the bottom of the helmet. Next time you're out on the bike out your hand under the helmet near your ears. This should remove nearly all wind noise.
IMO Dynamat wouldn't do anything except add weight to the helmet. Dynamat mostly dampens noise by adding weight to a thin material that would normally vibrate. The weight dampens the vibrations. The shell of the helmet doesn't vibrate. Also most noise is from the bottom of the helmet. Next time you're out on the bike out your hand under the helmet near your ears. This should remove nearly all wind noise.
That's 100% correct (now ). I'm trying to figure out a way to add some foam to the lower part of my helmet that will block all that wind by and behind my ears. What they need instead of dynamat is a pump up system, ala Reebok, where once you have the helmet on, you just give a few pumps to make that lower portion of the padding nice and tight. Probably would help in a crash too to keep the helmet in place.
Funny how a company will spend all that R&D on a noise cancelling system, rather than a low tech solution like an air bladder and manual pump.
This exists and I bought one. I don't ride street anymore, but it does seem to work (switched to dirt and am very happy ;-) I bought the adv helmet. I suspect the full face helmet is better. You can feel the pressure around the ears, but once you start riding, you forget it...I'll buy another one if I get a street bike again...
The neck roll area is key to making a helmet quieter. I bought a used 2015 FJR1300 and the wind noise is worse than any bike I've ever owned, especially riding in my Bell Star with foam ear plugs. I changed the windshield, but this did not resolve the wind noise issue. I did the research and went with a Schuberth C3Pro that I purchased from a German dealer ($500 shipped on closeout, US price was over $800
). The neck roll area seals off the bottom of the helmet from wind. Obviously not the best for staying cool, but it makes a huge difference in noise. Still use the Bell for my other bikes, but riding the old man bike with the old man helmet and earplugs is much more enjoyable now. If Sena comes up with a retrofit kit for other helmets I could see adding it in the future.
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