Today we're gonna be looking at the
Thousand Heritage urban bike helmet.
Here we have the Thousand Heritage
helmet. This helmet made a big
splash back in 2015 when I was launched
on Kickstarter. The goal with the
Heritage helmet was to really eliminate
the stigma of a bike helmet. A lot of
people don't wear one because it doesn't
look cool. What Thousand did with the
Heritage is that they brought a lot of cool
retro and urban design elements into a
really safe helmet designed for commuting
and urban riding. I'm gonna go ahead
and take it out of the box but before we do
that let's take a moment to appreciate
the box. This actually came just as you
see it, so simple cardboard box. You don't
have a box within a box with a bunch of
plastic and packing peanuts in there, so really
environmentally friendly design. It's
really nice to see. Let's go ahead and
pop it open. Specs wise this is a
really affordable helmet it comes in at
$89 so really accessible. Now what's
really cool about these helmets is
since they're launched back in 2015-2016
they're really evolved a design it's
offered in quite a few color
designs, over a dozen currently with a
really cool unique color scheme
you wouldn't normally see with a
helmet. Traditionally it's pretty much
solid colors, with this you get stripes
you get matte and metallic finishes so
really cool.
This is the GT striped version,
size medium and has nice retro touches
like the rivets. You get their PopLock
feature, it has a little removable cover
that's magnetically held in place and
lets you put a lock through the helmet.
So if you're out and about you can lock
it and if it ever gets stolen they'll
actually replace the helmet for free.
There are design touches like the
flags here for the GT stripe and
you get a dual direction fit system
that's integrated. You get a integrated
bill with the cap to block the sun. You
also get a magnetic
clasp here. So really cool, something we've
seen a lot more premium helmets. You
also get these really cool vegan leather
straps, so they feel really nice and soft
and they really look great especially
with the baby blue color.
This helmet is inspired by the Ford GT40 Golf
racecar livery color scheme and it really
looks great here now in the box you get
the back nice knitted bag instead of
just a plastic bag. It lets you store the
helmet and you get an owner's manual which
I'm sure everyone's going to read. Also there is a little
pamphlet about their anti-theft
guarantee so pretty simple overall.
Now let's take a look at the weight of
the Heritage helmet now I believe this
is the second generation as it's the
latest version. If we place it on here it
comes in at 468
grams so quite heavy actually. Now
let's take a look at the fit and finish
of the Thousand Heritage helmet.
Right off the bat this is just
a really gorgeous helmet you don't
typically see helmets with these kind of
color schemes and design elements it's
really obvious they've gone to extra
lengths to make sure this is a helmet
that's really visually attractive so
you're not embarrassed to be seen with
them and rather actually ride with it.
Especially in this GT stripe color
scheme it's definitely a color scheme
we've never seen with other
helmets and it's definitely something
you would be excited to wear which is really
their mission statement and make sure
people wear helmets. The design of
this helmet looks a lot like a older
motorcycle style helmet so you get this
more lid style with a built-in visor molded
directly in and rivets
exposed.
The helmet design is
something you could easily imagine for a moped or
motorcycle and nobody would
know any better that it is for cycling.
The matte finish has a
sort of rubberized texture and it feels
really nice. As with a lot of commuting
helmets you don't see a lot of vents.
There are seven vents with
three on the top and then four on the
back. Enough to keep you vented but
not to keep you get you cold especially
when you're riding in
colder weather. The visor is
built-in directly with Thousand logo on here.
You have these nice exposed little
rivets here and you have a little checkered
flag decal on the back that really
matches this GT stripe color scheme.
The PopLock is a cool
feature it's magnetic so you can easily
pop it out of the way. They also include
a warranty here so if your helmet ever
gets stolen with your lock attached to
this hole they actually
replaced a helmet for free as stealing
this would require really cutting
through half the helmet so it'd be quite
difficult but definitely nice to have
that guarantee. In terms of the fit
system, a pretty standard standard dial
system. This has a little cage that makes
sure cradles your back with a dual direction
dial that has a large
rubberized dial here so really easy to
put on and ratchets in one direction.
They paid a lot attention to the
design elements so even the strap here
you have that 40 logo on here and then
the color really contrasts well
with the helmet color scheme. Instead of being
a generic black, it is a nice leather
texture to it and the leather color that
you're used to seeing. This is a vegan
leather really soft and quite easy to
adjust as well. What's interesting here
is you don't have that standard a clasp
here that allow you to adjust this up
and down. This is a more free-flowing
design so very minimalist but it 't
means for some people this may not fit
that well. For most people this
is quite lower than the typical adjustment
point. Instaed of a the standard
buckle here this has a magnetic clasp
something that you have to get a
little bit used to. The first time I
used it was a little bit odd because
you're used to kind of unbuckling
perpendicular but with this you actually
have to go the other direction. Putting
it on is super easy, you get a close enough
let go. if we look at the inside of the
helmet this is a non MIPS helmet so you
don't see the MIPS liner that you're
more used to seeing with road biking
helmets. Instead you have standard EPS foam that is
designed to absorb the impact of a crash.
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Now let's do a little comparison
between some other commuter style
helmets. Here I have the Heritage helmet
on the left, as I mentioned it is $90. Then I
have the Lazer Urbanize which is one of
a lasers latest helmets for E-Bikes or
urban riding. It has a lot of
cool features and retails for $150 but you
get a visor, and a taillight that
actually pops in the back. You also get a
winter kit that's included. On
the far right I have the Coros helmet.
This has integrated speakers and
Bluetooth connectivity as well as a
crash sensor so more high-tech helmet
that retails for $200.
Right off the bat you can see the
design of the Heritage really sets a
helmet apart from the other helmets on
the market. Typically you get matte
single colors or maybe a dual color
design with the Coros but obviously the
Heritage session in the stripe version
really stands out it looks a lot more
urban and looks cooler than the other
helmets. In terms of profile you can see
they're all pretty standard, once you get
to a commuter helmet you get a longer
back profile that you see in all the
other helmets you get a usually get a
bill. The visors are
removable or not with this it's
obviously built in. With the Coros you
can actually take it off. You get
minimal venting and the idea here is
with commuting you're typically not
riding that long which means you don't
need a lot of vents as you would need with
a road biking helmet. You can see with
the Coros you have these little
elongated vents and with the Lazer
Urbanize you just get vents around the
side now. What's really cool about the
Heritage is the design elements. If
we compare it with the Urbanize
you can see it has a MIPS liner. It's a
little bit safer now Thousand is coming
out with a MIPS variation and that's
something we will feature here once it's
released. You can see with both the Urbanize
and the Thousand helmet you get
the magnetic clasp so almost identical.
Really easy to use but again it's all
about the details and I think with a
little 40 decal on here
and then the leather texture and color
on the straps of the Heritage helmet
versus the leather straps on the
Urbanize which are just black. This one
really just stands out and with the
orange on the interior really pops
versus the black on here. Fit system is
usually pretty standard and one nice
variation one nice comparison we can do
here is that the Urbanize actually has
something similar to the PopLock. As
you can see here the
tail light spot, this pops in and you can
also release it to reveal this little
hole. Now if you push the fit system out
of the way you can see you can put a
lock through here and actually secure it.
Compared to the PopLock of the
Thousand I think the Urbanize is
bigger so you can maybe get a larger
shackle through here but it's less
convenient because I really have move the
fits system. As you can
see you have to put pressure against it
while this side location of the Thousand
helmet makes a little more convenient.
It's definitely interesting to see
this feature on multiple helmets.
Now let's go over the pros and cons of the
Heritage helmet. What we really liked about
the helmet is the magnetic buckle it's a
feature you typically see on more
premium helmet so it's really nice to
see here. The other thing is they're
really unique color options and design
details I really set this helmet apart
from other helmets on the market. Some of
the color schemes look like they're
one-off paintings versus something you'd
buy off the shelf. Also the integrated
PopLock feature is a nice way to lock
your bike and helmet together securely
while you're on the go. Some of the cons
of the helmet is the lack of MIPS, this
is a technology you typically see on a
lot of helmets these days and it's nice
to have a secondary kind of safety
device. Also there's a lack of side
adjustments here and in general the
helmet just feels less secure than other
helmets we've ridden with. I think part
of that is due to the fit system which
has a kind of floating design on the
back and it doesn't cradle your head as
much as other helmets would. Finally
it's not available in XL sizing, it's
just a standard small to large. Taking
everything into account we
would give the helmet an 8 out of 10.
This is really helmet you want to
be seen in, I think the only negatives
with it as the lack of MIPS or other
secondary safety devices and the less
secure fit. Otherwise they have really
beautiful color schemes and really nice
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