Hey everybody, Billy from Billys Bike Adventures.
Thanks for tuning in today and watching the video.
Now today I'm going to be talking to you and doing the review of this.
This is the Airoh Commander progress in blue red matte finish
if this is of interest to you, my thoughts on this helmet, what I
like and dislike about it,
how it compares to the Arai's that had before, keep watching
and let's go into it.
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so, let's talk a little bit about what comes in the box first
of all ok.
You've got a pin lock, clear, anti-fog insert. You get the nice little
helmet baggy that comes with it
and also you get this box inside the main box.
Now in here you will get the, what I would call, a chin curtain, or a
chin guard from the wind, they actually call it a wind block from Airoh
and that's just an insert that goes at the bottom of your chin
on the helmet on the underside of the helmet
and thats a wind block. Now, also in here as well you have
the peak tabs so when you remove the peak to have a naked helmet
where the peak screws were you got some inserts for
wear those were and that's to cover up the gaps on the screws
for the peak. You also get some action camera mounts as well
and I'll show you on the helmet where they fit, so on the
top here, right up here, this comes out and you can actually put in
a action camera mount
so it actually sits on top of your helmet now,
I actually don't like the cameras on top of the helmets actually
I don't really like the view.
I prefer side mounted or on the front but it comes action
camera ready with the insert that's removable here and with the
with the little mountable the mounts that they supply with
the helmet, so actually quite a nice little thing.
So that's what's inside the box.
Now let's get onto talking about the helmet itself.
So this is a full carbon 3K high-performance composite helmet
essentially meaning that its
really really lite compared to how much I've had previously
before now.
This is an XL version of the Airoh Commander and the XL
version is 1430g plus or minus depending what is 50g depending
if you have the XXL for you or you that you go with the large?
This is the XL and it weighs 1430. The size down so you
get to shell sizes the sizes down from that is the XS
the S and the M, and that weighs comes in at a weight
of 1370g plus or minus depending whether you go with
the upper or the lower end of that particular shell so those
are the weights for the helmet and I have to say when this
on the motorway yesterday felt really really lite on the head
the wind buffering, even though I did get some wind buffering, it
didn't catch the helmet to badly and there was not a lot
of movement within the helmet, so I actually felt really comfortable
much better than the the Arai that I've had before as well.
I've got the TX, the Tour X4 two of those Tour X4 helmets and I have to
say on the motorway this probably was the better helmet and
let's talk about some of the reasons why for me that was.
So let's get onto some of the features of the helmet.
Let's talk about the peak first.
Now, obviously removal to make it more of a naked helmets but
the the the slots on this helmet, so you got a couple of
here and it comes through the top here as well now when you
compare that to the Arai which only has two slots underneath
the lid here, pretty solid helmet, if I just get that for you and
compare, show you the Arai, so the Arai here only has
a couple of a couple of air vents under the here, the rest
of the helmet is solid apart from it and it's going through
the between helmet and the peak as well, now what I
actually notice with the the Airoh compared to the Arai
is that when I get wind buffering the peak on this helmet
does not catch it as much as what it does on the Arai, the
Arai, just makes the helmet tilt either way slightly or backwards
with the with the Airoh,
didn't do that at all.
Felt really really solid the peak on on this particular helmet,
so I was really pleased with the performance of that helmet
on the motorway yesterday and I actually prefer the peak
on this helmet compared to the Arai.
Just purely for that reason that, when
I was riding at speed,
I didn't get the pull back or if I turn my head to the side I
wouldn't get a a slight job to the side with a peak catching
the wind, so the aerodynamics of this peak much better
for me as a rider compared to the Arai Tour X4.
So that's the peak. Another really really good feature of this particular
helmet for me is the extra wide visor. Now when I am doing
my safety checks when I'm turning to make
sure, before I move into the next lane to the side of me all of the
inside lane on the motorway particularly when I turn to do
my safety check, the vision that I get out of this visor
is amazing.
It really is an extra wide view that you get with this particular
helmet and I really really like it actually took me by surprise
how much I could see when I turn my head to the side
and for that reason this beats the Tour X4 again for me
because you don't get a wider peripheral vision with the
Tour X4 compared to the Airoh Commander. Really really
good really really important and for me is probably the most
important thing actually over the Tour X4 the extra vision that
I got from this helmet is fantastic.
You actually feel it when you're when you're looking straight
ahead as well.
You your peripheral vision is also it's surprising how much
difference it makes compared to the tour X4 so I prefer the
visor and the view I get out of this helmet compared to the
Tour X4, Now I've not had other helmets before, I've not had a
Shoei or a Bell or anything else like that right, so I can
only compare this to the Arai Tour X4 and I do prefer this
helmet, so winning factors for me so far, the peak and also the vision
out of the extra wide visor, two really good features of this
helmet that I really like above the Tour X4.
This helmet actually has the pop down visor as well, so just on the side
here you've got the lever and they just put that up to have
them come down and then push it down to have them
go back up. Now it actually comes down with a bit of a clatter
actually so that's a bit stiff and when it does come down
it comes down with a bit of a clatter. Now if you've got a big
nose like I have sometimes it will just catch the tip of your nose,
it's not painful,
but you just know that it's come down.
So is it a big deal?
No, it's not really. How does it perform?
How does the sun visor perform compared to tinted visor?
I'm a bit hit and miss on this.
They do the job that they need to do and that is they are
blocking out the sun the UV resistant and they do a good
job at making sure that they shade down the daylight when
you've got the sun coming in so does a really good job.
Just as good a job as that of a tinted visor. Would I prefer
these over a tinted visor? I suppose the main concern for
me is that what is Airoh giving up in terms of safety
and comfort to have these inserted into the lid vs.
not having them? That would be my only question in terms of
at what they've inserted this.
So what are they giving up in place of that, that would be my
only question and I and I think I would also prefer just
to have a tinted visor rather than these dropped shades or
the drop down visor.
I just think it looks nicer.
It's a it's a complete look rather than a partial
look you know you got this gap year at the front where you
can still see the skin of the face.
It's a small thing right, but it's a thing for me that it
is enough for me to think I prefer a darker visor, so I
probably won't be using these too much and I will probably
replace the clear visor with a tinted visor and I think it will make
this helmet, it'll give this helmet a
much more all-rounded awesome look I mean so bloody great
looking how much as it is I particularly like the back of
it the fins on the back of this helmet here here and here really
really nice-looking helmet and I think a tinted visor would
just make it look the DBs to be honest. So other features
of this helmet, you've got an air vent at the front and you got two different
settings 1, 2 so works
really really well enough in there on the half
setting to get enough air coming through into the helmet to keep
it mist free and you've also got vents at the front
here as well.
Just in the front of the top top of the chin guards here
you've got vents that allow the air to come through.
That's particularly good when you've got the visor
just off the last locking mechanism.
So you can have it there or there and that just let's some air through
before you put it down and lock it.
You've also got vents and just up here at the top now this
that you might have seen a different review this helmet,
but it is lockable, the previous review said, not on this channel,
a different channel and said it wasn't lockable, it actually
is too.
It's just got a slide at across the top here, easy to open
and close and then of course you events the back here and
do a good job.
I got enough airflow yesterday to make it feel pretty darn
comfortable in this particular helmet.
Other features of this helmet that I really like, so let's talk about what it's
like when you insert comms.
So just on the inside you might have to take this out.
actually, but just on the inside, you've got, it is comms ready as it
were. Let me just take this and show you what I'm talking
about. So just on the inside here,
you've got some, you got these pieces hear that come out and
that's where your earpiece for your comms so just take them
out. It's only a shallow cut out, but it's nothing there
to have the very flat the very flat, the very flat speakers
that we get with the comms, so that comes out and that's where the speakers go.
You also have on this side as well of the helmet you also have
this piece that comes out here and inside there you can you actually
put the cables from the comms unit that you mount here. Now with the
couple of the comms units, I'm not sure of a Sena, but the
Cardo I know you can't get the cables through here with the
ends. So not that good actually, the designer should have
really thought about the types of different comms units
are available to make sure that this is a worthwhile addition
to the helmets, so if you've got a Cardo, probably not
going to get the cables to hear couldn't talk about the Sena
but I know Cardo won't go through there, so that little feature
the idea is nice but could have been thought of just a little
bit more. So the other features of this helmet is that all
the insides are removable and they're washable so all the inserts
are removable and washable and at they're hypoallergenic, allergenic
as well so absorb the sweat and very airy and takes the sweat
away from your body or your head when it's in there as well, as if there is
swet and the ventilation probably has a good job.
So that is the helmet for me.
That's this how much I love that this particular colour really
sets, really stands out, is really nice particularly like the back of
this helmet nice designs nice colour so overall for me to
the two winning factors for me the peak.
I don't get the jolting, it's really nice, solid compared to the
Arai, the Arai does move slightly so depending if I got my
head turned, you actually see the peak turn or bend just as
you're looking either direction, this one doesn't really really
solid. The extra visibility on the extra wide screen is another
key factor for me, so, overall feels really comfortable on my
head really lite on my head.
I haven't done an all-day ride in it yet, so don't take my
word that this will be comfortable on an all-day ride yet.
because I haven't done it, initial thoughts are though that I wouldn't
have too much of an issue.
The other thing I want to talk about is the noise level.
Now, I weigh custom earplugs anyway, and so I have to say
that I don't feel at this is any noisier or quieter
than the Arai Tour X4 and I've only got those to compare it to so
it I'm no better off or no worse than those compared to the
noise so I'm really happy with it and I wouldn't chose this
over the other just because just because the noise, they're
exactly the same, but I would choose this helmet over is, the
peak and the extra visibility the safety aspect of me on
visibility absolutely fantastic.
Really really impressive. Now I got this at a snip at £216.
The following day when I posted a picture of this on my my channel about it,
somebody asked me where I got it from, I sent him a link
it had jumped-up £217.
You might not be able to pick it up for 216 like I did but
I got it off eBay so if you have a good look on eBay hopefully
you should be able to pick up something like this for a really really decent
price but that was 216 plus delivery so I ended up going
back to £235, £240 altogether from Italy.
So there we have it.
This is the Airoh Commander Progress in blue, red, matte colour beautiful
looking helmet, really like it and for me
it's going to be home and I'm gonna be wearing as my preferred
helmet now compared to the Arai Tour X4. So you got any questions
or comments about this or about this video to today do let
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