Dropped helmet: Throw out, or risk?

[beanz]

Was being a clumsy bastard the other day, and dropped my helmet from about waist height onto concrete. It hit square on the top, and bounced a little. Now its got a few marks on it, but no visable crack.

Its a $200 Cirus/HJC.

Question is, do I heave it, or keep it? I've heard people talk about never risking it, for various reasons, but I'm pretty sure the outer plastic shell isn't damaged, and theres no reason for the foam/polystyrene inner layer to have been compressed.

Any opinions?

[Blakamin]

depends on how much you like your head????

not much help, huh?
and the thing is you'll never know until an accident... the unfortunate thing about helmets.

there should be a cheap way of x-raying helmets so you get to have your mind put at ease

[Sniper]

Throw it out bro. Never risk it. Its an expensive choice but its better thasn a skull fracture if you bin it

[justsomeguy]

Depends on whether you can get yourself a new head if something does go wrong.

I hear they are quite difficult to come by.

As for helmets I know several shops that have a lot of them on special.

You decide

[Mr Skid]

I doubt if you'll find anyone here that'll tell you it still ok..

Do you think it's worth risking it? I'd be happy to pay $200 to avoid another concussion.

It seems like quite a good price compared to memory loss and other neurological deficits.

[Hitcher]

Your helmet. Your head. Your health. Your call.

[bear]

Yeah man, bin it and start again.

[MOTOXXX]

for the sake of 200 beans just replace it.
need all the protection you can get and a head is important.

[Dr Bob]

I'd keep it for when you weren't going to have an accident.

like the Irish (sorry to any fellow celts, but the joke just doesn't seem to work any other way) fire crew.

They just got a new fire engine but they were reluctant to get rid of the old one. They did the maths and realised on may occasions they would need more that one fire engine but also realised that on arriving at the suspected scene of a fire that many of them were false alarms. So they decided to keep the old fire engine for the false alarms.

[jrandom]

Jokes on that theme are legion.

For instance, the one about the Irish rail company notice stating that the last carriage would no longer be attached to trains, as it was subjected to noise and bumping.

[Hitcher]

Irish jokes in the proper place please, to be sure, to be sure; i.e. not this or the Scottish thread...

[750Y]

mate if You're a size 52 you should definitely throw it away, then buy my undropped one i have for sale 8-).

[jrandom]

Now, Mr Hitcher, I am thinking that Irish jokes are a right and proper manner of content for a thread about protecting the awd brain, being as that nation as a whole is a good example of what happens when the results of successive head injuries manage to find genetic expression over a large population.

Of course, we could always talk about the French, instead.

Vive la fromage!

[Hitcher]

Of course, we could always talk about the French, instead.

Or, to quote Austin Powers' father Nigel, "There are two things I find repulsive -- intolerance to other cultures and the Dutch!"

[Coldkiwi]

If it were a $1400 Arai, the answer mightn't be so easy beanz, but a $200 lid? Forget it mate! Kept it on hand for when you go go-karting or something (now THOSE helmets are dodgy) but use a new one for road riding.