Helmet Review: The Lazer Blade

The Lazer Blade helmet is the one that Olympic champion, Paulo Bettini and 2005 World road champion, Tom Boonen wear, but you could wear the same helmet as the stars, but is it worth he money? Is it comfortable? And most importantly does it look good?

In most countries now it?s the law that you have to wear a helmet when you ride your bike and if you live in one of the few that you don?t have to wear one, you soon will have to! Lets face it you would have to be mad to go out the house without your head protection, if you fall on your arm or leg, it will get better, fall on your head and things might not be so good.

The Lazer Blade

On The Outside

The helmet its self is made of polystyrene foam and has a hard shell of plastic in five parts, it has a comfortable feel and is light at only 290 grms, so its very safe and you soon forget you have it on. Lazer use a system they call RBS, this is a Rigidity Bracing System and means there is internal bracing so you have a cage around your head, which gives multi impact protection, you can see parts of this cage where its exposed at the front and back.

Ventilation is through 16 large vents on the top and sides, so no over-heating on the climbs, and the shape allows you to wear a cap under it.

On The Inside

On the inside you have washable Coolmax padding that comes in two sizes to take up any odd shape you might have to your head. At the back you have an adjuster with a mini ratchet for micro adjustment, the straps are internal, but the anchor points are on the outside, not a problem, but you don?t usually see this on expensive helmets. Nice strap adjusters for under the ears and the under chin clip is much like all the others.

What Do We Think?

This helmet comes up to all the safety standards, looks very good and is comfortable to wear, it has all you need and isn?t too expensive, we couldn?t find anything wrong with it. A lot of top riders use this helmet and we can see why. The Lazer Blade comes in many colors, you get a sun visor and little caps to put in the holes to keep things tidy when you don’t use the peak, a cleaning and carrying bag is also supplied.