Giro Remedy S Comp Helmet - 2009 BCS

Great helmet for the price. Its definatley a little bit big, but it has great protection for 120 dollars rather than 400 dollars. Go with a smaller size on this one cause hats will not work. They get in the way so much with this helmet. Its not that cold of a helmet.

Alright i was sick of hurting my face skiing, so i bought this helmet. People may say things to you about it, but tell them to fuck off. If you think your going to be landing on your face or having your knees hit you in the face on a somewhat regular basis then buy the helmet. Its pretty comfy, and surprisingly warm. One bummer is that if you take a good fall in powder sometimes snow will become trapped right around your face, and it makes you feel like your suffocating, but its all right. The other bummer is the visor(you have to have the visor otherwise you look silly)breaks quite a bit and their usually $15, I broke mine three times in two seasons. Great helmet for saftey, and it looks funny when you blow smoke out of it.

Great ventalation for a full face helmet. I wear mine on longer less-intense downhill freerides and its great. all my googles fit great with them as well. (Smith phenom, von zipper feenom, oakley a frame, smith intakes) almost too many vents when it gets cold, take a skullcap for extra cold days

I bought this after breaking my last hemlet on a nasty encounter with a tree while skiing. Definitely has extra protection.

You'll need a skull cover because it's not a warm helmet.

I have several pairs of goggles, they all fit.

It does limit my neck movement a bit while wearing my pack. It's a large helmet, it comes down lower in the back and on the sides.

Broke the visor on day one but I don't really care as it's not functional anyway.

Will definitely put this one before doing anything stupid.

I use this helmet on the North Shore mountain biking.Fits well and solid,
I dropped it the first day I used it and busted the visor.Just ride without
the visor now.

Temps are falling, but no snow yet, so I haven't skied since I received this helmet in the mail, thus I can only review the apparent construction (bomber, as Giro helmets always are) and fit. Since fit is arguably the most important aspect of any helmet, I have to recommend going smaller than the size chart recommends--I measure out as a Large, but as I found with my G10 MX, the Remedy S Comp also runs larger than it is supposed to and I had to return the Large for a Medium. The Medium fits perfectly, and since I went with the Matte Grey color, I hopefully won't look TOO much like Darth Vader or an F-16 pilot when I'm using this helmet with my avalung...will update when I've had some experience riding with this bucket. But as long as my face and skull remain intact, it's doing its job and I'm happy!

In my effort to become familiar with breathing through my avalung and getting the mouthpiece into my mouth reflexively, I tried out the Remedy S Comp with the avalung around the house for a little while today. Unfortunately, the jaw of the Remedy is close enough to the mouth that the (rather large) mouthpiece of the avalung only barely fits, and there really isn't a comfortable place for the mouthpiece to "hang out" while I'm riding the chair, standing in line, etc. I'm sure I'll deal, but it is shaping up to be a less-than-ideal combo.

This helmet fits very well with the Smith Regulator goggle. I ordered a pair of Giro Roots yesterday, so I'll update when I have evaluated their fit, but expect it to be perfect since Giro products are designed to work together.

I bought the Remedy at the beginning of the season, having had a close call last year. I am very fortunate to have job that permits me with the ability to be outside regularly and the resources to enjoy it. With the desire to keep my brain (and job) intact, I went with the full-face helmet. Now with a full season of using it, I am very happy with the purchase. After the first day with the Remedy, I no longer notice it (it is not heavy), have no issues with fogging goggles, and seem to be even warmer when the wind begins to blow. Only one smart*** remark so far ("Lookit! Daryl Earnhardt is skiing today"), but most skiers on the chair seem to be genuinely interested in the difference b/t full face and the regular ski helmets. Helmet use should be a personal choice, but if you want to protect everything in your head, this is a great selection. Just a bonus that it can be used for mtn biking in the off-season.