Retrospec Retrospec H1 Ski & Snowboard Helmet

I'm happy with this helmet overall. It's a well built, quality unit for sure. I use it for winter cycling and it keeps my head a lot warmer than my summer cycling helmet did. It has room for a full face balaclava under the helmet and is very comfortable. It is a bit heavy and it's big and bulky. I notice others with more compact helmets that look more natural. To me, this looks like a football helmet without a facemask. I don't care, though, because I trust it to protect me if I klonk my noggin on something. I give it five stars because it's an excellent value and quality built item. Recommended.

On the suggestion of a fellow rider, I ordered this as a winter cycling helmet. I took it out for the first time today. It was 22 degrees and there was a 20mph headwind. This kept my head nice and warm with my thin balaclava worn underneath it. The quality feels pretty good for under $40.00. The only, really small complaint is that it comes with some extra foam pads and absolutely no instructions as to their use or application. I fiddled around with them and figured out where they go as optional sizing adjusters. I ended up with the one that is made for the front, but may change that as I wear it a few more times. OK, one more small complaint: upon adorning my nice new helmet, my wife started laughing to the point that she was in tears and unable to speak. I can not repeat what she said when she finally calmed down enough to speak as it isn’t politically correct at all, but I will say that the words “short bus” were used and that later in the day she texted me a picture of Dark Helmet from the movie Space Balls. What I’m getting at here is that it is a large, kind of goofy looking helmet. I really don’t care as it’s warm and protects my noggin’.

I love this helmet! My kids have been rightly giving my a hard time about not having and thus wearing a ski helmet since they've been little. Since last ski season, when I hit my head on a branch (nothing terrible...), the bell finally went off that it was time to join the helmet team. After much research, I determined this to be my best bet, and have been totally satisfied with the purchase. It's well made, warm, comfortable, light and has the unique skin I really most enjoy. Best ski purchase I've made in a long time. You have no excuse to not be wearing a helmet when skiing/snow riding--they are all that I said and also, stylish! Plus, compatible with skateboard / bike riding and skateboarding. Ride on-but with increased safety!

I love the price, color, and overall design of the helmet. My brother and I order one for each of us. Mine blue, and his an aqua. Both fit fine and adjust easily. Comes with summer time pass that are easily swapped with the winter time pads and earmuffs. The earmuffs on the other hand DO NOT come with zipped pockets that can hold headphones, as previous answered by someone in the QnA section. A little disappointed by this, considering that is what convinced me to purchase these. However, I am surprising pleased with rest of helmet's build. I would highly recommend this helmet, if you not interested in the headphone aspect. Side note: If you like or want to have a beanie on underneath your helmet, I suggest going one size up.

We purchased this for our 6 year old to wear on ski team and it works great. Love the color, soft inside, fits snug and safe. Good value for the price, great color.

I purchased two of these for my 9 and 11 year olds. Small for both. They are really comfortable and they both stated how much they like the color/style. They like how "plain" it is. The adjustment dial allows for them to wear a hat under the helmet without it being too tight. Also they should be able to wear these a few years, they are not fast growers. The goggle clip in the back is nice too, no snap to mess with and no hook to get in place. Just slide the strap down and it's in place. The overall value is great. I don't see the need to spend more on a name brand helmet that's over $100 just so it says blah blah blah. My kids aren't going to the Olympics, they just like to have fun and be safe so these are perfect!

I purchased this helmet because I am going to learn how to longboard and I also snowboard during the winter. I wanted a decent helmet that I could use for both sports. It fits great ( I was worried it would be too big but it’s perfect especially with it being adjustable. I got a size Large)! I have only tried it on so far to see if it fit properly. I am still waiting for my longboard to arrive to fully test it out and as it being the beginning of September, I can’t test it with my snowboard yet. I love how easily the ear covers come on and off and how the inner lining can also be removed effortlessly to be worn with or without it or to wash it. Personally I like the feel of the helmet more with the padding/inner lining , so I will probably still keep it in for longboarding and snowboarding and only remove it to wash it if it gets sweaty. Even though I debated even getting a helmet because they look silly sometimes, I decided it was worth the purchase because I’m a clutz but I still want to have fun. And from past experiences, it hard to fully enjoy something if you have to worry about a possible head injury if you make a small mistake. I know this helmet isn’t a top of the line snowboarding helmet but with what I can afford right now and still wanting to enjoy the sport as much as possible while keeping my head intact, I feel like this is a great purchase for me. I will update if needed after I have actually used the helmet in either sport, hopefully I won’t fall on my head though, but if I do, I will let y’all know if the helmet protected me, or I won’t because I’ll be dead. I have high hopes though.

Thus is my 2nd one got my first for free friend wanted me to not die. 1st one hit a tree and broke the outter shell . Comfortable but the adjuster in the back isn't very strong