Convertible or Dedicated Full Face Helmet? // Mr Tonka 

Wow.. S3R..did a great job. That was a massive face plant and shin bar stood in its place. Great video comparison WITH PROOF...LOL.. 🤙

Good helmet buying guide.. I use the bell super 2r and the mips was wreaking my head with the squeeky sounds so I rubbed some normal candle wax between the mips and the helmet and no more noise, I only applied it once and that was 3 years ago!

Great video. Awesome visuals while narrating 👍🏼👍🏼

Cool watching your videos and your progress Joe. Watched your video and got a full face for my weekend trip at windrock. It was a boost of confidence

Watched when the video came out, watch it again for reference because I'm still considering a helmet with removable chin bar. Great review, thanks!

I've got that same helmet. Looks so good! Keep shredding!

I've been riding with the Super DH for about a year now. Absolutely love this helmet. The versatility of traveling with one helmet that is DH (ASMT F1952) certified where I can climb with no chin bar and bomb down in a full face, or spend a whole day at the park with the full face is amazing. I had kept away from the super 3r because of the lack of certification. If I lived in a place where I did regular bike park days, I'd definitely get a second dedicated full face.

I love my Sweet Protection Arbitrator. It fits me perfectly and feels comfy in both configurations. It looks very stylish, is amazingly solid and confidence inspiring. I use it for bike parks and other rides where I used to use my old DH helmet and it's worked beautifully. In half lid config it's just a bit top heavy but not so much that I would notice it in any way when riding. It takes a bit longer to convert from half lid to full face but don't give a toss about that as I usually do it once a ride. I use half lid when I cycle to a place where i need full face, convert it and when I'm done I convert it back to a half lid (that's as quick as in any other convertible helmet). Highly recommended!

Thanks for the in depth review, you're helping make my decision for me!

Good video and review layout. Crash footage with the 3r is nice touch. Sidenote the new mic is 👌🏼

Thanks joe this is the best helmet review I’ve seen on RU-vid, I think it’s because of me lol great vid

Great video. Thanks for the info. I couldn't help but wonder how quickly goggles fog up with these helmets, and how these helmets stack up against the Fox Proframe. I haven't used a full face helmet since my motorcycle days, and that was a long time ago. The Adventure Continues...

Awesome vid. I am looking to invest in a full face soon so this definitely helped narrow the list down.

I wish my parents thought it was ok to spend money on safety equipment. I ride downhill at highland and my mom doesn’t want to spend more than $50 on a full face helmet.

I bought the POC Coron air spin helmet because of your review. I was about to buy the Bell super 3r, but your review made me change my mind. THANK YOU!

looks like Collin had some extra lives.... great vid Joe!

What a wild ride!

I think 5:45 seals the deal. The ability to remove pad from an injured rider. Great review Joe, cheers!

I have the exact same Bell Super DH & I can agree the ball-ache of getting on and off is so painful! I'm looking at the POC coron Carbon. I'm glad I found this video! I just hope the POC fitment is as good as my Bell!

Fit is important for sure, but being a little uncomfortable is worth it for the most protection. So I don’t agree with you but always love your videos. Keep em coming Tonka.

I liked the video. Always excited to see you come out with new stuff. Great review

awesome vid! thanks. hope the kid is ok! Keep on shreddin'!!

Great vid. You just hitted the kind of questions I myself wanted to address keep it up on these products reviews.

lol i had the super 3R and the same color. Exactly the same experience, never used the chin guard and got tired of the color pretty quickly.

Awesome review! Thanks

Thank you very much for this fantastic information! Great vlog! I just both my first MTB two months ago this will really help me to purchase a good helmet.

Awesome breakdown. Running a full face helmet up here in the PNW is a must. Mostly ride bike parks with lots of downhill. Lucky to get a sponsorship from Bell. Going to be wearing the Super DH this year. Keep putting out great videos.

I see a Tonka vid, I click. Nice one dude

Like you I have a dedicated full face for uplift days and proper DH riding. And a 3r which I mostly ride in open face mode but the chin bar is a welcome addition on more gnarly trail rides where there is still a lot of up hill pedalling going on.

hi thanks for the tips. bell helmet very hard to get in my country.

dang 4:45 your hand got snagged on your go pro when you tabled..... Great riding!

Geat video Joe. I have been looking at the Super 3R but might reconsider

Very good point in your summary. It's better to have "a" helmet than no helmet at all (or even one you've crashed in before). Walmart has CPSC helmets for $25 and companies like SixSixOne and Demon have MIPS full face lids available for $150 even. Head injuries are no joke.

that "no pad throw" cracked me up! lol XD

I went for the Smith Mainline and Gang goggles. I feel more ready to try new stuff or hit trails faster with full protection...

Man that crash! Great video. Personally I run a TLD D3 for park days. It fits very well, is comfortable and has the emergency removal pads. I'll be riding Alafia for the first time next month but figure I'll have my half shell since, well, Florida in July!

Well done video Mr. T!

Great review!

Great review, MT. Entertaining, informative, good editing. 👍

Excellent video man

Awesome review, just pulled the trigger on the POC

Perfect timing! I just got a Super DH for my 1st park trip to Angel Fire. Fits really well, but I doubt I will ever use it without the chin bar. That thing is massive as a half shell! I look like Lord Helmet from Spaceballs, haha! Kinda bummed to find out it squeaks like that, but I'm only going to use it for park days, so hopefully it doesn't get on my nerves too much

Super DH owner- zero noise from the helmet. Those straps get tangled in the ears a plenty. It doesn't look as good as my iXS in half-shell mode. The airflow and sweat protection/deflection is excellent.

Great video!!! 👍

Superb review 🎉

Just did my first ride with my new super 3r , think it's great so far ,hoping I never need to find out

Got the poc because of this video. Besides some scratches it is still working great!!

Sweet Protection Arbitrator is the best :) !!!

This is a fantastic comparison video. Well done 👏👏👏👏. I have a moto-style full face for park and have been considering a convertible. This information is really helpful. Damn that kid face planted hard 😯

Great info, and wow ! what a face plant Collin did. Must be nice to still be young enough to jump up from that. LOL

Oh yes Helmet reviews! my fave!

So your saying the super 3r is smash face tested? Good to know. I have that one myself and I feel the same. Its nice to have the option on some crazier trails but if I was at a down hill park I'd want a dedicated full face.

Cool man, I occasionally think about a removable chin bar helmet but I am sure I would do the same thing... never put it on. However if it were easy to toss into the bag I could see myself throwing it on before hitting a more advanced trail or a jump line. Great reviews as always!

Great vid

Looks good and works great

My buddy face planted off a big drop wearing the 3r, broke the chin bar, he had a sore jaw but was 👌. I have the same helmet, I’m a big fan.

Nice job Joe, I've have the 3R for 2 years and not crash tested it yet, its become my secondary helmet, and I was thinking about the DH, but potential for noise would drive me batty! I do like the look of the fox proframe, but to your point, when I tried one it, it didn't fit my head very well. Now we just need a way to mount the Hero7 to our chin without looking like a dork! figure that one out please!

I use the super DH full face here in south FL. It gets hot but I like my face.

Currently trying to decide what full face to get. Fox proframe. Leatt dbx 4. Maybe a tld d3. I think that order goes from least to most protective. And also coolest to hottest. And Australia can be hot! Anything has to be better than a half lid I guess.

That was extreme knar

I love my Bell 3R, when I ride without the lady or the kids, the removable chinbar is perfect, I tend to eat it a bit more often when I dont have them with me, hahah, but that Super DH looks like it will be my only helmet really soon.

Just had a similar faceplant in my giro montaro (half lid) and have bought a bell super air r as it's replacement

Bought myself fullface TLD Stage after went otb, hit my chin to the ground and that’s hurt 😅😅. Glad he’s alright that’s could’ve been worse.

Youre a good man, mr.tonka 🤘🤘

This is an awesome review! I was looking at the super dh vs proframe. Super dh isn't sounding so good, feels like cheap plastic especially that "in a speaker box" feeling

What internet troll gave you a 👎! Great video as always Joe!! Oh yeah....love the POC full face.

Yeah i skipped getting the 3R its reallly for trail. I wanted DH rated helmet for the bike park. I LOVE my super DH. I have crash tested it. I Walked away from a OTB "super man" flying off a 10+ft table top head first at Highland MTB park. Called Bell for crash replacement discount and got a second one. 👍🏽 -Sam We should all remember to keep our helmets current. Brain damage is no joke.

Great video

Dude I just realized I saw you at Santos on Sunday! At least I think that was you on the orange bike in the Vortex? My friend and I were sessioning the curved skinny and you gave us some advice there on going around and keeping the front wheel to the outside of the turn.

4:02 I am very familiar with this sound in a 2016 Fox Rampage Pro Carbon helmet, way too long name BTW, but for a different reason, the shell from the carbon shell, making this sound. so that helmet is retired, but the one I use is halfway of doing that. The chin pads on that helmet were awful, after few months I had to replace them, so needed to buy spares, cus they got compressed so much the helmet move in my chin. have you experienced similar issues with any of these or other helmets?

My son wears the bell full 9 which is an amazing helmet. I wear the Fox rampage but have been considering switching to the bell as well.

6/29 just met you on the Troll trail in Santos network here Ocala, it was cool to chat with you, anyway I hope you decide to film Troll and Earn n burn should make good content

I am not so sure about those magnetic buckles. especially after seeing a pic of a dh racer crashing and helmet coming off, but it was a Leatt helmet. I saw it on instagram, but can't find that pic. also I ma concerned about how secure the straps would be, if they go out of adjustment often or stay secure, this is why I love double D ring buckle, it's the strap adjustment, locking mechanism and a buckle, making it easy to open and close and secure, as long as the wet straps don't freeze, yes I ride in subzero temps, I have experienced very stiff straps cus they got wet and then froze, but I managed to open it anyway, but a min with my warm fingers would warm it up anyway.

My TLD stage mips xs/sm thin cheek pads weighs 624.8 grams. Fit is great and light

The original mr tonka

Most lift-served downhill areas require a full-face helmet. Some areas and races don’t allow convertible helmets.

I have the Giro with the removable chin bar, I only use it when I am in a bike park, it is too hot otherwise. The chin feature is nice but if I had to do it all over again, i would have just bought a normal downhill helmet with the best fit and ventilation. for every day riding, I have a Scott helmet, it is the one that fit best. I tried POC but they did not fit me correctly. Most of my riding I never leave the ground. I dont know how that kid survived that crash, his neck must be made of neoprene.

I've got the laser phoenix x helmet it fits well but is uncomfortable on my ears it breathes just enough to ride around with and it's only £85

This has to me favorite yet! And It's not just because I'm in it 🤪

Great video! I have been threw about 6 helmets this past year trying to find the best helmet for me. I found the poc tectal and fox proframe fit me the best. Don’t matter how much they cost can’t put a price protection.

Great helmet for the price!

Hi. Will the convertible helmet still intact on impact??

I love the colors on the Super 3R, but you need to have clothes to go with it.

What do you think about the Uvex Jakkyl Hde 2.0????. Congrats about the channel from Spain.🤙🏻🤙🏻👏🏻👏🏻

That cracking sound at 06:39 My wife thought it was one his bones. Scary.

Have you tried the Super Air R? Trying to decide between that and the Super 3R

With safety being number one and price being number two, the coolness of the helmet would be very important to me. Coolness like in temperature not in "That lid looks sick"!. I can't imagine wearing my full face in the summer here in NC!

0:17 "But we'll get back to Colin in a minute, I promise..." he's at the cemetery, not going anywhere ;-p ;-p

When I ride my bike with regular helmet, I hear a lot of wind buffeting. It's painfully loud. Do these full face helmet muffle this wind buffeting my ear?

Do you ever wear full face in Alafia or Boyette? Im debating on getting a full face because ANYTHING can happen when you crash. Also, where did you try them on before you purchased? No shops have them

QUESTION FOR MR. TONKA: Great video! Thanks so much for the review. Thanks to your other review, I purchased my POC Tectal Race in size M/L and its a perfect fit on my 58cm melon. Now I'm interested in the POC Coron Air, but in several reviews by fellow RU-vidrs with 57-58cm head circumference they had to pick the Coron Air in XL/XXL (59-62) size, even when they ride the Tectal Race in M/L (55-58). I understand you picked both the POC Tectal Race AND the Coron Air in M/L. My questions are: 1) What is your head circumference in cm? 2) Is the Coron Air in M/L the right fit or if you could do it again would you go to the larger size? I would appreciate your reply, as where I live my only option is to order online and I can't try the helmet. Many thanks!

Thanks mate for the info. Subbed 🚵‍♀️🚵‍♂️🚵‍♀️🚵‍♂️🚵‍♀️

do you in qatar of this kind of helmet

RULE 1=IF YOU ARE GOING TO WEAR A HELMET ; WEAR A FULL FACE HELMET. RULE 2 =IF YOU CHOOSE TO WEAR A HALF HELMET AND ARE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT; REMEMBER TO TURN THE PROTECTED PART OF YOUR HEAD TOWARDS THE DIRECTION OF IMPACT. IF YOU THINK THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO ACCOMPLISH THIS DURING AN ACCIDENT ; SEE RULE 1.

Funny, I literally just purchased a Fox Proframe last night. I have been using the Giro Switchblade, but just feel that in a serious wreck that face guard may fail. Better to be safe than sorry especially at this stage of the game for me!

Leatt has a DH certified removable chinbar helmet coming out in fall. I did not tell you this. It is still a secret...

When your parents put a price on your head. expect them to be gifts, $350can FOX PROFRAME, its so light and so much air passes through, I only take it off if im walking. its expensive, but I can learn more, knowing i am safe and comfortable. the more you can concentrate on the bike, and not your gear holding you back is way better. aswell if you dont crash for a year it was a dollar a day to not pick up your teeth. the only thing you should be scared of is your metal pedals flying around, they can do some damage. most parks will not allow a convertible helmet

Is that Alex and Seth I hear in the background? Nvm, I watched a bit more

Colin and I have a lot in common. Except I wasn't wearing a full face

How is the super dh vs poc in the ventilation department