POC Tectal vs Kortal - Safest and most comfortable mountainbike helmet? 

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Last weekend I lost control over my xc bike during stupidly fast downhill. I ended up crushing face down on the rocks and I hitting my head on the tree trunk. The energy of impact was enormous, I was just stunned by its force and speed. I heard a strange cracking sound and I was absolutely convinced that it had just broken my spine. To my surprise my head, my face and my spine were intact, so were my glasses. My POC Tectal looked also intact, but then I realized that the padding was much thinner and harder than before the crush. It simply absorbed energy of impact. I loved this fancy, very comfortable cobalt blue helmet, although sometimes I used to find myself thinking „Will I ever get my money back during my mediocre cross country rides ?” I will keep it as a warning on the garage shelf forever. My new navy blue Tectal is on his way to me. ..

Great review! I’ve been looking for a new helmet. I was down to the fox speed frame pro and the Poc Kortal. You just sold me on the Poc. Thanks and Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

another long large head here in NJ, USA. Thanks for the fit insight. helps me make my decision to get the Kortal.

Great review! You touch the points I wanted to understand

Excellent review, thanks Dieter. We’ve been looking at POC for more safety, I like how you said it makes you feel more confident. Hopefully that will be my experience too. You’ve sold me! Thanks, Sue

Great review, thank you for the input.

Own a Tectal and absolutely love it

Thanks for the great review

You are extremely underrated, good review :D

Thanks very detailed.

Had the same problem with my head shape. Tried a few top tier mbt helmets, and sended them back. After seeing your review I ordered a poc tectal race mips. Liked the shape of the tectal more. Its a perfect fit.

I just got me and my wife new Helmets. I ended up getting the Tectal mips and she got the Kectal. I try them both and loved them both. The coverage is amazing. They are the best helmets we both ever had.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the two helmets. ATM I’m still using a 2022 Tectal. Had to replace my old one after a crash. So I can say the Tectal was a life saver for me so I got the same one again. The Kortal is on my list if I find it on sale maybe at the end of the season. So for me your review was helpful and it confirmed my thoughts on POC helmets in general. Safe rides man…

Great review! I struggle so much finding helmets to fit my head measuring at 62cm’s! (Must have Dutch or Belgian ancestry)😂 Gonna try the Kortal anyway following your review. Thanks. Those alpine adventures sound sublime by the way. Very envious!

🙌🙌😎😎 Watching your video helped me a lot , since my head is bald, I happened to buy my new helmet, a Specialized Tactic 4 (mod. 2023) that I love for its color and shape, but when I took it out of the box and put it on my head for the 1st time it didn't fit as comfortable as my old Giro (mtb)... and I was a bit scared because its fit is not 100% perfect for me. I will use it, to soften its pads, and maybe even buy a set of extra pads to put inside the neck where my head rests against the MIPS since it doesn't have any padded support in that area, and we'll see what happens.

Great review. I wonder if the designers of the visors ever go out for a ride, when the sun is in a lower position. The visor of the Kortal is fix positioned, the Tectal visor can be adapted. Even in the lowest position, the Tectal visor can't prevent the sun shining in my eyes. I put a piece of plastic of 1 cm between the end point of the visor and the screw to lock the visor position. This makes it possible to place the visor in a position that filters the sunshine out of my eyes. You are absolutely wright when you say that the Kortal has a more robust look, however the fix visor made me choose again for the Tectal with data chip. As I leave, just like you, on my own for a couple of weeks my home for a long distance trip, having the possibility to be tracked, gives everybody a better feeling.

Finally a good review

Good video with lots of information. Just curious, have you utilized the Medical Info data app? Thanks again.

Hey Dieter! Great quality content! I prefer the appearance of the tectal but it seems that it doesn’t have any sunglasses storage channels like the kortal does. Is that the case?

Great video for me personally, convinced me to go for POC. I am dutch and indeed have the same shape head as you described, however I'm at around 58cm and that always puts me in between an M and an L, can't decide which size to get and no stores here have this brand to try out!

Very nice discussion - Just what I was looking for. My head is long, 59 as well. What size do you have ? M-L or XL-XXL? Thanks in advance and keep up the good work 👏

Did he ever put on the Tectal or did I miss it? He put on the Kortal twice!

I just got Kortal and I've noticed that it doesn't work great with my glasses, the arms are not getting easily between my head and helmet. Have you tried it maybe? And did you see that tectal is better in this matter? Cheers

what size are they?

Hello, which size do you wear by 29cm? Thx Claus

I have a Tectal. I like everything about the Kortal except how high the visor sits. It needs be lower down on the front of the helmet.

I like the shape of the Tectal but the pinch point is on my temple. The Kortal is wider and very comfortable

Do they both have removable Velcro pads? If so are they the same for each helmet or they both take different type Velcro paddings?

What about the ventilation for hot weather and the difference in those front vents under the visors? Because looking head-on you see a couple large openings on the Kortal but not Tectal. What purpose do they have? Thx ✌🏼

More of a xc rider, so thinking this is a bit more focused towards trail/enduro stuff but seen one in sale with mips for £75 🤔 was looking at the forefront 2 but I dunno 🙈🙈🙈🖤

Bandaids on ears reduce chaff.

Great review Dieter, I like you got a tectal in 2018 and crashed the same week. I can tell it protected my head well. I had the same issue as you with the plastic thingy pressing on my ear, I thought it was due to the size being too big (xl/xxl) but then 3 years later I saw a youtube video where a guy did a vertical adjustment and bum! no longer a problem... on poc webstie they don't explain this... so silly. here's the video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZWcHA-qusxM.html

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My God , the hair stuck in there.........