The good, bad and ugly?!? (Caberg Just One)

Member Name: stefangelo

Product:	Caberg Just One
Date:	26/04/02 (1729 review reads)
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Advantages: value for money

Disadvantages: some bad materials

I'm a despatch courier so it's important for security people to see my face, but do not rely on that. There will still be some ... PEOPLE... who will ask you not only to take your helmet off, but also to leave it on their desk.
The vinyl neck piece and the vinyl cover of the chin-strap will eventualy crack, scratching your skin. They do not last. You can cover the chin strap with a home-hand-improvised piece of leather. Or you can wait till your skin becomes scratch-resistant. Which I did. Trust me, it works to be lazy and not bother.
The visor has been updated and is fog resistant (not at sub-freezing temperatures) and allegedly scratch resistant.
The chin-up piece doesn't remain properly lifted when potholes happen.
The visor locks too hard and the chin-up piece doesn't lock properly in the closed position unless using both hands.
Two out of the four chin ventilation holes are not covered by the ventilation trap, which makes it a bit windy and cold in the winter.
The padding gets larger as you wear it.
Finding a spare or tinted visor will be a problem as they are more expensive than a BMW one even at £23-26-29 a piece and there are just a handful of people who sell them in UK as far as I know of. Then you have the problem changing it as the screw system is a bit "scientific". I've just ordered on the internet a spare semi-tinted (legal) visor (29 pounds) and an open-face conversion kit (35 pounds). The tinted one is very useful, the face conversion kit is rubish, as it doesn't accomodate any visor. You're better off buying the Caberg model that comes with 2 visors, one clear, and a yellowish one under. I'm at the second Caberg J1Plus helmet and I believe I will keep on using them as they are good value for money, they have a good locking system (one central button moving downwards).

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