chrisv Posted February 23, 2023 Report Share Posted February 23, 2023 I made a post asking about feed back on the new Exome helemet before i bought one and didn't really get much feedback on the helmet. Well i did buy one and used it on my Gaspe loop. We encountered cold, warm, snow, and rain on the trip. Here is my feedback on the helmet. Note that I chose to wear the helmet without plugging it in. The very cold day (-25C windchill) that we had, a quarter of the visor did fog up. The warm and little rain we got, the visor did not freeze up but it was still a bit foggy. The warm day (-5C), condensation built up between the 2 lenses and had a light coating of fog on it. Everytime I wore the helmet, condensation built up and froze solid ice on the release mechanism to lift the face of the helmet making it very hard to open the helmet. I feared that the release cable would break. Nothing about the helmet impressed me. Despite being warned that I wouldn't get refunded if I wasnt satisfied with the helmet, Eastern Powersport in Cornwall gave me a full refund. Satisfaction guaranteed for the customer was more important. The purchase was only 1 week before using it MrGutz, GSX800, dooright and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smclelan Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 I am on a trip with one of the riders having one, he seems to be having issues with freezing on his. PLAYHARD and chrisv 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signfan Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 That sucks to hear man. Great dealer to do that. Personally am an Oxygen lover. I ride with a cord all the time though. Best of luck finding something else. Maybe the CKX Mission if you dont want a cord. Hope you still had a great trip. quebec bob, chrisv and PLAYHARD 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisv Posted February 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 7 hours ago, Signfan said: That sucks to hear man. Great dealer to do that. Personally am an Oxygen lover. I ride with a cord all the time though. Best of luck finding something else. Maybe the CKX Mission if you dont want a cord. Hope you still had a great trip. Yes the dealer was great. Im sticking with my bv2s. I have never had any issues with the bv2s in the 10 years i have had it. I was only looking at a new helmet because this one is 10 years old. Im just trying to stay away from something that needs to be plugged in. To many things could happen. PLAYHARD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signfan Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 That's fair. I cam tell you with the Oxygen you can crack the shield and it will stay clear unplugged. With the shield design this doesn't create a terrible draft that freezes your face off. Just enough to keep it clean (in a pinch). Would I buy it with plans to never run plugged in. Definitely not. But I don't foresee a scenario where I struggle to get home due to a power issue. Snohorse, GSX800, PLAYHARD and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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