Caberg Sintesi - Water water everywhere...

by Pip
(Orpington, Kent, UK)

About 6 weeks ago I purchased the Caberg Sintesi from Helmet City, Tatsfield, Kent. The helmet and bluetooth kit, after a little negotiation, cost me £315.

The bluetooth kit was simple to fit, but then I'm the type of A-R person who finds flat-pack furniture easy!

The helmet was fantastic. Beautiful, comfortable and very easy to get used to...
... but then it rained...
streaks of water flooded down the inside of the visor making filtering through the heavy traffic almost impossible. Even starting with the vents closed, the water still poured in through the top vent and down the inside of the visor.
So, it had to go back.

Helmet City replaced the lid with another Sintesi claiming it had probably just been a bad helmet, but the replacement was just as bad.

Helmet City have been great through-out this ordeal and I had no trouble from them when I took the second back for the same fault. Though they claimed no-one else had suffered the same fault, which I do find hard to believe, as a number of other bikers I have spoken to since told me theirs had leaked like a sieve too.

Basically - if you are a fair weather rider with no chance of getting caught in the rain - go ahead it will serve you as a fantastic helmet. However, if there is even a remote chance of rain and you value your life then steer well clear of this helmet.