Helmets

Essential for winter and alpine climbing, where there is a great risk of stones or ice hitting you on your head, and increasingly popular for rock climbing.

Whilst helmets have always been considered essential for winter and alpine climbing where there is a great risk of stones or ice hitting you on your head, they have only become really popular for rock climbing in the last few years due to the advent of lightweight models with good air circulation.

When choosing a helmet there is really no substitute for trying it on, so it's worth borrowing a friend's one to see how it feels and whether it fits you.

There is an interesting article on impact testing of helmets on the BMC website which tends to suggest that the safest helmet for general UK use would one where the construction is all foam such as the Petzl Meteor or Black Diamond Tracer. Beware though that the information in the article was published in 2002 and many of the models have changed now.

There are two major types of helmet design:

Expanded Foam Helmets are largely constructed of expanded polystyrene foam. They are very light and comfortable to wear and it is probable that their invention has greatly increased the popularity of wearing a helmet whilst climbing. On the negative side , a sharp blow from a stone may crack the helmet so badly it can no longer be worn - bad news if you are half way up an alp.

"Plastic" Helmets with a tough outer shell of polycarbonate, polythene or other plastic. Most have some internal polystyrene foam padding. The advantage of these helmets is that they can still be used if, in the alps for instance, they receive a blow from a stone and it is not practicable to replace them immediately. Their disadvantage is that they are generally heavier than expanded foam helmets.

Black Diamond Vapor Helmet
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Black Diamond Vapor Helmet
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Black Diamond Vision Helmet Hyper Red
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Black Diamond Vision Helmet
£81.00
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Black Diamond Vision MIPS Helmet Black
Black Diamond Vision MIPS Helmet
£108.00
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Black Diamond Capitan MIPS Helmet
Black Diamond Capitan MIPS Helmet
Black Diamond Capitan MIPS Helmet
£90.00
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Black Diamond Half Dome Helmet Orange
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Black Diamond Half Dome Helmet
£57.50
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Black Diamond Women's Half Dome Helmet Caspian
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Black Diamond Women's Half Dome Helmet
£58.00
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Grivel Mutant Helmet
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Grivel Mutant Helmet
£85.50
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Grivel Stealth Helmet Yellow
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Grivel Stealth Helmet
£81.00
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Grivel Salamander 2 Helmet
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Grivel Salamander 2 Helmet
£54.00
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Petzl Sirocco Helmet Black
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Petzl Sirocco Helmet
£99.00
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Petzl Meteor Helmet Red/Orange
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£76.50
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Petzl Meteora Helmet
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Petzl Meteora Helmet
£76.50
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Petzl Boreo Helmet
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Petzl Boreo Helmet
£55.80
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Petzl Women's Borea Helmet Violet
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Petzl Women's Borea Helmet
£49.60
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Petzl Vertex Vent Helmet Red
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Petzl Vertex Vent Helmet
£68.58
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Petzl Vertex Helmet
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Petzl Vertex Helmet
£68.58
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Petzl Panga Helmet (Pack of 4 or 5)
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£249.75
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Mammut Crag Sender Helmet Titanium
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Mammut Crag Sender Helmet
£72.00
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Heightec Duon-Air Helmet Red
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Heightec Duon-Air Helmet
£75.00
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Petzl Picchu Helmet
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£51.00
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Black Diamond Half Dome Replacement Padding
Black Diamond Half Dome Replacement Padding
£7.00
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Petzl Wide Brim Torch Clips
Petzl Wide Brim Torch Clips (set of 4)
£9.50
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Petzl Headtorch Clips for Ecrin Helmet
Petzl Headtorch Clips for Ecrin Helmet (set of 4, E04350)
£3.50
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