I'm not bothered, you're replying to me repeatedly saying buy it or don't. Which doesn't seem to imply so much that I'm bothered.

Anyway, you're comfortable with the manufacturer's ads, one article in Bicycling, and two manufacturers saying its great. I'm not. I'm glad you're happy with your decision. I will co tinue to look for more information and share it. Anecdotes are not evidence, and testing is a *good* thing. If there was a point where MIPS was significantly less effective at impact absorption, wouldn't you want to know? Wouldn't you want the manufacturers to know?

Its amazing to me how much - we'll call it 'lively response' - there is to looking for proof, when that's precisely a reason behind complaints about current standards, that they don't include or account for the multitude of other problems and concerns associated with accidents. More information is not a bad thing.