since anyone can return anything on amazon for any reason, how do you make sure the helmet you get from amazon is safe to use? (retailers like REI claims they destroy safety equipments so that at least sounds safer)
Originally Posted by
cb400bill
All bike helmets sold in America must meet the CPSC standards. If you buy it from Amazon it should be fine. If it what you receive appears to be a used/returned/damaged helmet, simply return it.
Bicycle Helmets Business Guidance | CPSC.gov
Good advice.
OP and other BF posters should note that questions like his on "what should I buy" will often be answered by shills for LBS and the products sold by them and spend umptyeen electrons on bad mouthing the competition that is eating their lunch. Some will even tell him that he should also suspect any helmet that might be past an imaginary and arbitrary "safe for use by date."