Originally Posted by
Jonahhobbes
Has anyone ever tried to destroy a helmet? I did once with a hammer, (the helmet had a small crack in it and was old so I wanted to bin it but didn't want someone to reuse out of the garbage), It took some amazing punishment from the hammer. So for those that have had helmets break after an impact you sure must had hit the ground with some force
Yeah, I have. I've actually tried it with both microshell and hard shell helmets. The microshell took a lot of stick but the hard shell helmet was stupidly strong. My ultimate goal was to break through the shell, and even with a fairly hefty hammer it took me about 5 minutes of hitting the thing absolutely as hard as I could to even get a small crack to appear. Hard shell helmets really are ridiculously strong... That's why I wear one!
I tried the same with an old motorbike helmet as well, again trying to just break through the shell. That was absolutely impossible to do though, no matter how hard I tried!