Good helmet for toddlers?

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Permalink Reply by Primitive Don on March 14, 2010 at 6:49pm

Our shop stocks some of the toddler helmets from Airius. They are not high end, but they are CPSC approved and fit toddlers' heads. Our 20-month old got one at about 13 months and did fine with it last season.

http://www.amazon.com/Airius-Xanthus-V11iF-Toddler-Medium/dp/B002UZ...

http://www.amazon.com/Airius-Toddler-Bicycle-Helmet-Graphics/dp/B00...

Looks like Amazon also stocks some of the Bell and Giro models for toddlers.

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Permalink Reply by Liz W. Durham on March 14, 2010 at 10:28pm

My son has a Giro helmet. Fits him fine...he started wearing it when he was less than 2 y.o. and he is still wearing it now at 3 1/2 y.o. He likes it, it meets safety requirements, it was quite affordable.

Do you have specific questions?

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Permalink Reply by Lee Diamond on March 14, 2010 at 11:30pm

No, but I have visited the links below, and looked over some options. Also read up on Bike Forums and believe it or not Serotta had some stuff too, though a bit off the beaten path for them. Folks seem to really dig the Nutcases, Little Nutty as well. I have a STRONG feeling those will be Chaney's favorite, and I bet I can guess which one it will be too. Uh. $45 vs $19 or $16. Uh.

I'll report back as I do more research, but if others have comments please chime in. I really couldn't stand the graphics on the pink Xanthus, but I imagine they may have other designs....hopefully!

Liz W. Durham said:

My son has a Giro helmet. Fits him fine...he started wearing it when he was less than 2 y.o. and he is still wearing it now at 3 1/2 y.o. He likes it, it meets safety requirements, it was quite affordable.

Do you have specific questions?

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Permalink Reply by Joe Studer 8.0 mi on March 15, 2010 at 1:11pm

We purchased a Lazer BOB helmet for our son when I first started taking him out on the bike (right before he turned 1 year), and he is still wearing it at 30 months. Granted, our son is on the small side, but one of the reasons I went with the Lazer BOB was that it appeared to have a larger size range within the infant / toddler helmet lineup. Plus, it was only $25.

The helmet has actually held up well, and he and I have taken some spills where I was definitely glad he had a helmet. Now that he's cruising on the run trike / bike, he's taking even more spills, and the helmet is working just fine.

Plus, my wife thinks our son looks really cute in the helmet.

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