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Best Climbing Helmet of 2024
Best Climbing Helmet of 2024
We bought and tested 13 of the most popular climbing helmets side-by-side to find the best...

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How to Choose a Climbing Helmet - Click for details
How to Choose a Climbing Helmet
There are a ton of choices when it comes to climbing helmets, and with new foam technologies...

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Black Diamond Vision Mips
Black Diamond Vision Mips
The Black Diamond Vision Mips is our favorite overall climbing helmet. It certainly deserves our...

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Petzl Meteor
Petzl Meteor
While its price tag is still significantly more than some helmets on the market, the Petzl Meteor...

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Smith Summit Mips Helmet
Smith Summit Mips Helmet
The Smith Summit Mips is a comfortable helmet certified for climbing and downhill skiing, making...

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Black Diamond Half Dome
Black Diamond Half Dome
The Black Diamond Half Dome is easily the best value if you're looking for an entry-level climbing...

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Petzl Sirocco
Petzl Sirocco
The Petzl Sirocco is the lightest climbing helmet in our review -- earning our Top Pick award for...

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Mammut Wall Rider Mips
Mammut Wall Rider Mips
The Mammut Wall Rider Mips was the first ever climbing helmet to incorporate this game-changing...

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Mammut Wall Rider
Mammut Wall Rider
The Wall Rider is Mammut's lightweight helmet made of a combination of EPP foam and a partial hard...

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Petzl Ecrin Roc helmet
Petzl Ecrin Roc helmet
Discontinued Product The Ecrin Roc is no longer available. The next closest option, and a good one...

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CAMP USA Storm
CAMP USA Storm
The CAMP USA Storm is a good lightweight EPS/polycarbonate helmet. It has a similar construction...

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Black Diamond Vector
Black Diamond Vector
The Black Diamond Vector is a lightweight EPS foam helmet with a thin polycarbonate shell on top...

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Mammut Skywalker 2
Mammut Skywalker 2
The Mammut Skywalker 2 is a hard ABS plastic shell helmet with an EPS foam liner on the inside...

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Petzl Elia - Women's
Petzl Elia - Women's
The Petzl Elia is one of the only helmets on the market today that has been designed specifically...

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Mammut El Cap
Mammut El Cap
The Mammut El Cap is a hardshell climbing helmet with some good features, most notably the sun...

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Edelrid Shield II
Edelrid Shield II
When polling a group of climbers about what they look for in a helmet, they all agreed that they...

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Petzl Altios
Petzl Altios
The Petzl Altios is now Discontinued Petzl packs more features into the Altios than into any...

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CAMP USA Armour
CAMP USA Armour
The CAMP USA Armour was one of our testers' least favorite lids. It sits high up on your head...

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CAMP Armour Lady
CAMP Armour Lady
The CAMP Armour Lady is a snazzy, inexpensive, and tough hard plastic climbing helmet, though it...

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Black Diamond Vector - Women's
Black Diamond Vector - Women's
The only light foam women's specific helmet, the Black Diamond Vector - Women's even gives the...

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Wild Country 360
Wild Country 360
The Wild Country 360 is Discontinued as of November 2016 This is a solid climbing helmet at a...

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Trango Skull Cap
Trango Skull Cap
This is one of the lightest climbing helmets available. According to the manufacturer stats, it is...

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