BELL Broozer Cranium Matte Black-White

The Bell Broozer Helmet is built for street, cruising, and urban riders who also don’t want to give up on getting some chin protection. This means that besides the Broozer’s aggressive styling that it is dual certified for both full-face and open face riding. This is a huge step forward for this market since often other street helmets with masks are only certified as jet helmets, which means you are not fully protected even with the mask on. So, besides the styling, this is a major feature of the Bell Broozer as well as, of course, the removable chin bar.

With a recommended retail price of about 260 Euros, or 310 USD, the Broozer will be competing with the Shark S-Drak 2, Shark Street Drak, Scorpion EXO-Combat 2 and the Scorpion Covert FX

Material

The Bell Broozer Motorcycle Helmet is fully constructed out of a lightweight LG PC/ABS Shell. So, this is coming from a different branch of the company that brings you TVs and tech while still offering a strong and lightweight thermoplastic outer shell. The Broozer includes an intermediate oval head fit and even comes in 3 outer shell sizes covering XS and S, M and L, and XL and XXL for a safer, more proportional fit and there is dual-density EPS.

The helmet is ECE 22.05 P/J certified, so it has been tested to full face and open face standards, though it has not been SHARP tested yet. Lastly, the helmet comes in at a light weight of about 1430 grams in a size M, or 3 lbs and 2 oz.

Ventilation

For ventilation, the Bell Broozer will be coming with a lot of options thanks to that removable chin bar. So, in the full-face configuration, you’ve got one adjustable slider vent in the chin with two more always open vents on either side. Then, you have another adjustable vent up top in the brow to bring more air into the helmet.

If you do find you still need more air while riding though, you always have the handy feature of removing the chin bar. To do this, you get two silver tabs along the bottom lip of the helmet, which you pull down to allow yourself to slot the chin bar out.

With the chin bar off you then get a ¾ jet helmet and the chin bar is noticeably more substantial than other similar street fight entries, which helps explain that P testing certification. It’s also easy to put back in since you just line it up and slide it until it clicks.

Visor

The helmet’s high quality shell, and chin bar, and integrated drop down shield means the Broozer is ready to fit however you want to ride. But it is all straightforward with two tabs on either side and it simply flips up and into the helmet. The visor is anti-scratch and anti-fog treated with Bell’s Nutrafog II coating, which is another area where the helmet was able to save a little bit on price. Since it would have been nice to see a Pinlock.

Swapping the visor is also simple since all you do is remove the chin bar, drop the visor down slightly further than usual and then you pull it out. To put the visor back in again, you simply slot it back into the mechanism and move it back up into position.

Liner

Lastly, we come to the Broozer’s interior and comfort. The helmet uses a removable and washable interior which is coming with a padded chin strap for comfort. The helmet is also designed to be eyewear compatible, which is also great news. The liner is easy to remove for washing, and numerous EPS grooves ensure air can circulate through the helmet.

Summary

With the entry of the Bell Broozer, the bar of the street fight segment has definitely been raised. While you are getting competitors that offer a bit more on features like Pinlock and speaker pockets, the Broozer is the first of the removable chin guard helmets to bring both urban style and better safety together into a P/J certified helmet.

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