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Best Climbing Helmet for Your Dome

 Best Climbing Helmet for Your Dome
We chose eight top climbing helmets, dragged them through tight chimneys and up big walls, sport climbs, and long trad routes. We took the occasional leader fall and descended big climbs in the dark w...


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Best Climbing Helmet

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Mar 05, 2010
Helmet Cam Showdown: GoPro vs Contour

 Helmet Cam Showdown: GoPro vs Contour
For our comparative test of the most popular mini-HD helmet cams on the market, Matt Gerdes set them both up on his helmet and went straight to 21,000 feet over the Swiss Alps for some wingsuit flying...


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Best Helmet Cam

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Nov 03, 2011
Petzl Elios

 Petzl Elios
The Petzl Elios is our second highest rated climbing helmet because it is comfortable, easy to adjust, durable and relatively lightweight. It is also a great value and gets the OutdoorGearLab Best Buy...


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Best Buy Award
Mar 19, 2010
Petzl Meteor III Plus

 Petzl Meteor III Plus
The Petzl Meteor III + is the lightest climbing helmet we know of and our Editors' Choice winner. It is onesize-fits-all, the most comfy helmet tested and has great ventilation. All this comes at a pr...


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Editors' Choice Award
Jul 09, 2011
Black Diamond Half Dome

 Black Diamond Half Dome
The Black Diamond Half Dome is a sleek climbing helmet that balances being lightweight and durable. It's well-priced and most testers found it very comfortable.

Black Diamond updated the helm...


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Dec 04, 2009
GoPro HD Hero2

 GoPro HD Hero2
The GoPro HD Hero2 is a big improvement over the original Hero and winner of our Editors' Choice award in the helmet cam category.

We frequently used the Hero2 and the HD Hero attached on us ...


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Editors' Choice Award
Nov 02, 2011
Mammut Skywalker 2

 Mammut Skywalker 2
The Mammut Skywalker 2 is a great all-around climbing helmet with a nice fit, soft liner and good looks. That's all for only $60 (three-way tie for least expensive helmet). It is constructed with a du...


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Top Pick Award
Feb 25, 2010
Contour Roam

 Contour Roam
The Contour Roam is one of the least expensive helmet cams out there, along with the GoPro Hero 960. It was a tough call to decide which one got the Best Buy award, but ultimately it went to the Conto...


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Best Buy Award
Nov 04, 2011
CAMP Armour

 CAMP Armour
The CAMP Armour stood out for its comfort. Most people who tried it on were surprised by how nice it felt on the dome. Truth be told, and since our review helmet was green, we felt a bit like a Teenag...


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Top Pick Award
Dec 04, 2009
Petzl Elia

 Petzl Elia
The Petzl Elia helmet gets the Editor's choice award for the Women's climbing helmet category because besides just being smaller, it has a very beneficial ponytail accommodating feature for women. Thi...


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Editors' Choice Award
Jul 01, 2011
Petzl Ecrin Roc helmet

 Petzl Ecrin Roc helmet
This is an adjustable and ultra-durable climbing helmet that has been around for ages. It is not as light as newer models, but is still a great pick for rescue, caving and heavyduty climbing situation...


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Mar 19, 2010
Petzl Altios

 Petzl Altios
Petzl packs more features into the Altios than into any other helmet we tested. It has a similar construction to their popular Elios but comes with an additional hybrid suspension system, Climate Cont...


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Dec 04, 2009
Black Diamond Tracer

 Black Diamond Tracer
The Black Diamond Tracer is the second lightest helmet reviewed and has a very secure fit. It comes with a few additions not found on other helmets, such as mesh covering over the vents, microchinstra...


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Dec 05, 2009
Black Diamond Vector

 Black Diamond Vector
The full review will live soon, but for now, check out the video below that includes our first impressions and how the Vector compares to the Petzl Meteor....


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Nov 10, 2012
CAMP Armour - Women's

 CAMP Armour - Women's
The Women's CAMP Armour is a snazzy, inexpensive, and tough climbing helmet, though it does not have any additional features for women other than decreased size and weight. The Petzl Elia, however, do...


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Sep 26, 2011
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