Ruroc appears to have perfected the art of selling a $100 dollar helmet for $450+; and bribing KZfaq creators into pushing the product. Thank you for the honest review.

Not much beats a Shoei, but because “big” KZfaqrs are paid to tell the crowds how awesome the ruroc is, people become blinded and think it’s the holy grail. Anymore, I don’t believe much of the so called reviews from these people. This video is very informative and I appreciate your integrity on this.

I got my Ruroc a few months ago. It sets on the shelf next to my spares. I wish I would have waited and found this video before spending 450.00 on a 150.00 - 175.00 helmet. Glad I found your channel. Keep up the good work.

I pray people start seeing these “influencers” for what they are…influencing people for a check, selling out. If you listen to anyone just because they have a KZfaq channel you’ve lost your mind.

Subscribed because you actually cut those helmets in half. That's dedication.

My review was one of those 65, I was challenged and it was removed for sharing my experience on the product, really appreciate that you made that point. Speaks volumes of the company.

This iw why I love not sponsored channels. Great job, great risk. Hope it pays off. I REALLY appreciated it. More what I expect from a Fort9 video. :-D

Watching that ruroc gets cut in half is the most satisfying thing I've seen in a while

Appreciate the honesty man. I'm a Motovlogger from the Philippines and I almost bought this helmet just now. Now I know better. More power!

Great job - very well done. So glad someone finally did this. That interior is very revealing!

I love HONEST content like this!

Dude, awesome content! Thank you for showing the community what they are potentially getting from a safety standpoint. Always have thought Ruroc helmets have looked dope but you won’t catch me getting one, especially after your in depth analysis. Thanks for making the community safer and swaying them to buy other expensive stuff for their rides instead of this product.

Super good video , its good to see a review of the ruroc . Nobody have cut a helmet in two , and i really suprised about a few of the things you found . Keep up the good work 👍👍

Ever since Chase on two wheels defended Ruroc I take every single piece of their content with an ounce of salt. Never change, stay true like you are now!

Thank you for maintaining your integrity and honesty. Thank you also for such a detailed video. If none other do, I appreciate the effort that you put into this video and the product that you produced.

Best breakdown of these helmets on KZfaq, thanks! Very thorough.

I noticed the box in yesterday's video, great breakdown!

Thank you for the 100% honest review Dan. Great info.

Didn't skipped an ad. Thanks for this content Man!

Bravo my friend….your honest detailed video is helping all of us make a good decision on something critical to our gear in my opinion. Thanks Dan for great content and doing so with integrity.

Great video! Great information! Subbed! I was actually one of the first orders on that atlas 3.0. I was super stoked, loved the design, and really wanted to try it out. I only found all the drama on it, from losing patience myself, over the wait time. That never ever ever ever ever ended. If they ever delivered them all, i'll never know. Im very glad i cancelled my order. Especially having seen this video. Thank you for pointing out that bit about trust pilot as well. I'll go back and see if my reviews are still there. Anyway, thanks for being one of the good guys. That tear down, or tear apart rather, was very telling. That Ruroc seems to be a poorly thought out helmet.

I really like your integrity and honest it’s hard to find

Man, you’re awesome! I can’t tell you how much I appreciate you doing this review so that I had the information I needed to make an informed decision.

Dude. Super SUPER impressive video. Very in depth, I appreciate all the thought you put into this. Hopefully this goes viral

Ouch! This was an expensive video for you!!! Glad you did though, I feel like the Ruroc is so overhyped! Keep up the great content!!

Great video. This was shared to me, and I'm glad to have watched it all the way through. Subbed!

Just got my new RF1400 last week. Had a RF1100 for 10 years and loved it, glad to see people going all the way to get the real information out there and showing us what's inside rather than just suggestive reviews.

I love a real, honest review thats goes into detail from using the product to performing surgery on it. I was really considering buying a ruroc too. Thank you sir!

I am glad I waited. I was literally deciding between these two helmets. I will go with Shoei. The first video I've seen of yours. And I have subscribed. Thank you for the honest review and content. 👍🏾

Background: I've sold helmets in motorcycle gear shops for about 5 years. Brands I've most experience with, in no particular order: X-Lite/Nolan, Shoei, Arai, HJC, Scorpion, Schuberth, iXS, and then less experience with many other brands we sold less of. However, I'm NOT a motorcycle helmet designer, safety tester, materials engineer etc. First impressions, before you even started the detailed breakdown, looking at the split helmets from side on: - Shell: - The Ruroc shell is a lot thinner. It may be all or partially carbon fiber - but it's important to question whether being carbon fiber makes a shell "better". - Some of the major brands aren't very keen on building 100% carbon fiber helmets. Helmet shells need to balance multiple ways of behaving with impacts. Most premium helmets use multiple layers of different materials for the shell, including fiberglass, aramids and carbon fiber. Thus, often even the "carbon" options from the brands usually just include *more* carbon fiber in the mix rather than being all CF. When Arai built the RX-7V RC, a carbon model ofthe RX-7V, they developed their own proprietary carbon manufacturing technology and the helmet costs over 3000€. - I'm unsure whether HJC and Scorpion models are 100% carbon fiber as it's not immediately obvious from the websites. However, while the HJC website says, for example, that the RPHA 11 Carbon has a carbon fiber outer shell, the catalogue itself states it has a PIM+ Carbon shell. The catalogue also explains that a PIM+ shell is a multi layer design with, again, fiberglass, aramids, carbon fiber, carbon-glass hybrid fiber and organic fabric. - A notable exception is Arai's shell design which just uses fiberglass. They use different shell thicknesses and special features to make some parts of the helmet more rigid. Still, if you go out to a shop today and squeeze, flex and whack on different helmets, you'll notice Arais tend to be a lot more rigid than others. Whether that's a good thing is unknown. Arai says that a helmet's shell must be as rigid as possible to allow a softer EPS foam liner, while for example Shoei says that the shell should flex in order to participate in impact dispersion. - So back to the cutouts: While being 100% CF might allow a thinner shell that's as hard as a thicker multi-material shell, I'm not sure that's entirely a good thing. Notable is also that the Ruroc seems to be fairly uniform in thickness, while the Shoei employs different thicknesses of the shell in different areas. - The shape of the shells seems comparable, which I'm happy to see. The new ECE 22/06 helmet standard tests for glancing impacts, which for example Arai has been raving about for decades. The two first helmets to pass the new test were the Arai Quantic and the Shoei NXR2 (the RF-1400's name in Europe). An important factor of glancing impact performance is that the shell shouldn't have too many protruding parts, so I'm glad to see Ruroc hasn't gone too far there. - Let's move on to the EPS liner: - The expanded polystyrene (EPS) liner is the part right under the shell. It's the primary shock absorbing part of the helmet. Premium helmets often feature different densities of EPS in their EPS liner. For example Shoei constructs the EPS liner from several parts in strategic areas of the liner, to account for different impact characteristics, while Arai uses a single piece liner but it's made by injecting different densities of EPS into the same mold. - From just the side on image I can't see any different parts to the Ruroc EPS liner. However, I also couldn't say whether they were using an Arai-like multi-density single mold technology. It seems unlikely, though. - Now the comfort liner: - The comfort liner also plays a function for helmet safety: It participates somewhat in impact absorption, and crucially it keeps the helmet in place and in the right orientation. It also absorbs rotational energy. While some manufacturers have incorporated rotational dampers such as MIPS, others rely on the comfort liner sliding between itself and the EPS liner. Apparently as Arai and Shoei's new helmets have passed ECE 22/06, this works too. - Comfort itself shouldn't be overlooked either. A hot, sweaty, uncomfortable rider could have a harder time focusing on riding. And nobody wants to get skin problems from their helmet either. Fortunately I haven't heard of the latter in any great numbers. - The comfort liner is usually the first place to wear in a helmet. This could mean a less safe helmet if the helmet begins to move on your head due to the compressed or worn out liner, and of course a worn liner means a miserable experience in using the helmet. - From the quick fitting and ride review, you can tell the Ruroc, while probably the correct size, doesn't adequately stay in the right position. - I can't tell from just images how well the Ruroc comfort liner moves against the EPS liner. - The Shoei seems to have at least better looking materials than the Ruroc. - The visor: - The main difference I can see here is that particular shape of the Ruroc's visor and visor opening. - First, the up and down viewing angle is more restricted. A smaller visor opening could mean a more protective shell in the front area, yet it also makes it harder to see the instruments of your bike. - The intricate bottom of the visor opening of the Ruroc could lead to problems with the fitting of the visor into the opening and the gasket, which in turn would lead to whistling and water ingress. The gasket itself also needs to be more intricate, which makes me wonder how well it will last. - Neither helmet uses a flip down sun visor. Some love those, but they do have drawbacks as well. The helmet needs to be larger in the forehead area, and the EPS liner is not as securely connected to the shell of the helmet. Also, the helmet can't be ventilated from the forehead area. Of course a sun visor also adds weight and complexity to the side of the helmet. - Testing: - Any helmet sold in the EU for motorcycle use must have an ECE 22/05 certificate if they are an existing model, or an ECE 22/06 certificate for new models. Further, organizations such as Sharp, FIM and a french Sharp-type scheme test helmets and give a consumer-comparable rating. Theoretically then, all helmets sold in the EU should be safe. - However, a fairly recent test ordered by the Swedish Testfakta.se showed that helmets on the market with the appropriate certification had potential safety issues. In the test, two helmets out of eight tested failed the rear impact test. They had struck the back of the helmets in the curb test in a 90 degree angle instead of the 45 degree angle specified in the ECE test, which had made the helmets fail. The question is, are you always going to meet the curb at a strict 45 degree angle? See the Testfakta.se articles at www.testfakta.se/sv/mc-hjalmar/article/mc-hjalmar-klarar-inte-sakerhetskraven-i-test and www.testfakta.se/sv/article/mc-hjalmar-byggda-standardens-krav . Google Translate does a pretty good job there. - Further, all tests including ECE, Sharp and so on, have a specific set of tests they do at specific angles, orientations, velocities etc. The challenge is to remain fair to manufacturers, uniform in testing methods, applicable to real life, and labour and cost effective. The new ECE 22/06 added several new impact sites to be selected at random, and a whole host of other improvements. KZfaq has a few good videos from Bennet's Bike and Moto Legends for example. Check them out! - Whether a helmet has achieved a particular rating or test certificate is not all you should consider. - Final considerations: - After five years of selling helmets, my *personal* philosophy for choosing a helmet is: 1) Buy a helmet that fits your head shape, feels good, and suits your *riding position and style*. Realize that different helmets suit differrent uses Realize also, that manufacturers use different head shapes, which yours might match up with or not. Try before you buy! 2) Buy from a helmet maker you genuinely trust to give you a product that's safe and high quality. I look first and foremost for: A long continuous history of designing and manufacturing helmets, an in house designing and manufacturing style (i.e. I want to buy my helmet from a company who manufacturers helmets, not a company that designs the helmet and pays some other factory for building them), and a strong emphasis on self-testing and quality assurance. Consider customer care, parts availability and so on as well. 3) Get the model of helmet you need and want, don't save or overpay with helmets. After that price difference is forgotten in a couple of months all I'm left with for the next 5-7 years is the actual physical product, which I will be putting on my head every time I go out for a ride. Now, I'm going to get on with the rest of the video :)

I have been waiting for an honest review on Ruroc thanks

Great video! Great content! I've been on the fence for a while and liked how the Ruroc visually looked. You've just helped me confirm my decision that I will not be buying a Ruroc helmet. Too many negative reviews, too expensive for something so cheaply made. Thank you for literally getting to the core of it!

Finally someone putting it into video. Couldn’t agree more with you. One thing I would have liked to see is comparing the actual foam inside the helmet (not the liner). There are countless types of foam out there all with different properties and would have loved to see a testing done between them. 1.Penetrative testing and 2. Compression testing.

Great video. I have had many high cost helmets over the many years of riding. My best helmet has been my RF-1200. I recently bought my wife a neotech 2 and she absolutely loves it even after a 400+ mile day. I will stick with my snell rated Shoei. I don’t trust any paid KZfaq “celebrity “ vloggers. You plunked down your own money so you can say what you want. You have worked hard and given honest opinion about products.

Good video. I was so close to buying two of these, one for me and another for my wife. Waited just long enough that the unsponsored videos started coming through. Great content.

Great video, Great information and an honest review 👍 👍 Thanks for all the hard work 👏👏👏👏

That’s how I would expect a fair comparison of helmets should be done. Dan I had almost decided to by a Ruroc about a month ago but held off because I was not sure what color I was going to choose on a new H-D. So a big hats off to you. 👍

Initially, I loved the esthetic of Ruroc & intense marketing strategies. They dropped the atlas 4.0 & said they had them ready to ship. (Boy they made a fool out of me!) I purchased the blue carbon with 3 different visors for a bit under $700 waiting anxiously for about 2 months… nothing transpired! Waiting to more months… nothing transpired. Finally got someone to email me back because calling doesn’t work… they were still in production!!! False advertisement all across the board and content creators sold out for them. The amount of people I unfollowed for wasting my damn time. Never again! Called the bank, got my money back. Never trust a helmet you can’t go and try on for yourself! P.S… their return policy is trash!

Awesome video. I watched all the adds in full length - hope you can finance the helmets with this great insights you’re sharing 🤩👌

Best in-depth analysis of the Ruroc 3.0. You did a very job👏 honest and to the point. You’ve earned a👍 and a subscriber.

Good video man, I appreciate teardown and deep dive

Great point about Ruroc and negative reviews. Speaking as one of the banned folks from putting any comments on their FB page

Great work as always!

Really great review of both helmets here! I bought the Atlas 3.0 in May 2021 and had to wait for the delay. Didn't get my 3.0 until July. Now, less than two months later, the lining won't stay clipped in and I just have not been happy with the 3.0 at all expect for how it looks on my head. I then got my hands on a SHOEI RF-1400 in white and I have been absolutely in love with the 1400. The fit is tight at first, but it has been starting to adjust nicely. Hindsight is 2020, and if I could do it all over again, I would have just bought two SHOEI RF-1400 helmets (1 matte black, 1 white). This video really breaks down what I've been thinking and experiencing and I'm so glad you made this video for us!

I love the fact that you did this video. Feels like this Ruroc hype is fake and they try to push this into consumers throat via KZfaq creators just because they are sponsors. Bravo 👏 as always your integrity is 100%

You beat me to the punch! I was about to do the *same thing!* You did a great job. The Ruroc pads are such a piece of junk, and you showed that beautifully. Their shell is also junk. Carbon fiber doesn’t mean better, and in fact it doesn’t even mean stronger (people equate rigidity to strength, but that isn’t true). CF has a very specific application that doesn’t become beneficial until you reach track speeds. Their marketing is dependent on people not being engineers. 😁 Also a note on fitment: people are finding the smalls too small and the larges too large, which means the fitment issue is far more than a pad thickness issue. There also seems to be a notable reduction in protection to make space for the Bluetooth.

A very nice video man! Good job!

Thank you for doing this! You're the best 💪🏽

I really hope a sponsor of some sort steps up and helps cover the costs on this one. This was a video that absolutely needed to happen and I don't even have a dog in that fight. I'd say Shoei should send you two helmets of whatever model you want, but that may look bad for both of you.

Thanks for doing this. I always appreciate an unbiased and honest review.

Thanks for this as it is quite informative. I agree with your evaluation and assessment 100%.

Huge props for doing this video 👏.

Thanks for this review. I was about to buy into the hype. I think it wouldn’t be such an issue if they weren’t so expensive. @ $250 to $350 they would still sell a crap ton of these on looks alone.

I watched it twice and let all the Ads play, thank you for doing this!

Thank you, Honest review, keep up the good work dude !!!

We support you bro! Expensive and honest review 👍🏼

Thank you for an honest review, I wish I saw this before I purchased my $600 paper weight. I have been trying to return it since the day it showed up. I have talked to 4 different customer service reps and still waiting on a label. The cheek pad issue is spot on. I am a fan of a bunch of the ruroc sponsered youtubers, but it definitely leaves a sour taste in my mouth now knowing they are promoting a sub par product.

I am a firm believer in "The proof is in the pudding"....that was some good honest side by side pudding!...great video....was never much of a ruroc fan anyways!...thanks for sharing!..stay safe out there!😎👍🤙👍🤙🇨🇦

Thanks for this amazing review and taking the time and funds to make this vid.

Subbed for the fact that you went all the way and sawed them in half. Expensive!

Anyone else notice since he paid for the helmet himself he didn't get all the extra goodies all the youtubers get.. 🙄 🤔

Candy Corn? I would have preferred Snickers. Nice job dude on the breakdown.

Thanks soooooooo much for this video you have helped me out immensely and saved me a bunch of money and a huge headache!!

Thank you for posting this. I was 1 clic away from buying a ruroc but now I want a Shoei

Ruroc blocked me on facebook when i dared criticize their garbage helmet. I will never buy anything from that company again.

Awesome video! Thanks for the true brake down and inside out tear down of the helmets. Finally the rurok sheep can see the truth. There are much better choices for the same price of a rurok helmet

Thanks for some good information on helmets. Good job!

Well done video. Thanks for doing this for us common folks who could never afford to do this!

Super useful breakdown. I own Ruroc 2.0 and love it. I also knew I was buying from a company new to the game and was buying a style more than anything. Thanks to this I’ll know a little more to look for next time to make a more informed decision. I hope they try to take the criticism more constructively as they grow cause I would like to continue to support them

I was going to get a ruroc, thank you for giving an honest video and actually showing both helmets in the form that they are, not being sponsored to say one is better. Thank you

Exceptionally well done. Thank you.

Great video, I don't know how the algorithm missed this while I was looking for 1400 reviews. I feel a lot better about putting in my order for my Shoei 1400. You are doing the work of few people care to do, yet many value highly. Good man.

Is it me or there significantly LESS protection on the back of the head for the Ruroc compared to that Shoei? Also, the fact that there is no EPS on the sides, right next to your ear in the Ruroc looks a it would fail to absorb damage from that side in a crash, mmmm Either way, this is a fantastic video, Dan. Thank you!

I’ve always ridden with a Shoei. A lot of helmets look cool, but to me the Shoei is far superior than others I’ve seen. But that’s without wearing other helmets.

What a GENUINE review! Thank you Sir.

What a fantastic review! Very impressive!

I have a ruroc 2.0 and I desperately want to love it because the look is incredible, the shockwave is amazing and the fidlock is super useful but the padding is definitely lacking hard. I’d love to see a ruroc official watch and react to this video and do a break down and get some sort of explanation out. But I’m 99% sure that’ll never happen.

This was about as honest as a breakdown (literally) that you can get. My 2XL 2.0 fit me similar but not as bad as you showed here. I downsized for my 3.0 and will be curious how it fits. I’m going to be doing something similar, not to the extent of destruction, but comparing it from a measurement perspective to an entry level biltwell lane splitter, a 3.0 Ruroc and a GTAir 2. I’ll be very curious of the result difference and vow not to stretch the numbers. I love my Rurocs for around town, under 60mph and my Shoeis get the go ahead for highways and long distance. Well done

Honestly saving lives, it may not seem like much but this purchase could definitely can make an impact. Thank you and I appreciate you doing this 🤙🏽

Good to see one of few youtubers with some integrity regarding riding gear!!!

I like the look of these helmets and they have some cool graphics, the same way as I like the look of some of the icon lids, the issue I have is that if your gonna push your helmet as premium you need to be able to back that up or your gonna be found out, especially when people are paying top dollar. Being from the UK myself I'd like to see these do well but I feel they have cut soo many corners like who the fuck tested these lids in the first place, because looking at the lads who own the company I don't think any of them ride bikes, and surely they could of got of got a bunch of top end lids and stripped them down to see what makes a premium helmet. If these helmets were priced reasonably or not pushed as top end I think they would have been received quite well as the design of the lid is good and with a few improvements it could be a great helmet, but they're been branded as premium even with this shit stuffed in as a so called liner. I'm still not sure how they can't get them approved for the track or why they won't send there helmet out for independent safety testing, OK rant over 🤣 before I start with all these clown on KZfaq pushing these lids as the best, I just feel sorry for the people who have to work hard and save up money only to be let down.

I don’t think I’ll ever deviate from Shoei or Arai. They’re worth the price and two of the best helmet brands on the market bar none. I’ve ridden with an RF-1200 for a while now and don’t find it to be all that noisy. Don’t have any head/next fatigue after wearing it for extended periods. Will probably upgrade to the 1400 soon enough cause the vents are easier to use when it’s on. Plus, I like the center lock visor.

Thank you for stepping up to the plate and answering the question a lot of us have wanted to know (I avoided buying Ruroc due to the complaints I've seen over the past 2 years). An expensive video, but you're helping a LOT of people by doing this. Buying a helmet is pointless if it won't protect your head properly, especially if you're paying good money to do it!

A1 video man keep up the good work.

It's a helmet marketed for the sport and stunt boy crowd. Let's be honest, they're more focused on how it looks and "look at me" than anything else. Ruroc seems to be trying to create value for their product much like the rest of the fashion world (style over function). So to me, it's no different than what ICON or any of the other flashy brands do. It's not for me. My first helmet was a Shoei. I bought a value brand for the wife since she was only going to ride occasionally with me. I wish I would've spend the little extra coin instead for another Shoei. The quality difference is very noticeable.

A much appreciated video! the Styrofoam liner of the RR looks of less quality as well, or am I not seeing it correctly? I no longer trust those who touted the RR...

Thanks for a honest and true test video very interesting keep up the good work 💪

almost bought a Ruroc and then saw all this controversy and started down the rabbit hole. I'm super thankful for your review as i would've been very upset after waiting weeks! got a subscriber and follower here!

Absolutely fantastic comparison!! I currently wear a Simpson Ghost Bandit and admittedly bought it cuz i had a Street Bandit and knew it would fit me as well. Good helmet, great look and fit, but probably overpriced. Was seriously considering the Ruroc due to several moto vlogger reviews, to which i later found out didn't pay for their helmets. I also thought the fact they had their own com thingy was cool too, but have yet to hear of anyone being happy with it. Anyway, thanks for spending your money and time on this video. I'll be looking into Shoei for sure!!

I have a Ruroc 2. One year later I’m looking for a new helmet. Love the style and weight but it’s just not a premium helmet. Also, the shockwave is underwhelming

Great breakdown !

Thank you for making this!

wait, couple videos back "Ruroc helmet drama", then "motovlogging is dead"? I think you missed the Ruroc train on timing for this video.

It doesn’t seem that the Ruroc is a bad helmet. Just over priced for what you get.

The world needs more of this.

This was an expensive 22minute video. Earned my subscription sir, great content.

If you can't figure out why its important to buy a good helmet then you should just get a cheap one because your head is not worth protecting. Thanks for this video.

Excellent review, very in-depth 👌👌

Thanks for putting this together.

Appreciate you not pulling punches. Dope video