Prevail Helmet problem - date of manufacter

solboy

I bought a Specialized Prevail yesterday from a well known cycle shop. It had a seciruty tag on it and the guys in the shop said at the time that this was unusual (the helmet came from the warehouse stock not the shop floor). When i got it home it was dirty and i had to clean it and remove a number of blemishes from the helmet all of which cleaned up ok. I have just taken another look at the lid and it says manufactered in Nov 2010. Do you think i have an old helmet or is it normal for helmets to have been manufactered over a year ago and still be on sale?

anto164

it'll be fine. i'd imagine that the helmet takes 6months possibly to get to the shop, and if it's been on display or in the store for a while, then yeh, 1yr old is fine.

It's definitely got a few years of life left, so stop worrying and get out and ride.

dizzyblonde82

I had a similar problem with an online order from a very well known cycle shop, opened the box to find the helmet covered in dirt and it had a date over 18 months old on it. Sent it straight back as it looked like it had been in a filthy warehouse, all the box was dented etc.

2 months later I received a letter from Royal Mail saying the sender was reporting the item undelivered and claiming for the item, I filled in the form saying item received, returned and full refund received. Not sure what the shop were trying to do by claiming from RM.