Welcome to our detailed breakdown of the new Bell Qualifier Helmet

available at Revzilla.com.

New in the Bell lineup, the Qualifier is its brand new, sport-oriented,

really what I'm going to call entry-level into the family. If we look into

it, this is the original Bell arrow. The Qualifier is replacing it and

honestly it steals a lot of DNA from a lot of the more race-inspired

helmets, like the Vortex, the RS1, the Star, encapsulates them just over

that $100 mark and it's a complete leap forward over what we saw in the

previous Bell Arrow platform.

If you see them side by side, which I'm going to do really, really quickly,

completely different helmets. They're really from the outside in,

completely different. Different shapes, different aerodynamic profiles.

Bell spent a lot of time working that DNA down into a polycarb helmet, and

at the end of the day the end-user, the entry-level sports rider is left

with a lot of bang for the buck again in solids as well as graphics. This

is the Cam graphic just over that $100 mark.

Now, there are a lot of key differences. I'm going to walk through them in

depth as we move through this video but quickly I'm going to call out one

of the big changes that's going to make people very excited. The fit of the

Bell Qualifier is now intermediate oval. Intermediate oval tends to be the

most popular for the American market. The original Bell Arrow was more of a

round fit. It's nice to see them going this direction. The new RS1 is this

fit, the new Star is this fit. This is a very consistent Bell fit now that

we're seeing perpetuate through this helmet.

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answer your questions on the fly. Now let's dive into the outside and work

our way in.

Looking at it again, fast graphic here on the cam, looking at the vent

construction, much more aerodynamic profile. If I look at the Arrow which

is right next to it, look at how round this sucker is. Just very round,

very round and it's shaped very bulky in its shell shape and size. Again,

you're still coming in in a polycarb shell around that three pounds six

ounce mark which is extremely light weight, it is only DOT rated. It's not

going to be EC, it's not going to be snow. If you need that original

rating, move up into something, it's big brother will be something like the

Vortex.

But if you look at it, they've even changed the vent configuration. On top

you're seeing low profile chimney vents that sweep back into a very nice

and contoured spoiler that's built in with nice Venturi vents for exhaust

that are going to be free flowing out the back. if you look at the chin

vent, stolen directly from then RS1 here on the cam graphic done in matte

black, my chin vent is incorporated there. Again, the new style new school

Bell, this is again them stealing that DNA and wrapping it into their more

entry level price point.

Notice along the side here how everything sweeps together and you can again

see as I pull to the top you're going to see that intermediate oval head

shape bring its away narrow, front to back, all the way back versus being a

round shape.

The other thing they changed is now they've gone to the same shield that

we're seeing. It's UV resistant, it's going to be optically correct, it's

the same shield we see on an RF1 or a new Star. Nice touch, why? Because

you can upgrade to the photochromic Bell transition shield if you want to

go this direction and remember that saves you having to buy a secondary

smoke shield when you hit the outside light and the UV hits it, it

immediately goes to a medium smoke tint. Just by virtue of having the UV

hit it and you don't have to do anything, you don't have to swap.

I consider an easy shield change mechanism, it's one of the easiest in the

biz. Again, very simple, you saw, I just pulled that lever and the side pod

pops right off, very easy to snap back on. Again, nice big gasket too,

creating a nice seal around the eye port.

Last piece to note on the shell is that there are three shell sizes on an

entry level helmet which I really, really like. A lot of times, you'll see

manufacturers, they have to cut costs, they're not going to do those

additional molds. Bell has a full size range up to 2XL, 64 centimeters so

it will definitely accommodate those guys with big guy mongo-sized heads.

But again, when you're looking at it, they're giving you the range to not

add weight because you're only getting enough shell as you need to be able

to tune in that EPS and create safety and the correct amount of fit.

Now, if I start to break it down from the inside out, let me reach over

here, I'm going to grab my donut. Completely redesigned in the interior

guts as well. It's going to be moisture-wicking, anti-microbial, see the

nice neckroll that pulls everything together. Premium guts here and again,

you start to get some other bells and whistles when you move up into the

Vortex, into the Star. But again, very simple in it's design, meant to be

fully removable, fully washable, fully cleanable, let you de-gunkify your

helmet over time, especially if you're riding in the summertime because we

know that most of the sport bike crowd is really going to be, especially

here in the northeast, going to be more warm weather-centric. So again,

you're going to start to sweat, you're going to be able to pull all this

stuff out, get it rinsed off, let it air out and give you the best chance

to keep your helmet comfortable and less gunky over time.

Basic cheek pad design. Nice contour, again, moving into that intermediate

oval head shape. This is that new style shape from Bell. Notice we also

have speaker cutouts. This helmet, the way the neckroll is designed, it

will take a com system, a third party, so your Cardo's your, your Sena,

there're other guys out there, the inner phones that need to clamp onto

this neckroll. You're going to be able to do that no problem and have

plenty of room so the speakers aren't going to be pressing into your ears.

A lot of times, helmets, when they don't have the speaker cutouts over a

longer ride, you might start to feel those speakers, you're not going to

get that here on the Qualifier.

Here's my 3-D comfort liner, it comes out. Again, this is entry level, so

it's a little more basic in it's design but it is still 3-D. You can see

here its cutaways at the top to allow that air to circulate in through the

scalp and if you move it like this, you're going to see that they have the

additional padding that goes around the brow line really, the crown of the

head where you're going to sweat the most.

Now, if I had to call it, I'd say that for me these snaps are a little bit

low on the horizon. So, depending on your head shape you may or may not

feel them. But again, moving into the more premium lines of helmets, you

start to make those investments, you get some of those additional creature

comforts. Moving towards the inside, no surprises here. Big vent cutaways,

ten millimeter vent holes that sweep all the way back moving toward those

Venturis and then down the neck line so you're gong to get a great amount

of ventilation through the top and down.

Bell has perfected this again in the Star, in the RS1, in the Vortex and

now they're stealing that DNA and working it into a helmet that again is

just going to be over that $100 mark. So, to sum up, what we like about

this helmet is it's a tremendous amount of race-inspired DNA that we saw

from the more expensive models trickle there way all the way down here into

what they call their entry-level sport, or universal application. You know,

over time though, depending on how much you ride and how hard-care you are,

you might want to reach out for some of those more refined components and

that's where you have to make that larger investment.

So, again, you're trading bang for the buck factor for some of those

nuances but that's what you know you're getting into especially if you need

a secondary helmet, or a secondary riders helmet for 2up riding. Again,

this could be a no-brainer option in your bag of tricks when it comes to

helmets. The next step in your journey is to click right here, read other

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watching our detailed breakdown of the new Bell Qualifier helmet. I'm

Anthony, we'll see you next time.