# Bought A New Lid

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [June 17, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-new-lid/258973 "2011-06-17T17:43:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-new-lid/258973/12 "2011-06-18T13:20:50Z")

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> [@Crazy Police Video](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/crazy-police-video/43122/26):
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> ^ That is crazy light. This brings up the question though, when does a helmet become too light that it starts to lose its protection?
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> But I guess that’s the point of having the rating system, to prevent a company from selling a cardboard helmet that weights 1 lb. lol

Well it’s funny you say that

> **[The Best Helmet You Could Own Is Made of Cardboard](https://gizmodo.com/the-best-helmet-you-could-own-is-made-of-cardboard-5811066)**
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> Design student Anirudha Surabhi noticed that the helmets we've come to accept as part of keeping us safe aren't really good at their jobs. So he improved on the idea, using ordinary corrugated cardboard.

I’ve crashed in a carbon HJC and while it held up there some serious structure cracks in it.

Helmets IMO are like a good watch, should have some heft to it and not feel light like paper.

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