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Bell Aero Youth Bicycle Helmet (Black Red

Saturday, December 24th, 2011 at 10:51 am

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104 of 104 people found the following review helpful.
Sizing and Review on Bell Fraction Helmets
By Anne J. Denniston
I wanted to buy this helmet for my 3 year old daughter, but didn’t know whether to get a small or X-small. So I found a website which gives the head measurements that correspond to the helmet sizes. Then I just Googled an inches to centimeters conversion site.

Sm: 51-56cm (20.1 inches – 22.0 inches)
Md: 54-59cm (21.3 inches – 23.2 inches)
Lg: 58-63cm (22.8 inches – 24.8 inches)

Going by the other sizes, I can GUESS that an X-small is probably going to be around 19 – 21 inches. My daughter’s head measures at 50.8cm, so I got a size Small so she can grow into it. It is now May 9, 2011. Haven’t I’ll let you know by the end of the month whether or not it fits well, and adjust my rating accordingly!

UPDATE: We received the helmet, and I can’t rave about it enough. She got the pink helmet with the blossoms on the back. It has white straps. The helmet’s fit is *exact* in regards to the cm. There are three sizes of padding. The helmet comes with the medium/normal padding already installed. When she put the helmet on with the installed padding, it was just a tiny bit too big. So I put the thickest padding in and the fit is *perfect*. They also include thinner padding for when the little noggin becomes not-so-little. The velcro which holds the padding in is strong and does a very good job of keeping the padding in place during play.

The adjustability on the chin straps is VERY versatile. There are three different places where you can tighten or loosen it to fit. I had to tighten it at least four inches, and the strap doesn’t look any thicker and is not cumbersome. I didn’t find it hard to adjust at all, but it is done in a way where my daughter can’t just reach up and loosen it or mess with it to make it dangerous.

NOTE: the pink helmet with the white blossoms on the back is a bit of a richer, darker pink and not as light, or pastel pink, as the picture would suggest. I am very satisfied with the color, and that it isn’t pastel pink.

This is the best helmet. It’s very good quality. She looks super cute in this particular style, as well. I was afraid that it would be too chunky-looking and overwhelm her head, but after seeing how cute it is on her, I’m very glad I went with the Bell Fraction for my little 36 month old. I couldn’t be happier. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Great fit, bright colors (toddler helmet in XS)
By Keira Reed
I bought Neon Orange Critters in extra small for my average sized two-year boy and it fits great (though I used additional foaming included in the package). My son loves his new helmet and even tried to sleep in it. The colors are very bright, exactly like pictured and the helmet looks very safe once adjusted.

UPDATE: it’s been several months since we bought this helmet, and my son has grown quite a bit, so I had to use different padding to adjust the size. Just wanted to add to my review that the fact that Bell included different types of padding in the package really allows this helmet grow with your child without buying a new one every few months and years (I tried on the same model in size small, it fit great without additional padding)

36 of 38 people found the following review helpful.
WARNING: Purple Critters style helmet has PINK straps
By Angela Holland
We bought the PURPLE CRITTERS styled helmet for our son only to find that the INSIDE PADDING AND CHIN STRAPS ARE PINK. Perhaps we should have stayed away from this design because it says purple, but the picture looked like it would work for either a boy or a girl. Other than that, the helmet is great quality and fit. I just wanted to warn other shoppers.