First Look: 7iDP Project 23 Helmet - Pond Beaver 2020
7iDP, or Seven Intelligent Design Protection, are releasing a new lightweight and well-ventilated full face, called the Project 23.
The 23 in the name refers to the 23 large vents in the helmet designed to keep your swede cool and fresh while having the high level of crash protection that only a full face can offer.
Ventilation is also expanded to the goggles, with air channels designed to help stop steaming up. The helmet is ASTM (DH) certified and tested to levels exceeding the CE, CPSC and AS standards.
The Project 23 is available in carbon and glass fibre models, weighing 945g and 1060g respectively for a size L. An ABS plastic version will be following very shortly.
An outer hard shell comes in either carbon fibre or glass fibre versions.
7iDPs own SERT smart foam inserts are said to reduce energy and rotational movement transmitted to the brain in the event of a crash.
The outer hard shell of either carbon fibre, glass fibre or ABS covers the inner foam core made from EPS. But 7iDP include their own SERT, Seven Energy Reduction Technology, smart foam inserts to apparently absorb greater levels of energy than just the EPS alone. From testing 7iDP say that the SERT can reduce the energy transfer to the brain by 20% and it also reduces the rotational motion of the brain on impact.
There's an adjustable visor designed to break away in the event of a crash. It snaps into place on the helmet rather than using bolts to hold it on.
An anti-microbial liner should help keep your helmet smelling fresh for longer and its quick release for easy washing. A Fidlock buckle fastens the helmet strap.
A bolt-less snap adjustable visor breaks away when you crash.
A Fidlock system fastens the strap and the anti-microbial liner can easily be removed for washing.
The carbon version comes with a fancier helmet bag, while the glass fibre version comes with a soft drawstring bag.
6 sizes cover heads from 53cm to 64cm with the carbon version comes in 2 colours and the glass fibre version in 4 colours. All helmet colour options are in the gallery.
The Project 23 carbon costs £269.99, $349,99 or €349.99.
The glass fibre version costs £179.99, $239.99 or €239.99.
For more information or to buy direct from 7iDP head over to 7protection.com. Helmets are also available through 7iDP retailers.
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Any chance of releasing a youth spec in the near future like you guys did with the m1? Son is on the verge of an XS if I measured right but that’s because he refuses to cut his hair.
Do you offer thicker liners to customize fit?
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I really like the look of this helmet and I really like that a cheaper version is being produced as well. It keeps it more in range for us "self-sponsored" riders (I joke, I'm a cheapskate weekend warrior who rides blue trails for fun).
I´ll for sure check this thing out when it hits the dealers.
There´s a general lack of innovation and they need to somehow distinguish their high end products from the cheap ones.
So we end up with forks with inferior damping despite costing the same to manufacture as the more expensive ones, ugly cheap helmets and stupid standards in general.
Also,the cycling industry does the same for clothes.
Brands like O´Neal, Fox etc seem to release the same boring clothes with ugly geometric patterns every year. Like colourful triangles splattered all over the shirt and stuff like that. I always see the same clothes at the end of the season on sale because nobody bought them. Most people want either plain and simple colours and designs, or something real wild, yet i feel like this ugly uninspired stuff keeps getting released solely to up the value of the uni coloured or really creative items, which coincidentally seem to always be in short supply.
Btw, i feel like 7idp is not really guilty of that in this instance because the price of this new helmet imho is really good and competitive and up until now their top offerings weren´t really pleasing to the eye either, so i guess it was just a matter of function over form until now.
I'm curious about this. Sounds like a fancy name for.... foam.
Any information when compared to the offerings of companies like Kali, 6D and Bell/GIro rotational mips?
Can someone explain what specific standards the helmet has been tested to and passed?
The helmet passes the following standards:
CE: EN1078
CPSC
ASNZ S 2063
ASTM F1952
I hope that clears up any misunderstanding.
The P23 has 23 full bore vents which provide excellent ventilation. Many of the lighter helmets on the market are an in-mold/microshell construction which is the same construction as a trail helmet. So in short, the Project 23 shares the same construction as a DH helmet but is fully vented for enduro racing and transfer stages. It is currently the lightest hard shell helmet on the market with the best ventilation.
I was about to say the same.
349€ for the carbon is nothing compared to competitors offerings. That´s about 200-250€ less than the next competitors, so i consider it very good value.
Imho this helmet needs to be compared to other full blown, high quality dh helmets like the TLD D4 or Fox RPC, not something like the Fox Proframe.
And even when it comes to the Proframe, the fiberglass version is on par with it anyways.
Of course, 239€ is still a lot of money to a lot of people, but given the recent pricing trends in the industry, this is a pleasent surprise.
The issue you flag is the primary reason we went hard shell and worked to get weigh within a couple of hundred grams of the microshell inmould helmets.