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Own a Meteor Helmet?? be afraid 2-May-2011 At 10:30:08 PM climb2011

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I know this post is from 2005 so it's *pretty* old, but nontheless I wanted to give my opinion about it.

I'm sorry for your mum (guess she has already recovered from her injuries) but I wouldn't say that the Petzl Meteor (even the one from 2005, in 2011 we are now at the Meteor III+) is a crap helmet.

The Meteor is CE and UIAA approved. The lab tests include different 5kg blunt weight impacts plus 3kg sharp tip impacts.

So I would say that the Meteor actually saved her from something much worse. You said it was a "funny angled ledge" ... I mean, even without having a lab and just by hitting my Meteor with bare hands, I would say the impact to break it (even if its outer shell is made of polystyrene) is quite important.

Greets.