NRS Havoc Livery Kayak Helmet

Had to retire my trusty rafting helmet of many years. This one was an excellent choice. First day on the river it did its job, beautifully! It is lightweight and fully adjustable. Now has a scratch on it from a hit to Big Rock on the Racecourse (Rio Grande, NM) but I'm cool with that, don't look like a noob with a shiny new helmet.

ery comfortable, great fit, not hot and durable.

The NRS Havoc Livery is a great whitewater helmet for kayaking. The adjustment is spot on, padding is practically sweat free on the hottest of days, and the shell can take a beating. I was pleasantly surprised for the price. Cheers!

Bad fit but fixable.Pros---The helmet is very nice, light, very easy, and quick to adjust, quality foam, and comfortable. should get a 5 star but it kind of head shape dependent.Cons---Out of the box the helmet has a big issue, on my head and my sons head It sets too low on our face. It almost covers my eyes, and i have a long face. Some reviewer say they put a folded bandanna... on top of their head to make it fit , that's ridiculous. The fact is if i place the helmet on my head to where it should be there is a 1/2" gap between the top of my head and the foam on the top of the helmet. The helmet will cover your eyes completely if bumped or slightly pushed and that is no good.The fix-- the foam has two sections, top and bottom (or rim section) what you have to do is pull the front part of the top section out from the plastic until it overlaps the bottom section. That's it! This makes it fit and stay in the right position. the over lap leaves a gap you could fill with silicon calk but not necessary IMO.

I usually wear medium size helmets, this is made to fit well both large size and medium size, it feels a bit bigger to me than what i'm used to but it can be adjusted comfortably to my medium size head.

Does it's job, an affordable way to get a real ww helmet. Fit is a little odd, I find the helmet fits "deep" and almost feels like a bucket on my head compared to a nice bike helmet. This makes the tightening strap either uncomfortable on the ears, or you can wear the strap over the ears which makes.the helmet sit low on my head and impacts vision. Wish there were more options to customize size. One size fits all is more like one size fits large and up.

Stabs the sides of my head and won’t go tight enough, and constantly slips down. 100% regret buying this, wish I would have gotten a scrappy instead.

You can't go wrong with an NRS helmet. NRS is always a safe bet.