AliExpress Ballistic Helmet Fail

[u/FaithlessnessHot1912]

I bought an NIJ IIIa Kevlar Fast Helmet off of AliExpress for fun. After seeing all of the reviews being people making ridiculous claims about the protection and wanting to shoot it, I decided to do it.

I shot the helmet with 22LR Sub, 22LR CCI Target ammo, and Ballistic tipped 30-30. All of which passed through with no resistance, not even so much as moving the helmet. Behind the helmet was a steel gong, and even the spalling of 30-30 passed through. The inside smelled like bondo, and what looked like dry blue power and fibre glass went flying everywhere making the berm smell like an auto shop.

For all the people who want to buy one of these cheap helmets, who own one and don’t want to test it, or like to see money wasted… Don’t Buy This Helmet For Actual Protection. This is an airsoft helmet that is made of fibre glass.

[u/CaptainPeppers]

The idea of trusting your life to something off AliExpress is fucking nuts lol

[u/emeric1414 → u/CaptainPeppers]

The russians in ukraine would like a word

[u/julienjj → u/emeric1414]

Cope armor is better than no-armor xD

[u/MapleDesperado → u/julienjj]

I appreciate the sarcasm, but at some point, crappy gear is worse than go gear because it interferes with performance while providing no protection beyond the air of ill-founded confidence.

[u/julienjj → u/MapleDesperado]

For sure. That's why products you have to rely on are usually certified to standards and tested and audited.

People joke about millitary standards... but the truth is without a standard the only one you would have is ''trust me bro''

Clearly in that case it means fatal head injury.

[u/Routine_Chest_1171 → u/julienjj]

Might as well jus stand up an jus take like a man if ue trusting this garbage lol

[u/julienjj → u/Routine_Chest_1171]

Well If you are sitting in a trench for russia somewhere in ukraine you are so far down the tree of bad decisions I'm not sure how we can call it anymore.

[u/Foreign_Active_7991 → u/julienjj]

I don't think conscripts had much choice in the matter...