Summary: The Nexx X30 is a radical-looking helmet with a new type of construction designed to bridge the gap between flip-up and full-face.
BackgroundNexx is a relatively new motorcycle helmet manufacturer, based in Portugal, a country that is establishing itself as a force in European motorcycle helmet manufacturing. Nexx has been designing and building helmets for about 7 years.
In that short time frame, Nexx has developed a worldwide distribution network and their helmets are sold in over 40 countries, now including the U.S. Nexx recently established a North American distribution and retail arm in the United States so the Nexx X30 is one of those cool-looking European helmets that we review that really is available here!
Nexx started their assault on the world market with the X60, a "Jet" styled helmet that comes in a huge number of styles and colors for men, women and children. We have a couple of examples in the evaluation process and we'll report on this model soon.
Nexx designs all of their own helmets and manufactures them in an ISO9001 certified plant in Portugal. The Nexx X30 "MAXi Jet" is the second design penned by Nexx staff, and the idea was to create a ground-breaking new type of helmet that would provide the convenience of a flip-up with the safety of a full-face helmet.
The X30 meets both ECE 22.05 and DOT safety standards, and one of it's most interesting features allowed it to be homologated as an ECE full-face helmet, according to Nexx.
Looking at the helmet, you might at first wonder how this is possible. But read on, and you'll see in our photos and video that the X30 has a unique one-piece helmet base system that includes a narrow chin bar across the front. The rotating visor snaps into this chin bar to form what is likely to be a more robust protective shell than most or all of the flip-up helmets we've tried.
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