Hmm, not a bad idea on paper as many cyclists put cameras on their helmets anyway for safety, legal, and insurance reasons.
But helmets are, by design, highly disposable single-use items. They will protect your noggin from an impact… once. A lot of people either don’t know this or they assume they “small” fall they had doesn’t count or that time they dropped the helmet 5 feet onto concrete wasn’t that bad. Adding a camera, battery, and $300 price tag is going to make people even more reluctant to replace a helmet for safety reasons, in my opinion. (also something something even more e-waste going to landfills something something)
Definitely don’t like that it’s app-controlled, though. Companion apps for connected products are notoriously awful or even downright broken. Also a privacy nightmare.
Hmm, not a bad idea on paper as many cyclists put cameras on their helmets anyway for safety, legal, and insurance reasons.
But helmets are, by design, highly disposable single-use items. They will protect your noggin from an impact… once. A lot of people either don’t know this or they assume they “small” fall they had doesn’t count or that time they dropped the helmet 5 feet onto concrete wasn’t that bad. Adding a camera, battery, and $300 price tag is going to make people even more reluctant to replace a helmet for safety reasons, in my opinion. (also something something even more e-waste going to landfills something something)
Definitely don’t like that it’s app-controlled, though. Companion apps for connected products are notoriously awful or even downright broken. Also a privacy nightmare.