Merlin Torres - Block Matt Green

Firstly, the build quality (in general) is pretty good, the materials used in construction feel good, look good and hopefully work well. This is my first fibreglass helmet, and I'm not sure what I expected other than it being lighter, but I didn't notice much difference (previous helmet was a caberg x trace).

Visor offers great field of view, and the included pinlock fits perfectly. The acutation on the visor however is a bit soft/ loose; the notches between fully open or fully closed feel loose and a wiggle of the head causes the visor to drop. Not a huge problem as I'm personally always fully open or closed. Vents are fine, I imagine they work (or don't) as well as others.

The two big problems I noticed on this helmet were the sun visor and the chin strap. The sun visor uses a small lever action by the bottom of the helmet. I've seen someone complain that it rubs the jacket and drops the sun visor, however for me, the sun visor randomly drops with only the slightest of head movement. It honestly was almost the entire reason for me to return it as I thought this must be a fault, but others online also mentioned it. I've since 3D printed a small plastic ridge that helps keep it closed and provides a little resistance when I want to lower the sun visor; I hope this is something Merlin addresses with future versions of this helmet. The second issue is the chin strap; I'm used to a double-D loop, but usually the snap is on the same side as where the strap begins, letting the webbing sit flush (kinda), however here it is on the double-D loop side, leaving a big-ol' dangly loop hanging down. I have no idea if this was just a poor afterthought or if there is some safety justification to it, but it's a bit odd and will take a moment to get used to.

So yea... I'm 80% happy with it, hence the rating. If it was a £150-200 helmet I don't think I would be as bothered, but as this is almost pushing £300... I am a little bit disappointed in some of the design choices.

This helmet is very comfortable. Judging by the tight squeeze getting it on, I thought it would be to small, but it wasn't.
I haven't experienced any buffeting and wind noise is low. I always wear ear plugs so this helps.
The lining is easily removed and replaced, easiest of any helmet I've owned.
Dropped one star on the rating because the slider for the integrated sun visor occasionally caught on the jacket collar and either raised or lowered the sun visor. If this was a stiffer mechanism it wouldn't happen.
But overall, very pleased.
I've given 4 star