LS2 Explorer Carbon - Frontier White / Blue

A nice light helmet with a good set of features somewhat let down by very shallow comms speaker pockets and a slightly poorly thought out liner design when considering spectacle wearers. The arm of your glasses can go under the liner pad making it very uncomfortable indeed. I "fudged" mine with some self adhesive Velcro dots.

In use it's pretty comfortable once the above is sorted ( ?) and is slightly quieter than my arai x5. Oddly there is no ducting to take fresh air from the jaw to the inside of the visor so fogging could be an issue.

On the whole though not a bad helmet at all for the money.

Great helmet, light, good wind noise blanking, drop down sun visor is excellent as is pin lock, great colour design carbon looks great, emergency pull out cheek pads if needed, would recommend this helmet

Nice and tight with lots of support. Design is awesome. Coms kit fits well.

Absolutely top quality lid! Really comfortable right out the box looks and feels fantastic. I'm a medium and it's a perfect fit, really impressed with the luggage bag you get with it too.

I don't get any wind buffeting even at high speed, I do have a screen but I felt it with my old hjc this one seems to cut through the air stream perfectly, the vision is superb and the drop down sunglasses are a nice extra.

I struggle with some helmet brands fitting well. The LS2 Explorer is perfect for me.
Downsides - visor is either closed or fully open (no increments) and my glasses tend to fog in certain areas. I'm sure I'll get that sorted out so overall, very happy with the purchase

As I already own an LS2 Advant, I thought that I'd be loyal to the brand when I bought a helmet for my adventure / trails bike.

The Explorer arrived and although the same size as my Advant it was painfully tight on my head and felt claustrophobic.

The visor system is either up or locked down. There's no in between.

The D rings are a total faff and feel like something that should be on a much cheaper helmet.

All in all I was really disappointed.

Ordered Sunday before 4pm, delivered by 10am on the Monday.

Great helmet, although not as well engineered for accommodating intercom as my old Nexx helmet [rebates for speakers, but nexx had rebate for Sena SMH10R inside as well] I was replacing.

Comfortable and I hope safe helmet, and as it's being replaced with a newer model and absolute bargain as they clear out old stock.

Incredibly light and with great internal cushioning

Overall it's a 4 . Size Large.

The helmet looks absolutely phenomenal and comes with a whole host of goodies an extras that just add to the overall experience. It's one of the best helmets I've purchased but it's just missing a few things you'd expect from much cheaper helmets, so not find them on a premium helmet like this one is both confusing and concerning.

So what does it not do as well or is outright missing? There's a few nitpicks here, small stuff, but that stuff adds up, especially when you're riding.

Firstly the visor:
Looks great, (I even got an extra Iridium Gold one) and the visibility is what you'd expect from an Adventure helmet, but it doesn't function very well at all. There's no stops in the visor, you know that little finger wide gap you leave before the visor fully closes, most helmets have a little stop to freeze the visor in that particular position. Not the LS2 Explorer Carbon though. You either ride visor fully open, or fully closed, there's no in-between.

When you close the visor it has a unique, and rather irritating locking mechanism that clips it shut. You press a well disguised button on the front of the helmet to have the ability to open it again. The problem is it's fidgety as hell. Even without wearing gloves it's a pain open, now imagine riding, with gloves on, the wind hitting your head, whilst controlling the bike and the visor becomes one massive pain to just simply open and close. It's incredibly poorly designed.

Comfort:
The weight is the big factor here and it's incredible, if it wasn't for the helmet's sheer size you wouldn't even notice it on your head. However, the comfort inside the helmet isn't so great.

There's cushions missing everywhere you'd expect to see them, either this has been done for better ventilation (which is understandable) or they've outright forgotten about it. They could have easily added extra cushions as part of the added accessories but haven't and instead gave you a blow up helmet stand ????... So what cushions are missing, the top right and left of your head from the front all the way to the back have no cushions at all, just the EPS. Definitely concerning if you were to crash as your head feels less protected.

Also around the ears, there's nothing at all apart from some fabric to separate your ears from scratching on the EPS. If you have fairly large ears like I do. You'll find the helmet somewhat uncomfortable after only an hour or two on continued wear. Not good for such an expensive helmet, especially when lids that cost 60% less have all of this.

The double D ring:
We all know the double D ring is the safest locking mechanism out there but my god this one is a fiddle, even without gloves on. It's that bad I'd actually prefer a less safer option like a quick release, or to just not bother securing the helmet at all.

What boggles my mind the most in the button, after you've tied the helmet up there's usually a little button to clip both sides to. Not on this one though, instead the button is a very weak magnet that can be opened with almost no pressure applied to it. It's the one part of the helmet that really makes you question why it was so expensive in the first place.

Crosswind:
As you'd expect with any large adventure helmet, the crosswind is bad. Strong wind can be a challenge for even experienced riders and this helmet has such a large side profile that it will truly test you. So be careful.

Overall these little things create a somewhat miserable experience for an otherwise, absolutely, phenomenal helmet.

Sadly I find myself wanting to pick up my cheaper adventure helmet for long green lane rides purely because it's more comfortable over a long period. Plus if that thing hits the floor, it won't be burning a huge whole in my pocket when I replace it.

If LS2 can get these things fixed it'd be a full 5

Had the previous LS2 Adventure KTM branded helmet and this carbon explorer is way better. Quieter and more comfortable even with intercom speakers fitted.

Very light and stylish, sadly it's extremely noisy, mine leaked a bit too in heavy rain, not the easiest to use goggles when off road . Not a bad helmet overall, but could be better

Ordered a 3XL and it's the perfect fit. Lightweight and extremely comfortable with great ventilation. I would reckoned this helmet as it's great value too

Have several helmets but I think this is my new favourite one. Very comfy, light, and surprisingly more quiet than my shoei. Was worried what it would be like in the wind with it having a large peak but no problems at all. Had loads of comments on it so it's a big thumbs-up from me.

Very comfortable when wearing all day. Good ventilation and reasonably quiet at motorway speed.
Looks good as well.

It is an excellent carbon fibre adventure lid that is like half price compared to some of the premium brands. The quality looks good and it is with so many features as well. It is excellent value for money.