Team Wendy is now offering MultiCam dipped EXFIL Bump Helmets and Tactical Night Vision Company is giving us a first look. Featuring an entirely new suspension/padding system that minimizes the use of foam, any energy from a strike is dissipated through a combination of a crown sling and buckling zones. In fact, this helmet’s liner technology was developed specifically in support of Natick’s Heads Up program. It also incorporates the Boa lacing system found on ski boots for a custom fit. Additionally, the EXFIL comes with a skeletonized Wilcox VAS shroud and rail system with integrated T-slots.
The MultiCam variant will join the Tan and Black versions on TNVC’s website later this week.
tnvc.com/shop/team-wendy-exfil-tactical-bump-helmet
What am I missing? Can someone please explain to me why anyone pays $450 for a Non Ballistic helmet? is it the cool factor? or completes the Air soft outfit?
I can see it used for training but $450???
It’s a carbon fiber helmet. Look at the price of the Ops-Core Carbon and get back to us. This helmet also has a legit Wilcox mount on it as opposed to the plastic hole that the Ops-Core helmets has on their non-ballistic.
I like that it uses a MICH 2001 style dip of material to cover the temples. That’s the one thing I don’t like about the Ops-Core helmets.
I bought 8 of these for a project, and everyone of the guys had the same complaint… VERY uncomfortable! The have two rigid plastic spacers in the back that have 0 padding on them, thus they dig into ones grape. Not worth the $375 we paid for them. I had to modify mine with a Oregon areo kit so it was wearable. Semper Fi
Well, that is a first… all of the reviews I have seen up until now speak volumes of the comfort of the EXFIL helmet, especially compared against the rocks that come with the Ops-Core helmets.
Well I can see Carbon Fiber worth the price of $400 plus but why pay for a Non Balistic helmet for that price. It might save you if you fall over a wall? But I would much rather have a piece of mind for an extra $400 to know it would stop a 7.62!
I’m seriously missing the point and I might be way off here but we are all talking on the site in regards to real world confrontation aren’t we??? I would never pay $450 for a helmet to protect my life it is made of titanium if it wont stop a ballistic!! Is it for just recreation/Biking/Air soft?? I never got a straight answer? What is the purpose? To look super cool while training for almost $500? I’m probably pissing in the wind because this post is 3 days old but I wish someone could give me a straight answer. If it a high end recreational helmet to look legit? Or it has a real purpose for that kind of money? I will pay triple if my life depended on it like an Ops Core Fast Ballistic or MSA 2000 for the $350 and a nice pad kit!
First there is only one ballistic helmet that claims to stop a 7.62 round. That is the ECH. Even that is having serious issues providing the necessary protection. The Ops-Core Fast Ballistic will protect you against a 9mm at best. Last time I deployed a 9mm was the least of my worries.
Second, the reason for a carbon bump helmet, which is how there advertised, is for the purpose of having a platform for NVG’s, helmet mounted light and cameras. Team Wendy has always made superior foam pads for the military, in fact there the only ones on contract for the Army and Marine Corps. A lot of military personnel have requested that they need a helmet that will protect there noggin from a fall or blunt impact. Again that is where the EXFIL comes in, to protect against bumps, hence the BUMP helmet designation. Although it may be a requirement to wear ballistic, you know as well as I do that not everyone does. Take dive operations for instance, diving with a ballistic isn’t going to happen. Another use for the carbon helmet, I have a platform for all necessary equipment as well as impact protection.
I definitely see your point with ballistic versus non-ballistic but given the mission, whether it be S&R, recon, LRP, or convoy ops, I wouldn’t mind having the best blunt impact protection on the market versus something that supposedly stops a 9mm.
Excuse the long message back and I hope it didn’t come off condescending, I’m just trying to be informative.
7.62 round? Sort of…
7.62 x 39 at 2400fps i believe. It’s a very hot round. That’s why I said “claims” to stop it. The material I believe will stop it but once you press it on the head form who knows what happens to the ballistic properties.
even if it catches the round, the back face deformation will likely kill you anyhow… that is if the force does not break your neck.
That’s not it
Brian,
Aside from the impact protection, look at it as tactical specific platform for NODs, lights, etc. As far as ballistic protection is concerned, you need to know that if you wear a standard issue ACH, LWH or even an Ops Core Ballistic helmet, none of those address the 7.62×39 threat. The round will cut through the helmet like a hot knife through warm butter. Current rating is only 9mm projectile… and how many folks are shooting at our guys overseas with a 9mm pistol? The biggest benefit to consider is frag, not defense against a round to the head… which by, the way, is much more rare than you might think. Weight is also a big difference. A fully kitted ballistic helmet can run upwards of 8lbs. Hard to run light and fast with a bowling ball on your head.