This is an artist’s rendering of a new bump helmet from Team Wendy to be unveiled later this month at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Florida. Team Wendy actually started as a company to make sport helmets and then began to apply their materials know-how to padding systems for military helmets. Ultimately, they developed the Zorbium Action Pad system that is the only authorized shock absorbing padding system for US Army helmets. Since then, they’ve developed a couple of new helmet liner systems such as EPIC and have combined this latest liner technology with a bump shell designed specifically for tactical applications.
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Wow, what a cutting edge idea, a bump helmet that provides improved protection in a low velocity impact, and also has rails to attach things! How did they ever come up this?
About time someone who can produce a helmet had a go, i ordered a ops core 6 months ago in a standard red and in a email last week was told to wait another 6-8 weeks
These guys are going down hill fast…They should get cease and desist from opscore for even naming it bump. After the release of their disastrous epic system, I am staying far away from this thing.
Oh and Senior Jose, maybe the first guy who installed an NVG shroud and improved retention system in a Pro-Tech helmet should issue the same to OPS-CORE. Nothing novel about this idea that violates anyone’s intellectual property. I’m glad this is out there as it will definatley offer more options and competition will drive down cost. Don’t you need to upload some more photos of yourself in your moms mini van with your airsoft gear and energy drink?
I think the Epic system is by far the best padding system I’ve run into. As far as this helmet goes, “bump” is now slang for plastic helmet the same way people call helmets “protecs”. Good on Team Wendy for filling a void; everyone wants ops-core but they just aren’t available.
Epic fails across the board on impact testing…Just FYI. That is why that are not allowed in the military.
Not allowed? Not following. We fill orders continually through multiple contract vehicles to three of the US military services that have stated that Team Wendy has been approved or required for their ACH’s. This isn’t individuals purchasing, this is unit buys in the 100’s and 1,000’s.
Maybe there is something out there that the contracting officers and cardholders aren’t aware of.
Oh really? Well pray tell good Sir, from where do you draw your information? What entity do you work for that would afford you select purview over such information which is most certainly been compiled by an independent government test lab? And please enlighten us to how you received such information and how you’ve been solely authorized to violate sensitive information protocols on an open forum? Amazing what people say on here that can easily tracked back to an ip address. Wouldnt it be entertaining to find out that “Jose’s” ip went back to a government ip address in a procurement office or a competitor of Team Wendy?
I don’t believe “bump” is a trademarked term. Ok, now onto the meat…
I agree with Mike. I use the epic pads in my civilian job and have found they are quite comfortable. I did my homework and found that the epic pads definitely have passed the 10 ft/sec standards and provide more protection from blast vs. traditional pads since they “coat” the inside of the helmet and prevent blast wave reflections inside the helmet.
As of today, only a few pad systems still in the “skunk works” phase of development have passed the 14 ft/sec in all temperature conditions, the army really wants one that passes at 17.4 ft/sec. (see fedbizopps for helmet) As with all products used by the military, the procurement process and the political machine conspire to derail innovation. Josejakmule is mistaken, Epic does pass the impact tests, they aren’t standard issue because of the vagaries of the procurement process and guys who use screen names too hard to pronounce… Jakmule.. do you work for ops-core?