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Helmets are worn for extensive periods of time under extreme environmental conditions. Therefore, materials selected for helmet components must be able to withstand significant amounts of wear and tear while also providing the user consistent protection, comfort and support. These requirements can be contradictory and difficult to achieve and often require innovative solutions and unique combinations of materials and parts.
A good example of this is the helmet liner impact pad. Theoretically, the most comfortable pad would be very soft so as to conform to different shape heads and cover as much surface area as possible to reduce pressure points. But if this is accomplished, it will create unwanted heat due to insulating effects, added weight due to increased surface area, and moisture absorption in the open cell foam. The soft foam would also not be good at mitigating impact energy caused by low speed impacts or shell backface deformation from projectiles.
Instead, Ops-Core uses different materials carefully designed and chosen to work in combination with one another to provide the desired performance benefits. The resulting components represent just a few of the many ways we are trying to improve the comfort, ventilation, protection, and stability of our 2011 products.
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