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Originally Posted by Ossum
I knew guys in the safety course that considered any drop more than an inch to be fatal to the helmet,
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That's freaking insane.
For one thing, without the weight and shape of a head inside to compress the foam, a drop from less than 5 or 6 feet is not going to damage a helmet.
One of the "Voodoo" things in the motocross world is riders will intentionally take a new helmet, hold it out at arm's length (at chest height) and drop it.
Now, I'd never INTENTIONALLY do that, but I think there's too much paranoia about what really are light impacts to helmets.
Old school thinking is that the helmet should be replaced after any impact hard enough to "ring your bell"... which indicates a mild concussion.
As far as replacement if someone else does damage it?
Treat it no differently than any other piece of property. Accidents happen, and in the case of a TRUE accident, let the person responsible offer, but don't bring it up. They didn't do it intentionally.