The Nitro Akido helmet arrived today. Having two Arai, two Scorpion and an HJC helmet currently sitting on the shelf and comparing them with the Nitro, I must admit to being very surprised at the quality of this helmet. Fitament seems good, very snug as you would expect for a new helmet--but not inappropriate at least for my oval head. The removal inside pieces appear to be of very nice quality and nice noise suppression design. This is a lot of helmet for the money.

Other posts I read regarding this helmet reported not being able to figure out where it was manufactured, the box has a tag answering that question. The helmet was designed in the UK, is marketed from the UK, and manufactured in China. My personal inspection of the quality coupled with it having the highest SMART rating overcomes any reservation regarding manufacturing location.

Apparently NITRO sponsors racers...see: http://www.nitrorider.com/racing.html