Benny

Wanted to reward myself after passing AFF, but not spend a lot of money, and settled on the new Advanced Benny. It fits much better than the DZ's Protecs, has more style (in my opinion) than Protecs, and gives me the option of installing audible altimeters in either or both ears. My real only complaint is that the liner is held in place with some poorly-placed velcro patches. The liners for the ears are separate from the main liner and are held with 3 small velcro patches, one of which is glued right on the attachment point for the chin strap webbing. This gives very little surface area for the glue to hold, and the first time I tried to remove the liner to look at how to install an audible, the glue gave way. I think I solved this at least temporarily by regluing using contact cement, but doubt it will hold up well if I actually repeatedly remove the liner when using an audible.

I think this is a good entry level helmet, but be careful when peeling out the liner.

I bought this helmet because it was inexpensive and because of the awesome goggle channel. The goggle channel seemed like a great idea ; take the goggles down just before you get out of the plane without taking the helmet of.

But you can't remove the strap on most goggles, and the goggle channel can't be opened, so I had to make my own custom goggle strap to fit my goggles.

But it turned out to be a waste of time. The goggles are way to loose in the sides because the goggle channel is routed on the outside of the liner. If I tighten the goggles more than this, it's really uncomfortable and I can't put the goggles up on the 'forehead' of the helmet any more.

The goggle channel is a great idea, but it just doesn't work.

The helmet itself is just fine. Fits nicely and provides good protection. The surface gets scratched pretty easily though.

Great helmet

The only bad thing I noticed was that the glue with which the velcro is attached to the helmet on the inside is a bit lose, but that isn't really a problem and can be fixed easily.

Other than that the benny is amazing

My DZ's Protek helmets are tired. After one broke in my hands while boarding. I decided to buy something. My helmet understanding spans almost 30yrs. of motorcycling. Realistically, a $300 skydiving helmet is pure bling (unless you fly cameras). It's not how hard the shell is. It's how well the helmet will decelerate your brain in an impact. @terminal? You're dead. Hit a tree @80MPH? Same ending. I want a helmet to protect my noggin moving around in the plane. In free fall w/other helmets close by. As well as a surprise hard landing. My size large helmet offers a lot of well-fitting padding (replacement set $20), a hard shell, & a shape that actually fits my head (unlike Proteks). All that, plus a no-paint exterior I can flop on the plane's floor w/o worrying about scratching. All that for $65? Sold. I'll spend some of the money I saved on an Audible. Thanks, Sky Systems.

After finishing my AFF course I wanted to wear something that looks a bit nicer than the usual 30USD Pro-Tek plastic helmets.

The Benny is extremely convenient with its Goggle channel that routes the straps and prevent them from dropping in the plane.

In the plane you just place the goggle on the front of the helmet and when its time to jump it takes 1/10 of a sec to wear the them and go !

The overall look of the helmet is prefect and the venting holes are well situated while your ears are a well enough protected from the blasting noise of the 120mph wind.

Under canopy the visibility is very good and if you don't like the soft goggles you can also wear standard sun glasses they fit perfectly.

That's my first purchase a new skydiver I don't even own my own parachute. Nevertheless my instructor was telling me that he will oder one for the days he wants to jump without movie camera attached.

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