Scorpion USA provided me with this sample XT9000 Carbon Solid helmet at no cost for the purpose of doing another honest, real-world wBW review. For a reasonable price, it has a lot to offer adventure riders. Scorpion’s newest EXO XT9000 Carbon adventure helmet embodies that same shrewd philosophy. Over the last 23 years, Scorpion’s products have scored well with wBW reviewers due to consistently high value per dollar and practical/smart design. Surprisingly, this is the first Scorpion helmet I’ve ever reviewed for wBW even though the brand is well represented on the site. The Scorpion EXO XT9000 with the sun peak removed The Scorpion emblem on the sun peak of the EXO XT9000 The Scorpion EXO XT9000 Carbon Solid Has Some Swagger It’s not perfect but it may be the best available at this price point. What stops it from unseating the top adv helmets on the market? The XT9000 is on the heavy side for being carbon fiber, it’s the loudest adventure helmet I’ve worn to date, it feels on the bulky side to wear, and it seems more prone to crosswinds grabbing the outstretched sun peak and chin bar “nose” than most other helmets I’ve worn.

The visor’s clarity, ease of quick removal/installation, and scratch resistance are remarkable. In the EXO XT9000 Carbon, Scorpion has produced a carbon fiber helmet that scores high in value-per-dollar, crash protection, versatility, quality of build, and visor design/clarity.įor $499 US, the XT9000 is packed with desirable features including inflatable cheek pad liners for a better fit, two visors, one Pinlock 120, and a mounting place on the chin bar for action cameras like GoPros. It’s a great product many buyers will adore and with a couple of tweaks, this could be a top-level helmet. The XT9000 represents an impressive baseline measuring stick in the adventure helmet segment.Removing the peak did not reduce the amount of noise. The XT9000 is the loudest adventure helmet I’ve worn to date even considering how aerodynamically challenged adv helmets are to begin with.Despite some fairly large intake vents, the airflow could still be better and may not be enough to keep a rider cool during slow off-road riding.The XT’s versatile design also allows the peak to be removed quickly and easily to make the helmet shape more streamlined for on-road-focused riding.Scorpion has built a helmet that is similar in size, weight, and function to a couple of well-established adventure helmets such as the Klim Krios and Klim Krios Pro.

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