SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA 2930177 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-177924"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-are-the-best-commercial-off-the-shelf-ballistic-helmets-out-there%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+are+the+best+commercial+off-the-shelf+ballistic+helmets+out+there%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-are-the-best-commercial-off-the-shelf-ballistic-helmets-out-there&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat are the best commercial off-the-shelf ballistic helmets out there?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-the-best-commercial-off-the-shelf-ballistic-helmets-out-there" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="dd61db5deae4c29963c89cdb3d295cc6" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/177/924/for_gallery_v2/a9558532.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/177/924/large_v3/a9558532.jpg" alt="A9558532" /></a></div></div>I&#39;m looking at doing some contractor-type work after I ETS. I&#39;d like to get a ballistic helmet with that in mind, but I realize that some companies won&#39;t sell to civilians, so I might need to buy one sooner than later. What are the best helmets out there?<br />I realize armor is always a balance of ballistics, weight, and cost, but most helmets are Level IIIA, leaving the relevant factors as weight, cost, and quality. 2017-09-19T14:21:20-04:00 SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA 2930177

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-177924"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-are-the-best-commercial-off-the-shelf-ballistic-helmets-out-there%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=What+are+the+best+commercial+off-the-shelf+ballistic+helmets+out+there%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhat-are-the-best-commercial-off-the-shelf-ballistic-helmets-out-there&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhat are the best commercial off-the-shelf ballistic helmets out there?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-the-best-commercial-off-the-shelf-ballistic-helmets-out-there" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="36b6eba54f6deddb4cb11b041d372e71" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/177/924/for_gallery_v2/a9558532.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/177/924/large_v3/a9558532.jpg" alt="A9558532" /></a></div></div>I&#39;m looking at doing some contractor-type work after I ETS. I&#39;d like to get a ballistic helmet with that in mind, but I realize that some companies won&#39;t sell to civilians, so I might need to buy one sooner than later. What are the best helmets out there?<br />I realize armor is always a balance of ballistics, weight, and cost, but most helmets are Level IIIA, leaving the relevant factors as weight, cost, and quality.

2017-09-19T14:21:20-04:00 2017-09-19T14:21:20-04:00 SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth 2930205

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don&#39;t know about COTS helmets, but depending on what you have in mind to do, one of the companies that we sell equipment for has a line of lightweight polycarbonate helmets.

2017-09-19T14:33:58-04:00 2017-09-19T14:33:58-04:00 MAJ Byron Oyler 3893668

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Many helmets fail to protect the brainstem, the most important area in the head. Keep that in mind when buying a brain bucket.

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