What helmet is better Schutt or Riddell?

Testing: In both the Virginia Tech Helmet Study and the NFLPA's Helmet Laboratory Test, the Schutt F7 outperformed the Riddell SpeedFlex. The F7 was the second highest rated helmet in Virginia Tech's study, scoring 2.54. Only three helmets (Vicis Zero 1, Xenith X2E+) broke 3 on the test.

Are Schutt helmets good?

The Schutt Vengeance Pro LTD earned a 5 star rating. Its STAR value score of 5.24 ranked #16 of 27 helmets tested.

Does Riddell own Schutt?

Los Angeles-based Platinum Equity acquired Schutt in an auction for a reported $33 million. Founded in Evanston in 1929, Riddell was located in Chicago for many years before moving to Rosemont in 2005. The company plans to move to Des Plaines next month.

What brand of football helmet is the best?

Which football helmet is the safest?

Which helmet is better?! Schutt or Riddell?

What is the most unsafe football helmet?

Other brands in the top performing group include Xenith, Schutt, and three other Riddell models. The worst performing group, which the NFL has decided to prohibit players from wearing unless they wore them in 2017, includes the helmet of choice of Tom Brady and Drew Brees.

What helmet does OBJ wear?

OBJ has favored the Riddell Speed helmets for most of his career. He was seen in one at LSU, to the Giants, and now with the Browns. This year, his facemask is a CU-S2BD-SW, similar to the S2BD he wore in college.

What helmets do the NFL use?

The NFL's new helmets are made by Seattle-based VICIS, a company founded in 2013 that has built a reputation for building safer football helmets.

What helmet does Patrick Mahomes?

Mahomes is known for wearing his trusty Vicis 01 helmet.

Does Riddell still make NFL helmets?

National Football League (NFL)

Riddell is also the NFL's exclusive commercial licensee for collectible football helmets.

What NFL players wear Schutt helmets?

Is Schutt going out of business?

On December 18, 2020, Kranos Corporation, which had done business as Schutt Sports, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation.

Who wears a Schutt F7?

Tyreek Hill wears the Schutt F7 helmet, Schutt's latest innovation in head protection. It's also the most common helmet, worn by 75 starting WRs in 2020 (see our full WR report here).

Are Riddell speeds good?

Taking these values, the Virginia Tech researchers created a ranking system: the safest helmet, the Riddell Revolution Speed, was assigned five stars — the top grade — and the least safe helmet, the Adams A2000 Pro Elite, was slapped with the label NR: Not Recommended.

Whats the most popular helmet in the NFL?

The NFL and NFLPA released results from their sixth annual helmet safety tests, with models from Riddell taking each of the top three spots. Riddell's SpeedFlex Precision Diamond ranked as the top-performing helmet.

What is the heaviest football helmet?

Carbon's Diamond technology has tested incredibly well during its very short lifetime; all the perks of the original SpeedFlex with even further improved technology! Cons – The SpeedFlex Diamond is heavy, heavy, heavy. Coming in at 5 pounds or more, the Diamond is undoubtedly the heaviest helmet on this list.

Did Schutt buy VICIS?

By Andrew Cohen April 13, 2020. The remaining assets of football helmet manufacturer VICIS have been acquired by Innovatus Capital Partners for $2.85 million, according to GeekWire. Last October, Innovatus made an $18 million investment in Schutt, a leading helmet manufacturer and rival to VICIS.

How long do Riddell helmets last?

A. Some football helmet manufacturers have a shelf-life for their helmets, others don't. Riddell has a 10-year shelf-life on its helmets. Once they hit the 10-year mark, reconditioners must disassemble helmets and send the shell back to schools showing they have been destroyed.

What helmet does Lamar Jackson wear?

Lamar Jackson wears a gloss black Riddell SpeedFlex Helmet with a black SF-2EG-SW Facemask.

Where are Schutt helmets made?

All of the batters helmets in the Schutt lineup are made in the USA – manufactured, assembled and finished in the company's facilities in Illinois. Schutt Sports is the largest domestic manufacturer of batters helmets in the USA.

Where are Riddell helmets made?

Made in Ohio

Riddell employees have been making helmets in the Buckeye State by hand since the 90s. For several years, the Riddell manufacturing plant was based on Sugar Lane in Elyria. The 220,000-square-foot plant housed a couple hundred employees.

What helmet does Derek Carr wear?

Certor Sports makes roughly 300,000 football helmets a year. Players like Russell Wilson and Derek Carr wear their models in the NFL. The company has numerous brands including household helmet names like Schutt and Vicis.

What helmet does Justin Jefferson wear?

Jefferson uses a Schutt F7 with an F7-ROPO-SW-NB-VC mask and a Schutt Elite hardcup chinstrap. In 2018 he used a Riddell SpeedFlex with an SF-2BD facemask and a Riddell hardcup chinstrap paired with the Ratchet-Loc.

What NFL players wear a Riddell Speed?

Derrick Henry, Melvin Gordon, Todd Gurley, and Devin Singletary wear the Riddell Speed in 2020. You can get the adult Speed from Riddell for for $340 or a youth Speed for $229.

What helmet does Alvin Kamara wear?

Alvin Kamara is one of the few NFL players to wear the Schutt Vengeance Z10. The Vengeance Z10 is a 5-star rated football helmet and looks incredible.