Sixer review
I bought the Sixer few weeks ago to address 2 main issues with my last helmet (Louis Garneau Raid, which is an awesome helmet for the price!!):
Issue #1: goggles fit with a half shelf helmet. The Sixer is pretty good when wearing goggles. The rubberized logo behind the helmet keeps them secure and the shape of the shell seems to fit particularly well with the elastic strap of my goggles (Oakley Mayhem). It is not a 100% perfect match, but about 90%.
Issue #2: backward limited movement of my neck while wearing goggles: Because of the rear straps and ratchet system on a lot of helmets are bulky or misplaced-poorly designed. When wearing goggles, the helmet doesn't have any play toward the front since it is held on tightly on your head with the large strap. It is pretty hard to keep your head up when riding down if the back of your helmet is limiting your neck movement. Even when adjusting the straps-ratchet vertically, which a lot of company now offers. The Sixer is very comfortable in that regard, and doesn't interfere with my neck movement. I tried a lot of different model in the last month, and just 4 other models did well with goggles: Oakley DTR5, Specialized Ambush, Giant Rail, and Troy Lee Design A1 Drone.
I did not buy the Oakley because it had a weird bulky system to hold your sunglasses, but was useless for goggles. And it was about 60$ more expensive $Can. The Oakley was very comfortable, held well the goggles, and had a very nice sweat strip system made of silicone I think.
Specialized Ambush was on par with the Sixer for comfort and design. It felt great on my head and had the ANGi option (device to notice someone when hard impact is detected on the helmet, free at first, but then, a year subscription with Specialized I think). It did not have the camera mount and was 10$Can more. I almost pulled the trigger on that one... In the end, I felt I did not want to pay for the ANGi device since I was not expecting to use it...Make it 30$ less without the ANGi, it would probably be my helmet by now.
The Troy Lee Design was comfortable, but the visor was not going up enough to let you put your goggle on top of the helmet. In fact, there is very little movement for the visor and the system is not well made.
The Giant was comfy with goggles, had a small elastic to hold them on the back, but I did not like the overall design-look compared to others. Also, the visor movement was very limited-useless and it felt a bit flimsy, but this is only an opinion.
Other helmet I have tried: Giro Montaro, Smith Forefront, Smith Session, Poc Tectal (did not try the spin version), Troy Lee Design A2, SixSixOne Evo AM, and few others I can't recall. All of these were uncomfortable wearing goggles, and limited my neck movement on the back. And to be honest, none of these were more comfortable than my old LG Raid that sells for about 99$Can, and a bit more with the MIPS! So for the price, I would have kept my LG.
Sixer Pluses:
great fit, great with goggles, can throw my goggles on top before riding or when stopping mid-trail because of the well designed visor, well vented, no fogging issue, camera mount, expensive but less expensive than competitors, very stable on the head event if the MIPS seems at first to wobble when wearing (gopro 7 Black footage is very very stable while using the mount), and it looks great in my opinion.
Sixer Minuses:
Camera mount is flimsy. I pulled it out without applying any force. I still use it, but I had to put 2 tie wraps to secure it in place. I don't want to loose my camera, and I'm 200% sure it would fly off with any medium velocity impact-fall. To be honest, I'd rather have a fix camera mount. I don't see any real advantage to have it as a quick release mount, since I can't think of any other place where I could use that mount, and the Sixer doesn't come with 2 mounts which would mean you could easily and quickly swap different accessories on the helmet (camera and light as example), although it would need to be a secure fit!... And if I was to put a mount on an helmet, I would intentionally misaligned it a bit on the right side so a Gopro lens would be filming straight ahead in the middle of the visor... a 90 degree adapter overcome this, but, hey! why not...
I have no hair, so yes, sweat comes out in the middle of the helmet and goes directly into my eyes! My goggles save me when riding down. And I had this issue with all helmets for over the last 20 years, so I can live with it!... The Oakley seemed to be very well designed in that regard.
So, all in all, I'm very happy with my purchase. 90% satisfied I would say.
There are 2 other models I wish I could have tried: Kask Rex (goggles strap on the back) and especially the Mavic Crossmax Pro (designed to be wear with goggles).
Helmet are very personal as in term of comfort and fit, but I hope it might helps others who has questions and who knows, a similar head!! Cheers!