Riddell RevolutionTM and VSR-4TM Helmets Pass NOCSAE Certification Test with GelCool Systems Gel Pack
December 14, 2007 Nashville, TN:
NOCSAE Certification Testing of the GelCool gel pack in the Riddell RevolutionTM and Riddell VSR-4TM helmets is complete with the official finding "compliant as tested".
September 7, 2007 Nashville, TN:
The Riddell RevolutionTM helmet with the GelCool Systems gel pack passed NOCSAE directed drop testing performed by NOCSAE's certified testing group, Southern Impact Research Center (SIRC).
There were no tests in which the use of the gel pack in the helmet caused the helmet to perform materially worse. In some tests, the helmet actually performed slightly better with the gel pack in place than it performed with no gel pack at all.
GelCool Systems is prepared to release our testing data to any party that wishes to review it. Our data includes the results of a multitude of drop and rotational impact tests performed in a highly controlled, scientific lab which is approved by the major helmet manufacturers. The rotational tests struck the helmet from many different angles at very high velocity (hundreds of G's). The GelCool gel pack did not have a material adverse affect on the helmet performance in any of the tests. The NOCSAE prescribed drop testing was performed using various drop heights and g-forces. The helmet also passed these tests with the GelCool gel pack in place, in fact slightly improving the helmet's performance.
SIRC is a leader in its field and comprises a group of very experienced scientists who are themselves leaders in the science of helmet safety. For more information about SIRC please visit http://www.soimpact.com.
To download a copy of the test results, please click here (all tests showed "compliant", no tests failed compliance).
Sample Video of SIRC Testing of GelCool Gel Pack In the Riddell RevolutionTM Helmet
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GelCool Systems Does Not Represent That The Use of These Products Will Eliminate All Risk of Heat Illness or Related Illnesses. It Remains The Responsibility of the User to Determine Whether Conditions Are Safe for Physical Exertion. Some Environments Are Unsafe (Too Hot and/or Humid for the Given Level of Physical Exertion in Warm Weather, or Too Cold in Cold Weather) Regardless of the Methods Used to Mitigate the Heat Risk (Such as the Use of GelCool Systems Products). ThereforeGelCool Systems Assumes No Responsibility for any Injury Suffered While Using Our Products. GelCool Systems, Inc. Products are NOT Designed to Protect from Physical Shock, Trauma or Blows to the Head. The ONLY Recommended Use of Our Products is to Provide Cooling (or Winter Warming) to the User's Head.
The Use of GelCool Systems' Products is Only One Part of An Overall Thermal Safety Program Which Must Include Proper Hydration, Core Body Temperature Management, and Appropriate Levels of Physical Exertion.
