Karting helmet support/neck collar - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

mdm · 03-21-2016, 07:42 PM

So I do a bit of karting, purely recreational, arrive & drive/rental, mostly indoor (no outdoor tracks in my area :-( ). It's a lot of fun and I'd like to keep doing it, but having been bumped into pretty hard by other drivers several times, I started to worry about my neck vertebrae, and decided to get myself some sort of a neck collar or something.

I know that some people here do karting, and I was wondering if you could help me a bit here. I tried to do some online research, but there is not much specific info out there, and available devices differ hugely in both design and price (~$25 to ~$400). I don't want to be stingy, it's about my health, but on the other hand there is no point in paying hundreds for something that makes sense only for high-speed competition karts.

I've been sort of leaning towards one of these three:
http://www.saferacer.com/sparco-raci...support-collar
http://www.saferacer.com/evs-r4-race-collar
http://www.saferacer.com/evs-r4-pro-race-collar

but I have no idea if this is a sensible quality /price range for recreational karting. Even if it is, how to choose between those.

Any suggestions would very welcome.

mdm · 03-28-2016, 11:29 PM

From the lack of responses I gather nobody is interested, but I'll report anyway... ultimately I bought the Valhalla 360 Plus Device. Came today, looks decent, I'll start using it next time I go karting. Hopefully it will be a useless purchase.

Re_Invention · 03-29-2016, 12:44 PM

I bought a cheap donut-style ($20) brace like the Sparco one you listed. Served me well. The Valhalla unit looks like some serious tech. You can never go wrong with extra protection.

03-21-2016, 07:42 PM	#1
mdm not a twin owner Join Date: Jan 2016 Drives: 2016 Veloster Turbo DCT Location: Northern Virginia, USA Posts: 734 Thanks: 992 Thanked 463 Times in 267 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Karting helmet support/neck collar So I do a bit of karting, purely recreational, arrive & drive/rental, mostly indoor (no outdoor tracks in my area :-( ). It's a lot of fun and I'd like to keep doing it, but having been bumped into pretty hard by other drivers several times, I started to worry about my neck vertebrae, and decided to get myself some sort of a neck collar or something. I know that some people here do karting, and I was wondering if you could help me a bit here. I tried to do some online research, but there is not much specific info out there, and available devices differ hugely in both design and price (~$25 to ~$400). I don't want to be stingy, it's about my health, but on the other hand there is no point in paying hundreds for something that makes sense only for high-speed competition karts. I've been sort of leaning towards one of these three: http://www.saferacer.com/sparco-raci...support-collar http://www.saferacer.com/evs-r4-race-collar http://www.saferacer.com/evs-r4-pro-race-collar but I have no idea if this is a sensible quality /price range for recreational karting. Even if it is, how to choose between those. Any suggestions would very welcome.

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03-28-2016, 11:29 PM	#2
mdm not a twin owner Join Date: Jan 2016 Drives: 2016 Veloster Turbo DCT Location: Northern Virginia, USA Posts: 734 Thanks: 992 Thanked 463 Times in 267 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	From the lack of responses I gather nobody is interested, but I'll report anyway... ultimately I bought the Valhalla 360 Plus Device. Came today, looks decent, I'll start using it next time I go karting. Hopefully it will be a useless purchase.

03-29-2016, 12:44 PM	#3
Re_Invention Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: '22 Tacoma, '19 Macan, '22 BRZ Location: Corona, Ca Posts: 317 Thanks: 121 Thanked 237 Times in 112 Posts Mentioned: 38 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I bought a cheap donut-style ($20) brace like the Sparco one you listed. Served me well. The Valhalla unit looks like some serious tech. You can never go wrong with extra protection.

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