MFI Lumex Carbon Pro helmet review

The latest innovative gadget helmet to hit the market, but is it a smart one?

MFI Lumex Carbon Pro helmet
Cycling Weekly Verdict

A good looking helmet with great functionality all squeezed in. It lacks some of the safety features that the similarly smart Livall BH60SE helmet has, and does need a couple of modifications to be really on the most wanted list, but it's pretty close. 

Reasons to buy
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    Integrated hidden front and rear lights

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    Speakers

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    Microphone

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    Ability to indicate

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    Automatic brake lights

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    Aesthetically pleasing

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Reasons to avoid
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    Large chin strap control panel

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    Large bar mount control unit

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    Lights don't automatically switch off

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When I last saw a go go gadget helmet, the Livall BH60SE, I was really impressed with its functionality and form. So with the bar set pretty high, the MFI Lumex Carbon Pro helmet has a lot to live up to.

Out the box it's clear MFI has worked hard to on the remit of constructing a helmet that is totally wearable. Naturally it meets the CE standard in terms of safety, but in purely an aesthetic opinion - the ESP molded and carbon shelled helmet is a very reasonable looking lid, not that dissimilar to either the Uvex Boss Race or the Kask Mojito.

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Hannah Bussey

Hannah is Cycling Weekly’s longest-serving tech writer, having started with the magazine back in 2011. She has covered all things technical for both print and digital over multiple seasons representing CW at spring Classics, and Grand Tours and all races in between.

Hannah was a successful road and track racer herself, competing in UCI races all over Europe as well as in China, Pakistan and New Zealand.

For fun, she's ridden LEJOG unaided, a lap of Majorca in a day, won a 24-hour mountain bike race and tackled famous mountain passes in the French Alps, Pyrenees, Dolomites and Himalayas. 

She lives just outside the Peak District National Park near Manchester UK with her partner, daughter and a small but beautifully formed bike collection.