Kask Elemento review - it’s the most expensive helmet we’ve had on test

Kask's new range-topping helmet is claimed to be safer, more aero and more ventilated - here’s how it performed in practice

Male cyclist holding the Kask Elemento
(Image credit: Kask)
Cycling Weekly Verdict

The Kask Elemento proved incredibly comfortable, but whilst it did offer good ventilation around the top and sides of my head, something about the forehead pads caused a profusion of sweat which dripped into my eyes in anything from mild conditions. This is a shame because the helmet is pretty good in other respects, but with the price tag being beyond anything we’ve ever tested before, it’s not possible to recommend this beyond cheaper helmets which don’t suffer similar sweat issues. Kask itself says that the Utopia is more aero and the Valegro is more breathable, so if you have the money to consider an Elemento, why not optimize either one scenario or the other?

Reasons to buy
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    Comfort

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    Ease of use

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    Aesthetics

Reasons to avoid
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    Price

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    Sweating issue / ventilation

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After attending the launch event of Kask’s new top end helmet, the Elemento, I was left with two very strong feelings. The first being, ‘It costs HOW much?!’ the second being, ‘If it really is the best cycling helmet ever made, then maybe the price is justified?’. It was in the following months of testing that I was able to wrap my head around both of these feelings, for better and for worse.

The Kask Elemento was created to sit at the very top of the Kask helmet line up. It’s not replacing the Kask Protone Icon, the previous king of the range, but instead, supersedes it sitting at an altogether new higher level. Kask claims that the new helmet is safer, more aero and more ventilated than the Protone Icon, improving the rider experience on every metric. 

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