Met Vinci MIPS review

The Met Vinci MIPS is designed to combine comfort, safety and performance at a reasonable price. 

It sits above Met’s entry-level options and benefits from trickle-down tech from the brand’s award-winning pro road bike helmet, the Trenta. 

It’s available in seven colours, most pleasing on the eye, and for an extra bit of cash you can even add a gel insert for the front padding or a rear light that clicks onto the rear dial. 

Met Vinci MIPS comfort and fit

Now, let’s move onto comfort, which the Vinci certainly seems to deliver. 

I normally take a medium and that size fits me well here, though there’s less upward adjustment than I’ve experienced with other brands. 

Given that, you may want to size up if you’re at the upper end of your normal choice. Admittedly, that’ll be tricky for larger heads as sizing only runs from small to large. 

The internal pads feel comfy against the skin, with one at the front, one at the rear and one covering the top of your head. 

They’re removable, too, so you can handwash them if you feel like freshening them up. 

Adjustment

Adjustment is straightforward for the most part. 

The ratchet dial at the rear is easy to use with one hand and allows you to customise your fit laterally, while the Safe-T Duo Fit System gives you four levels of vertical adjustment. 

The latter can be a bit fiddly, but once you get the hang of it it’s not too bad. 

Safety features 

Safety is well catered for here with the presence of the MIPS (Multi-Directional Impact Protection System) C2 iteration of its brain protection system. 

The plate, which tidily lines up with the helmet’s ventilation channels, is designed to move 10-15mm in any direction in the event of a crash to redirect “damaging rotational motion”. 

It’s a well-respected system, and is backed up here with CE and AS/NZS certifications.

The helmet has also achieved a solid four-star rating from the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab. This places it 59th best out of road 277 helmets in the independent institute’s latest test.

With 16 effective vents, the Vinci Mips helps keep things cool when you’re working hard or on a big climb. 

As someone who lacks hair, it thankfully also spits bugs out just as quickly as it takes them in, so there’s minimal tickling. 

Met Vinci MIPS bottom line 

Of course, with so many holes in it, it’s not going to be as fast as the best aero road helmets on race day, but its shape certainly gives a nod to aero considerations and the low-profile fit should help it catch less wind than some competitors. 

Met Vinci MIPS spec

Price	$130 / £100
Weight	9.6oz / 273g
Safety tech	MIPS-C2, CE and AS/NZS certifications
Sizes	S, M, L
Number of vents	16