I guess if MIPS protects the ol bean it could prolong the life of the helmet , to a point

^^^sort of related but not. Some scruffy dood cruisin around town on beater bike , baggy ripped jeans, possibly homeless with a giro switchblade ,w/o the chinguard, with the visor fully popped. Looks...

Most often I'm pedalling so I alternate between a TLD a1 and a Fly freestone. Freestone is nice but the A1 is my fave. Most comfy helmet I've ever had. The complaints on it were that it's hot and...