I guess the biggest question is whether the helmets can be re-conditioned? That is what I want answered by Cascade. If not, then we look for an alternative and get ready to receive the soliciation from some law firm starting a class action against Cascade for selling an unsafe product. Even if your kid never gets hurt because of the helmet (and let's hope none ever do) Cascade still sold a product that, unless it can be effectively reconditioned, is now useless. I am into Cascade for $400 for two "R" helmets which were both purchased in the last 6 months. I shouldn't have to eat that cost when we purchased two identical model helmets that were sold as being compliant with safety guidelines. Cascade needs to come up with some solution....This is taking too long.
The only practical solution I have heard repeated is for Cascade to go to NOCSAE and propose that Cascade R's be certified fitted. That means you take your Cascade R to a lacrosse store with an authorized trained Cascade assembler to fit your son and then mark the helmet as NOCSAE certified and certified fitted. I don't know if that will work with NOCSAE but based on what we do know that is their only chance unless they go back to the drawing board and design new helmets and recall these ones, which in the real case is 6+ months away. What we also know is that the Cascade R is a conforming certified helmet if it is properly fitted, and with all other manipulated ranges to wear it with the bill tilted forward or backwards fail the certified testing. The downside for Cascade is that putting trained people in the field will eat into a lot of the margins for helmets sold on-line, and in the real case I doubt NOCSAE goes for it because it will be too burdensome to expect events organizers to check every helmet every time for certified fitted tags.
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