Oakley ARO5 Helmet Reviews

Review score: 8.9/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £69.65 – Save 65% (RRP: £199)

Take a look now to discover what makes Oakley ARO5 Helmet worthy of a review score of 8.9 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – Oakley
• Videos
• Summary
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View reviews at Chain Reaction Cycles

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Oakley ARO5 Helmet features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Helmets. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Oakley ARO5 Helmet.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Oakley ARO5 Helmet is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Helmets. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Helmets. Brands like Oakley are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Helmets category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Helmets.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Oakley ARO5 Helmet

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Oakley ARO5 Helmet.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Oakley ARO5 Helmet was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £69.65 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.8 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Helmets

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Helmets.

We found 335 in the Helmets category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £122.41, making it below average at £69.65.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Helmets. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £500.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £1.99.

With 335 products available we worked out that 210 cost more than Oakley ARO5 Helmet and 124 were cheaper.

Cost of Oakley products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 210 products from Oakley, of which 8 were in the Helmets category.

For now though we’re looking at Oakley branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £81.23 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Oakley product we found was £10.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £199.99.

Of the 210 from Oakley, 117 were more expensive than Oakley ARO5 Helmet and 92 were cheaper.

How much are Oakley Helmets?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Oakley products that are listed in the Helmets category.

The average price of the 8 products that match this search was £128.73, with the cheapest coming in at £69.65 and highest price was £199.99. With the average being £128.73, Oakley ARO5 Helmet comes in below average.

7 products that meet this search were more expensive than Oakley ARO5 Helmet and 0 were cheaper.

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Oakley ARO5 Helmet Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Oakley ARO5 Helmet reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Oakley ARO5 Helmet, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.2 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Helmets category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.4 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Oakley ARO5 Helmet or another similar product, like Oakley ARO7 Helmet reviews or Oakley DRT5 Helmet reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Helmets.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Helmets. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Oakley, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Oakley ARO5 Helmet

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Oakley ARO5 Helmet reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Oakley ARO5 Helmet. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.9/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010972167
• Product ID 2: 698484UK
• Brand: Oakley
• Model number: 99469EU-7B1-S
• RRP: £199
• EAN: 190645707102
• Description: Oakley ARO5 HelmetIt’s time to leave everything you have out on the road and explode as you set your sights on the finish line. Ready and waiting for an intense sprint, the Oakley ARO5 Helmet is extremely aerodynamic and craves intense bursts of speed. Extremely lightweight, this highly protective lid will certainly help to trim seconds off your personal best.Oakley’s first venture into the world of cycling protection was always going to make ripples, but the outstanding ARO5 is ready to set the standards and revolutionise the way we tackle the road. Offering unrivalled comfort and safety, protection has never looked or felt so good.MIPS ProtectionEnsuring you have one of the safest forms of protection on your head, the ARO5 comes with the innovative MIPS technology, certain to infuse any ride with confidence. Should you suffer an unexpected fall, the technology produces a low friction layer designed to reduce rotational motion transferred to the brain from angled impacts to the head. Couple that with the helmet’s EPS protective foam, and you have yourself one hell of a protective lid.The Ultimate FitFor those that love customised comfort, the ARO5 sports a BOA FS1-1 360-degree fit system, providing the ultimate, exact fit to your head which is nothing short of perfect each time you climb onto the saddle.Stay CoolKeeping sweat and odours to a minimum the anti-microbial X-static brow pad helps to avoid the build-up of moisture. Featuring silver, natural anti-microbial properties, the growth of human odour is eliminated for the entire lifespan of the garment.Let’s be honest, it wouldn’t be an Oakley creation unless there was some form of integration with glasses. The ARO5 uses a TX1 lace which lies flat against your head to allow for a seamless eyewear addition, offering an integrated eyewear dock to stow away your shades should the light start to fade. Features:Lightweight polycarbonate shellVane support structureEPS protective foamMIPS® Brain Protection systemBOA® FS1-1 360-degree fit systemX-STATIC® brow padOptimised ventilationBuy Oakley from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Protection > Helmets
• Savings percentage from RRP: 65%
• Size: S
• Male
• 129.35
• Adult

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Other options for Helmets

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Helmets. 335 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Oakley ARO5 Helmet included,
Oakley ARO5 TDF Edition MIPS 2.0 Helmet 2020 reviews, Oakley ARO5 MIPS 2.0 Helmet 2020 reviews, or we really liked the look of Oakley ARO3 TDF Edition MIPS Helmet 2020 reviews as another alternative.