GelCool Systems

Riddell Revolution™ and VSR-4™ Football Helmets

Pass NOCSAE Certification Test with GelCool Gel Pack

GelCool System's quick-change packs allow you to keep your professionals safe, effective and in-service. Our gel packs are not a part of the helmet or a helmet attachment, but are a personal cooling device that aligns with the helmet's existing anti-trauma pads or suspension webbing. Most importantly, GelCool Systems products are manufactured to the highest professional standards, providing the dependable service that professionals require. To ensure that our gel packs are safe in the upper helmet, we performed rigorous lab testing at SIRC, one of the nations leading helmet testing labs and a NOCSAE-approved lab. SIRC not only performed the required NOCSAE drop testing, but also advanced new rotational testing. The test data clearly showed that in terms of the helmet’s ability to absorb/dissipate the external forces exerted upon the head by heavy blows which might cause concussions, the presence of the GelCool gel pack in the helmet never made the helmet perform worse and in many cases allowed it to provide greater protection to the head.

To download a copy of the test results, please click here (all tests showed "compliant", no tests failed compliance).

NOCSAE Certification Testing of the GelCool gel pack in the Riddell Revolution™ and Riddell VSR-4™ helmets is complete with the official finding "compliant as tested".

The Riddell Revolution™ helmet with the GelCool Systems gel pack passed NOCSAE directed drop testing performed by NOCSAE's certified testing group, Southern Impact Research Center (SIRC).

There were no tests in which the use of the gel pack in the helmet caused the helmet to perform materially worse. In some tests, the helmet actually performed better with the gel pack in place than it performed with no gel pack at all.

GelCool Systems is prepared to release our testing data to any party that wishes to review it. Our data includes the results of a multitude of drop and rotational impact tests performed in a highly controlled, scientific lab which is approved by the major helmet manufacturers. The rotational tests struck the helmet from many different angles at very high velocity (hundreds of G's). The GelCool gel pack did not have a material adverse affect on the helmet performance in any of the tests. The NOCSAE prescribed drop testing was performed using various drop heights and g-forces. The helmet also passed these tests with the GelCool gel pack in place, in fact slightly improving the helmet's performance.

SIRC is a leader in its field and comprises a group of very experienced scientists who are themselves leaders in the science of helmet safety. For more information about SIRC please visit http://www.soimpact.com

To download a copy of the test results, please click here (all tests showed "compliant", no tests failed compliance).

If you have any questions pleas e-mail us at: info@gelcool.com

NOCSAE Certification Testing at SIRC

System Calibration

Specialized, Actual Weight and Density, Artificial Head With 9 Accelerometers

Multiple drops to
calibrate equipment

Important Note

The use of GelCool Systems Cooling Products is Only One Part of An Overall Heat Safety Program Which Must Include Proper Hydration. Please Read Our Entire Disclaimer.

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NOCSAE Certification Testing with GelCool Gel Pack

NOCSAE Drop
Testing

Multiple drops on random locations
on the helmet, per
the NOCSAE Standard with the GelCool gel pack in place in the helmet. Test results
available.

GelCool Gel Pack Tested in a

Riddell VSR-4TM Helmet

Sample 2000 Frame Per Second Video of SIRC Advanced
Rotational Testing of GelCool Gel Pack in the Riddell
RevolutionTM Helmet

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