Zox Z-DS10 Dual-Sport Helmet

Today’s ever-growing market of feature-rich helmets theoretically makes it easier to find helmets with features you like, but with so many options it can be difficult to choose the best one.

- Lukas Eddy

Even in the field of dual-sport helmets there are those that tend more toward street or dirt in their intended use. The new Zox Z-DS10 helmet hits the mark for comparably low cost with a serious amount of features which also make it quite suitable for long-distance touring.

The face shield offers street helmet-like visibility with a very effective anti-fog coating that quickly cleared up even in humid 45°F riding. At traffic lights, I did have to flip it partially open, just like almost any other helmet. Fortunately, there are five positions of opening, so cracking it open a notch is easy and doesn’t affect vision. There is, however, a small area of distortion along the bottom edge of the face shield where it connects to the rubber seal which can be a small annoyance until you get used to it. The face shield snaps tightly against the rubber seal, so water seeping in was never an issue.