I almost bought the same Techair 5 , same black Friday, , but ended up with the Helite tethered one, reading reviews of Alpinestars TechAir 5, I just saw too many ( for me at least) reviews that had false deployment while riding , or someone tapping the rider on the shoulder causing deployment, r hitting a bump that bucked the rider,, or pothole, and if it happened to me, not sure the deployment will not cause accident by itself, and I believe if my memory serve me, one none deployment review, but need to double check that, just feel like the testing was really done for moto GP, and not enough data yet for the streets, not enough people own it to have perfect algorithm, the Helite on the other hand, is over is a decade long plus proven in many accidents, easier to maintain, the tethered should always work, although some scenarios you might touch the ground first, depend how tight you have it on, but for sure, Helite not as good as the Techair 5, in terms of looks, comfort etc.. Might be totally wrong on that, actually both were not far in terms of price, basically almost the same... just did not want to buy something that might deploy if I hit a bump, or stand on the bike to brace a bump...
That's interesting because I ended up with the TechAir for the same reason you went Helite....potential false deployment. But, one advantage of Helite (as I understand it anyway) the user can recharge the system with a new gas cylinder....that did give me some pause to consider it. Well, hopefully neither of us will crash and we'll both be happy!
@@GareyCooperdude Yes, the Helite you can self replace the canister, very easy, and it is selling for around $30. The tether takes 60 lb of force to deploy, so when you get off the bike, it kind of gives you a nudge, reminds you if you will to disconnect. But, yes hope for safe riding and to never use it, Happy new Year !
There were such issues when it was first released. I think it’s fairly solid now.
I almost bought the same Techair 5 , same black Friday, , but ended up with the Helite tethered one, reading reviews of Alpinestars TechAir 5, I just saw too many ( for me at least) reviews that had false deployment while riding , or someone tapping the rider on the shoulder causing deployment, r hitting a bump that bucked the rider,, or pothole, and if it happened to me, not sure the deployment will not cause accident by itself, and I believe if my memory serve me, one none deployment review, but need to double check that, just feel like the testing was really done for moto GP, and not enough data yet for the streets, not enough people own it to have perfect algorithm, the Helite on the other hand, is over is a decade long plus proven in many accidents, easier to maintain, the tethered should always work, although some scenarios you might touch the ground first, depend how tight you have it on, but for sure, Helite not as good as the Techair 5, in terms of looks, comfort etc.. Might be totally wrong on that, actually both were not far in terms of price, basically almost the same... just did not want to buy something that might deploy if I hit a bump, or stand on the bike to brace a bump...
That's interesting because I ended up with the TechAir for the same reason you went Helite....potential false deployment. But, one advantage of Helite (as I understand it anyway) the user can recharge the system with a new gas cylinder....that did give me some pause to consider it. Well, hopefully neither of us will crash and we'll both be happy!
@@GareyCooperdude Yes, the Helite you can self replace the canister, very easy, and it is selling for around $30. The tether takes 60 lb of force to deploy, so when you get off the bike, it kind of gives you a nudge, reminds you if you will to disconnect. But, yes hope for safe riding and to never use it, Happy new Year !