Yes, but I'd like to stress that bike helmets bought in the EU are *not* one of those cases. A bike helmet is a very simple concept at it's core (molded expanded polystyrene), and they all comply to the same regulations and tests.

You pay for comfort, ventilation, and adjustability. An expensive helmet may have been more expensive to develop, to get that high degree of ventilation while still complying with tests, but it is no safer than a cheap, hot, paint-chipping helmet.

Because the helmet foam material (usually EPS) is so well-known, I also wouldn't worry about any helmet "getting old". UV, sweat etc does not affect the structure of the foam.

Great for those who are thrifty and not too bothered by personal safety

You can also use your tesco clipboard points and double up vouchers to buy this helmet

​​You can also use your tesco clubcard points and double up vouchers to buy this helmet. (hate prediction text on phone).

Great for those who are thrifty and not too bothered by personal safety

Cherish your small helmet

Oos

There are some things which you should buy the best, not the cheapest.

If you don't already have it - put the £3 towards a copy of Cyclecraft which will statistically give you greater protection against injury or worse. A much better deal.
No, don't strap it to your head - well not until you have read it ;-)

Look guys, I get the 'EU' and kitemark safety thing and all that but a helmet is not just a helmet. I cycle a lot and see people riding with their kids and see so many of them with the helmet practically hanging off their head either to the side or the back. Budget helmets do not usually have the ability to adjust appropriately so the helmet fits properly on the head. Nor are are you going to get fitting advice. It is no good falling and the helmet just pushing to one side as your head hits the floor. It's up to you if you but a £3 helmet to protect your (or your child's) head, I was just stating my opinion.

Don't wear one, I don't care. Also don't wear a condom because they don't always work, oh and waterproofs don't necessarily keep the water out and so on and so forth

Well done with your string of false analogies.

But that site pretty much says there is no point wearing a helmet as they don't work?

Yes - "they don't work" or "they hardly ever work" being a long way from "they work nearly all the time" which is the case with your analogies.

Wear a helmet if you like. The chances of it helping you in a cycling accident are very small, as explained on that site. My objection is the silly comments you always get on threads about bicycle helmets along the lines of "you should spend more on something which could save your life" without having any concept of the degree of risk involved. Many non-cyclists and sadly some cyclists are so badly informed about risk that they are shocked that anyone would dare ride a bike without a helmet. People would laugh at you in The Netherlands if you had that attitude.

this would look good with the £1 saddle.