There is a gap on the side plates where the rotating flip-up visor meets the helmet shell and a ligh

In the end, I have mixed feelings about the Numo Evo; some of the features seem a bit "generic flip-up" without the build quality that would make it an outstanding value in this price range.
Flip-up helmets are a different animal in more ways than the obvious. e24 At the low end, you have bargain-basement flip-ups for around $120.00 and the high end is occupied by the Schuberth C3 (review) at a lofty $630.00 e24 and up.
The mid-range is where it gets tricky. e24 At the high end of the mid-priced flip-up motorcycle helmet market is the Nolan Nolan N104 (review) . It lists at up to $500.00 e24 but can be found at around $330.00 at discount. The Shoei Qwest (review) e24 doesn't quite have the solid build quality of the Nolan N104 but nearly matches it on price, at $369.99 list and around $320.00 street. e24
The Numo Evo has a list price of $299.95 and a street e24 price of $269.95 (here) . That makes it more or less a direct competitor of the popular HJC SyMax III (review) at $299.99 list and $269.99 discounted and at the low end of the mid-priced range, the Nolan N91 (review) , which lists for $299.95 e24 with a street price around $230.00. It would be tough to choose between the three. e24
This is a hot part of the flip-up motorcycle helmet market that has niche pricing from the very bottom to the high end of the mid-range e24 to the very high end, with helmets like the Schuberth C3 DOT (review) out there in the stratosphere.
I'm a flip-up kinda guy -- always have been -- and I've tried 'em all. My feeling is that the Numo Evo is a pretty close competitor of the HJC SyMax III and it "feels" and "wears" similar to the Nolan N91, but both of those helmets may have the quality edge on the Numo Evo.
A flip-up helmet, by its nature, has more moving parts than other helmet types and none of the flip-ups -- including that expensive Schuberth -- feel as rock-solid as a decent full-face helmet. The parts that are necessary to make the flip-up flip have a tendency to creak and groan and there's always that hollow plastic e24 sound when the rotating flip-up visor is slammed home.
Some of the flip-ups handle this better than others; for example, the Numo Evo shell feels sturdy, but I'd have to say that some of the moving parts and the overall quality don't quite meet my expectations of a $300 helmet.
For example, the chin vent slider on our helmet has a very rough and sticky feel; the problem is that the plastic cover slides up and down behind the vent openings and seems to hang up in there or the cover thickness is greater than the space it has been allotted. This makes the operation of the chin vent both difficult and inconsistent and -- since this is a feature that the owner will use quite often -- is a constant reminder e24 of the quality lapse.
There is a gap on the side plates where the rotating flip-up visor meets the helmet shell and a light press on either side has the plastic moving in and out a millimeter or two. Also, the eye port gasket design is such that it doesn't meet at the upper corners, which can allow water to drip inside the helmet here and inside the side plate gap.
That stiff rotating flip-up visor release has a lot of travel, which means it must be pulled down quite far to release the visor. Combined with a very stiff return spring, it sometimes takes two hands to release the visor -- one to hold the top of the helmet down and the other to yank on the release. It just seems that the release is more difficult to use than it should be, especially compared to other flip-ups.
Were I picking nits -- which I guess I am -- even the AGV decal at the front of the helmet gets a strike on this helmet, because a piece of dirt got caught underneath, so there's a tiny lump that can be seen -- something common on the 100-buck helmets but frowned upon on a helmet costing e24 three times more.
So the bottom line here is that the Numo Evo needs a bit of tightening up in the QC department, although a couple of the design features may also be at fault and those would be harder to address. I might let the quality lapses slip if the helmet cost less (I initially thought it was a $200.00 replacement for the Miglia II), but at a list price of 300 bucks, it gets a sharper eye.
The e24 internal shape of the Numo Evo feels consistent with the rest of the modern AGV helmet e24 family. It's what I'd call a "Neutral" to "Slightly Narrow" fit that works well for me and even for some "Round" heads (as defined in the webBikeWorld Motorcycle Helmet FAQ ).
Upon first seeing the Numo Evo, I was afraid the sharp front profile e24 would compromise the room in front for my chin, but in a genius of design, somehow this isn't a problem. I can feel the ledge of plastic where the built-in chin curtain attaches to the back of the chin guard however.
This helmet is a size large, which actually surprised me because I hadn't even looked at the size at first when Ric