A first full face helmet is a strange purchase. You're spending money on something you hope never has to work, you can't try a crash, and the only evidence in front of you at checkout is a spec sheet and other people's luck. At the budget end of the market the spec sheets look almost identical, so the differences that matter hide in the details owners discover later.
ILM's ILM-313 is one of the most-bought budget full face helmets on Amazon, and its record is genuinely interesting.
The listing includes two visors and a winter neck scarf, the warranty runs five years, and the review history stretches back years, which is rare at this price. It's also a DOT-only helmet, and two of the most-endorsed texts in the record are crash accounts that reach opposite conclusions about the same lid.
The sections below stay inside that record: what the two crash accounts actually say, what DOT certification covers and skips, the visor faults that recur across independent owners, how the sizing runs, and where this helmet lands on price against everything else we track.
The short version: the ILM ILM-313 full face helmet earns its place on price and has real crashes in its record, and it gives up ground on visor quality, ventilation, and certification depth. It fits a first full face helmet or a cold-weather commuter budget, and it does not fit a rider who wants an ECE-tested chin bar or a quieter seal.
The crash record, told both ways
The most-endorsed text in the record is a parent's account of their son's August 2024 crash. He suffered severe head, face and brain trauma, spent months in recovery, and the parent credits the helmet with the survival.
The parent also wonders aloud whether a more expensive helmet would have protected him differently, and the photos show cracks at the mouth piece and across the forehead. 188 people have marked that text helpful.
The second account sits at three stars. A rider updating an older review describes an SUV running a stop sign and hitting their side: a femur snapped in two, a clavicle broken in three pieces, and an uninjured head and spine. That same rider credits the helmet with moving force into the collarbone instead of the spine, and still ends with the line that they do not feel it is safe enough to recommend to anyone.
Both accounts are owner reports, not tests, and neither makes the other wrong. What they establish together is simple. This helmet has been in real crashes at least twice. One owner attributes the outcome to it, and the other refuses to endorse it. The rest of the record has to carry the buying decision, and that is where the helmet's cheaper construction shows.
What DOT covers, and what it does not
The ILM-313 is DOT certified under FMVSS 218, and nothing else appears on the listing. One DOT gap matters for this style of lid. The DOT standard doesn't require chin bar testing. The European ECE 22.06 standard and Snell test the chin bar on full face helmets, and studies attribute about 35 percent of crash impacts to the chin-bar area, the one region only a full face covers.
An owner in the record makes the same point from the other side, noting that the helmet is DOT certified only, not ECE, and saying it shows. That's a fair description of what the price buys: a certified shell and retention system, with a chin bar no independent lab has tested against a standard.
None of that makes the helmet unsafe by the standards it does meet. It means a rider who wants the chin bar tested has to spend more. The crash record above sits inside that context rather than replacing it.
The visor is where the budget shows
Two visors ship in the box, one clear and one smoked, and owners confirm the swap. One calls the extra visor useful for keeping the sun out, and the listing includes both plus a neck scarf. At this price that bundle is the headline feature.
The visor is also where the faults cluster. One owner reports the visor stops closing properly after a while, lets air in, and makes the helmet extremely loud, with ears hurting on long rides before they bought a different helmet.
A separate owner reports constant fogging at any speed, negligible ventilation, a visor that jams mid-ride, and a shell that scratches easily enough to look crashed after gentle handling. Neither owner mentions the other, which is what makes the pattern worth weighing.
The lone 1-star in the record is unconfirmed and complains about the strap, so the visor, not the retention system, is where the complaints from confirmed orders gather. A buyer planning night or winter riding should weigh that heavily, because fog and a poor seal hit hardest in cold and dark conditions.
For a same-brand option built against fog, the ILM dual sport ADV helmet review covers a shield with a Pinlock-ready recess.
Sizing runs small, plan the return window
One owner bought the largest size available and returned it because it was too tight. Another wears a medium hat and takes a Large in this helmet. Sizing is the clearest reason a helmet comes back in this record. So measure your head first, size up when you land between sizes, and buy inside a return window rather than gambling on the chart.
The record stretches from 2019 to 2026, which is unusual for a budget helmet listing and means a few long-term texts exist. The two sizing reports above are the newest fit data in it.
What the money actually buys
At 69.99 when this was checked, the helmet sits in the cheaper third of the 257 helmets we track, and you can compare it against the rest of the field in the table. It also ranks number 9 among motorcycle helmets on Amazon's best seller list, which is why the record runs as deep as it does.
The spec side is honest for the money: a 2.98 pound ABS shell, a quick release clasp, removable inner lining pads, and a five-year manufacturer warranty covering replacement parts and liner swaps. Owners call it lightweight, one because of a bad neck and back, and position it as a starter helmet. One says riders moving up to a big bike should get a better one.
The decision this helmet forces is about certification depth, not price. If you want a cheap full face lid with two visors, a scarf, and a five-year warranty behind it, this is a defensible pick. If you want a chin bar an independent lab has tested, or a visor owners stop complaining about, the money goes further elsewhere.
FAQ
Are both visors included?
Yes. The listing includes a clear visor and a smoked one, plus a neck scarf, and owners describe swapping them for sun. There is no internal drop-down sun visor. The smoked lens is a second external visor you change by hand.
Is the helmet quiet?
Nothing in the record praises the noise level. The only noise reports are fault reports: one owner says the helmet becomes extremely loud once the visor stops closing properly, and another says there is so little airflow that noise is not the issue. Treat quietness as unproven rather than promised.
How does the sizing run?
Small. One owner needed the largest size and still returned it too tight, and another takes a Large despite wearing a medium hat. Measure your head, lean toward the bigger size between two options, and buy inside a return window.
Is DOT-only certification good enough?
DOT is the legal US baseline, and it doesn't test the chin bar. That's where about 35 percent of crash impacts land, and it's the region a full face exists to cover.
ECE 22.06 and Snell test that area. The two crash accounts in the record show survival alongside severe injuries in one case and an uninjured head in the other, and one of those owners still would not recommend the helmet. That is the honest ceiling of what a DOT lid at this price can claim.
What does the warranty cover?
Five years from the manufacturer, with replacement available if any part arrives missing or damaged, and the listing offers replacement liners for a better fit. That's unusually strong for a helmet this cheap, and it partly offsets the visor and sizing risks above.