MotoRadds vs. Chin Mounts: Universal or Helmet-Specific? [2026 Comparison]

August 2026 · ~13 minutes

Both of these mounts cost about thirty-five dollars. Both use 3M VHB adhesive. Both ship from North America, from a company that only does this one thing. On the shelf they look like the same purchase.

They aren't, and the difference comes down to one question: should a chin mount be shaped to fit your exact helmet, or should it be shaped to fit any helmet?

Chin Mounts answers the first way. They 3D-scan individual helmets and sell a distinct part for each one — more than a thousand models at last count. MotoRadds answers both ways: a flexible steel-cored mount you bend to your own helmet's curve, plus a helmet-specific FLEX range for people who'd rather not.

We make one of these, so this is a manufacturer comparison and you should treat it as one. What we can offer is sourcing. Every price, policy and warranty term below is linked to the company's own published page, and where a claim couldn't be independently verified — including claims about our own products — we say so.

TL;DR

Short answer: if your exact helmet is in the Chin Mounts catalogue, you're not going to hate that mount — it's a legitimate product from a legitimate Canadian company with a lot of satisfied customers. MotoRadds wins on breadth rather than depth: one moldable mount that fits nearly every helmet on the market instead of a list of a thousand, plus lifetime coverage instead of twelve months, and a mount that survives a helmet change.

How we evaluated these

We scored both brands on the eight things that determine whether the mount is still on your helmet a year from now:

1. Fit accuracy — how flush it sits, and how much bond area it gets
2. Catalogue coverage — is your helmet actually supported?
3. What happens when you change helmets
4. Material and construction transparency
5. Bond durability — including in cold
6. Warranty as written, not as advertised
7. Shipping, returns and the cost of getting it wrong
8. Ecosystem — does the brand cover the rest of your camera setup?

At a glance

The actual argument: scanned fit vs. flexible fit

This is worth understanding properly, because everything else is downstream of it.

The case for helmet-specific. A mount modelled from a 3D scan of your exact shell can follow compound curves a flat part can't. It sits flush, maximises bond area, and can be designed around vents and modular mechanisms rather than over them. It looks factory. When it works, it's the better-engineered answer.

The case against. It only works if your helmet is in the catalogue — and helmets get discontinued, shells get revised mid-generation, and the catalogue has to keep up with all of it. It also means the part is worthless the day you change helmets. And it puts the burden on you to correctly identify your shell: a Shoei RF-1400 and a Shoei NXR2 share a shell, an AGV K6 and K6 S don't necessarily, and getting it wrong is on you (more on that under warranty).

The case for flexible. A steel core wrapped in silicone doesn't need to know what helmet you own. You bend it to the real curve in front of you — which, incidentally, is a scan of your helmet, performed by your hands. The silicone conforms across texture and irregularity to create bond area a rigid part can't. And it survives a helmet change.

The case against flexible. It asks something of you at install time. A rigid moulded part sits where it sits; a flexible one you can position badly. And on a sharply peaked chin bar there may not be enough flat area for any adhesive mount, flexible or not.

MotoRadds' position is that you shouldn't have to choose — we sell both, and our helmet-specific FLEX range exists precisely because some riders want the moulded answer. Chin Mounts' position is that helmet-specific is simply better and they've committed the catalogue to it. Both are defensible. Here's how they play out.

Chin Mounts, honestly

Chin Mounts Ltd. is a real Canadian company. Matthew Engelage started it in 2019 with a home 3D printer, and the USPTO trademark filing corroborates first use in commerce in July 2019. They ship from Ontario and Utah, they hold a Trustpilot score of 4.5 across roughly 843 reviews, and — worth stating plainly — Trustpilot records them as replying to 100% of negative reviews. That's not nothing.

Their process, in their own words: "We Buy Every Helmet / Then We 3D Scan It / We Test The Fitment / Make Sure It's Secure / And Take It For A Ride."

Pricing:

What Chin Mounts genuinely does better

Model-specific depth — and it isn't close. They've scanned and modelled over 1,000 individual helmets across 190+ brands. Our own helmet-specific FLEX range is a fraction of that. If you specifically want a part moulded to your exact shell — a Nolan, a Schuberth, a Leatt, a Troy Lee, a Stilo or OMP car racing lid, a POC or 100% MTB helmet — there's a good chance they've modelled it and we haven't. That's real work they've done and we're not going to argue it away. What it isn't is broader helmet coverage: our FLEX Slim fits nearly all of those helmets too, you just shape it yourself instead of receiving it pre-shaped.

Free shipping over $40, and quick US delivery. Ontario and Utah warehouses, orders received by 9 AM EST shipped same day Monday to Friday, and 3–5 business days across the US. Our published estimate is 5–7 days. They're faster on paper.

A serious clamp line. The VisePro at $59.99 and VisePro Max at $69.99 are adhesive-free clamp mounts covering GoPro Hero 5–13 and Max 2, Insta360 X-series through X5, Ace Pro 2, DJI Action 5 Pro, Osmo 360 and Nano. We make EdgeLock ($29.99) for 2–4 mm windscreen and visor edges, but their clamp range is broader.

Service recovery is a genuine strength. The review pattern is consistent: when something goes wrong, they fix it. "chin mounts held my go pro on nice and steady never had an issue then when the sticky stuff got old and i put it on wrong i messaged them and they sent me new stickys for free." And: "they went above and beyond and sent me a new mount for my new helmet — completely free, I only paid shipping… Rare to see this level of support." Multiple negative reviews were upgraded after intervention.

It holds. "They just work… I know they hold up to speeds 80 mph or greater." And a striking one: "This product held up during a severe motorcycle accident… the product holds up."

Where Chin Mounts falls down

They don't publish what the mount is made of. We checked the product pages, the FAQ, the homepage and the raw product feed. There's no statement anywhere of the polymer or the manufacturing process — the descriptions say "Lightweight & Durable" and stop there. That's the one gap in their transparency we'd genuinely push them on, and it's a fair question to email them before you buy: what is it made of, and how is it made?

The "Perfect Fit Guarantee" covers less than the name implies. It guarantees how the mount fits the helmet shell when you order the correct model. It explicitly does not cover camera angle, which they attribute to rider height, riding position and bike type — and which the paid $19.99 Action Pack exists to fix. So the mount can fit perfectly and still point at the tank, and that's outside the guarantee.

Order the wrong helmet model and you own it. The warranty states they will "NOT issue a replacement if you order a Chin Mount for a helmet it is not advertised to fit." With 1,000+ near-identical SKUs and helmets that share shells across model names, that's a live risk, and it sits entirely with the buyer.

Test-fitting is risky. Their return policy requires the product to be unused and states "Used products will not be refunded." In practice that means peeling the adhesive liner to check the fit likely ends the return window — confirm with them before you peel. Combined with buyer-paid return shipping, a wrong-model order can cost you the mount plus postage.

Shipping delays are the most common complaint. From Trustpilot: "I ordered a chinmount over two weeks ago and was charged for it. I never receive it. This is my 4th chinmount, as two others have fallen off." And from a European buyer: "it is now week 7 of the first order and almost week 3 of the second order." Their US times are good; international appears inconsistent.

Adhesive failures show up in the reviews, including in cold. "sticky pads are terrible, put my camera on it and on my first ride the mount just fell off and damaged my camera." And: "I wish they would have… more specifically address why the chin mount for the BRP Oxygen helmet came off so easily in the cold weather." This is a category-wide issue rather than a brand-specific one — every VHB mount, ours included, needs proper surface prep and a 24-hour cure — but it's in their review record.

Fitment misses do happen despite the scanning. "When it eventually turned up I get a small, basic mount that doesn't even fit my alpinestars r10." A 1,000-SKU catalogue is hard to keep perfect.

Their BBB file is an F. BBB cites two factors: failure to respond to two complaints, and the length of time the business has been operating. Worth contextualising — two complaints is a tiny sample, and neither factor is about complaint volume. Set against a 100% Trustpilot reply rate, it reads more like a channel they don't monitor than a support failure.

Their own review numbers don't agree with each other. The homepage badge says 4.8/5 from 889+ reviews, the customer reviews page shows 4.7/5 from 5,029, the page title says "over 2,800 riders," and Trustpilot says 4.5 from ~843. Their on-site widget does display 1- and 2-star reviews (7% combined), which argues against the review-suppression accusations a few customers have raised — but the marketing figures are inconsistent enough that we'd only trust the independent number.

Best for: riders whose exact helmet is in the catalogue, who'll keep that helmet a long time, and who want a moulded part that sits flush without any shaping on their part.

MotoRadds, honestly

We started in 2017 with the first plug-and-play helmet chin mount. The first flexible-core prototype was built in April 2020, FLEX Classic shipped in 2021, and FLEX Slim is the current flagship. We're in Gilbert, Arizona, and motorcycle camera mounts are the only thing we make. European orders ship from our warehouse in Czechia.

FLEX Slim, $34.95: a steel core skeleton inside a vibration-damping silicone overmould, with an injection-moulded polycarbonate camera platform and four stainless steel screws. Independent measurement puts it at 34 g; our spec sheet says 65 g, and we'd rather flag that discrepancy than quietly pick the flattering number. You shape it to your chin bar, prep the surface, bond it with genuine 3M VHB, and wait 24 hours.

Helmet-specific FLEX mounts, $34.95: polycarbonate with a steel core, alloy screws and a silicone finish, in a horizontal layout that increases surface area and friction support. Shoei, Arai, AGV, HJC, Scorpion, Bell, Nexx, KYT, LS2, Shark, Sena, Klim, Fox, 6D, Alpinestars, Harley-Davidson and more.

Beyond the chin bar: FLEX Classic ($24.99) for MX visor peaks, windscreens and fairings; EdgeLock ($29.99), an adhesive-free clamp for 2–4 mm edges; X-Pand (from $54.99) for fork stems, axles and bar ends; a Universal Crab Claw clamp ($34.99); in-helmet mounts for the DJI Osmo Nano and Insta360 GO 3S; plus ND filters, vertical adapters and cages for most current cameras.

What we do better

Your helmet doesn't need to be in a catalogue. This is the whole point of the FLEX Slim. Discontinued lid, obscure brand, a shell revision nobody's scanned yet, a bicycle or snowmobile helmet — you bend the mount to what's actually in front of you. The Loam Wolf, testing it: "You can shape the material to follow the curves of your helmet with relative ease… You would be hard pressed to find a helmet this would not be compatible with."

The mount outlives the helmet. Buy a helmet-specific mount and it's scrap the day you change helmets. A FLEX Slim moves — you'll need a fresh VHB pad and some heat to release the old bond, but the mount itself carries over.

Lifetime warranty, worldwide, not twelve months. Manufacturing defects and premature wear through normal use are covered for the life of the mount, on every mount we sell, wherever you live, with proof of purchase. A replacement ships free; a small shipping fee applies ($4.50 within the US, $15 international, per our FAQ). One year versus lifetime is the single widest gap in this comparison.

Riders outside North America don't pay customs with us. This is the one place the geography runs against them, and it's worth spelling out. Chin Mounts fulfils from Ontario and Utah, so a European or Australian order crosses a customs border — duty, VAT handling and a carrier brokerage fee — and a return has to travel back the same way at your expense. We fulfil from three warehouses, in Arizona, Czechia and Australia, so a European or Australian order from us is a domestic order and the return goes to the warehouse that serves you. Most of the time, our website won't let you check out if it's not in stock at your service warehouse.

We publish what it's made of. Steel core, silicone overmould, polycarbonate camera platform, stainless fasteners, genuine 3M VHB. You can decide whether that's worth $34.95. You can't make that call on a part whose material isn't disclosed.

Silicone does something rigid plastic can't. It damps vibration at the interface, and it conforms across texture and minor irregularity to create a full seal — which is bond area a rigid part simply doesn't get on an imperfect surface.

One brand for the whole bike. Chin bar, windscreen, fairing, fork stem, bar end, in-helmet, plus filters and cages. If you're building a two- or three-camera setup, that's one checkout and one warranty policy.

A longer independent review record. The Loam Wolf, BeginnerBiker (4.5/5, tested on a Shoei Neotec), Masqueride and Electronikz (8.6/10) have all published hands-on reviews, alongside a broad set of motovlogger videos. Trustpilot: 4.8/5 across 106 reviews.

Where we fall down

Their model-specific catalogue is much bigger than ours. Over 1,000 individually modelled helmets against a far smaller helmet-specific FLEX range. If you want a moulded mount for a Nolan, a Schuberth, a Leatt or most car racing helmets, they have it and we don't — our answer for those is the FLEX Slim, which fits them but asks you to shape it.

Sharply peaked chin bars are a real limitation. A customer: "the mount didn't work for me, my helmet and chin protector was too pointy for it to adhere properly." Historically that meant the AGV Pista, Corsa and K1. We now make a Pista-specific mount, but if your helmet has a knife-edge centre ridge, check the helmet-specific range before buying the universal.

Getting it off is genuinely hard. The Loam Wolf notes in its review that the bond is strong enough that release takes heat and patience. Position carefully the first time.

The screw-on camera interface is slower than a clip. BeginnerBiker: "My only very minor bugbear is the slight extra faff of unscrewing the GoPro on/off the mount, vs the quick slide-in clip of the old design." Accurate.

We ship slower than they do. We quote 5–7 days domestic against their 3–5, and we've had customers report longer. We also don't publish a free-shipping threshold; they do, at $40.

Adhesive has failed for some customers. We've had reports of bonds loosening in the first couple of months, and where we could trace the cause it was surface prep. Degreasing and a full 24-hour cure are not optional.

We've been noisier about competitors than we needed to be. If you've found our older posts about this brand, they were written in the middle of a dispute and they read like it. This article is the version we should have written first.

Best for: riders who want one mount that fits nearly any helmet they own now or buy later, riders who change helmets, riders who want lifetime coverage, and riders building a multi-camera setup from one brand.

Head to head

1. Fit on a supported helmet

A part modelled from a 3D scan of your exact shell will sit flusher than a part you shape by hand, assuming the scan is good and you ordered the right model. Chin Mounts has been doing model-specific fits longer and across more helmets. We're not going to claim otherwise.

Winner: Chin Mounts.

2. Breadth of helmets covered

Their 1,000 models is a list. The FLEX Slim isn't a list — the steel core bends to the actual curve in front of you, so it fits nearly every helmet on the market, including the thousand they've modelled and the ones they haven't: discontinued lids, obscure brands, unscanned shell revisions, bicycle, snowmobile and go-kart helmets. No catalogue lookup and no wrong-model risk, because there's no model to get wrong. The honest exception is a small number of aggressively peaked chin bars.

Winner: MotoRadds.

3. Model-specific catalogue depth

Over 1,000 individually modelled helmets against a much smaller helmet-specific FLEX range on our side. If what you want is a moulded part rather than a moldable one, they've done far more of that work.

Winner: Chin Mounts.

4. Changing helmets

A moulded part is single-helmet by definition. A FLEX Slim transfers with a fresh adhesive pad. If you're the kind of rider who owns a street lid and an ADV lid, or replaces a helmet every few years, this compounds.

Winner: MotoRadds.

5. Materials and transparency

We publish steel, silicone, polycarbonate, stainless and 3M VHB. Chin Mounts publishes 3M VHB, stainless fasteners and a "rated to hold 10+ lbs" claim, but not the mount material or process. Neither of us publishes third-party pull-test data, which is a fair criticism of both.

Winner: MotoRadds.

6. Warranty and guarantees

Lifetime on every mount we sell, versus one year on manufacturing defects with an explicit exclusion for wrong-model orders and a fit guarantee that stops short of camera angle.

Winner: MotoRadds, decisively.

7. Shipping and returns

Free over $40, same-day dispatch and 3–5 day US delivery from two warehouses beats our 5–7 day estimate — in the US. Outside it, the picture inverts: their EU customers pay customs on a package from Canada or the States, ours don't, because we fulfil from Czechia. Return policies are near-identical and both are unfriendly — 30 days, unused condition, buyer pays return shipping, and with either brand, peeling the adhesive liner is likely to end your return window.

Winner: Chin Mounts in the US. MotoRadds in the EU.

8. Ecosystem beyond the chin bar

They have the stronger clamp line (VisePro / VisePro Max). We cover more mounting locations — windscreen, fairing, fork stem, axle, bar end, in-helmet — plus filters, cages and vertical adapters.

Winner: MotoRadds, narrowly.

Running score: MotoRadds 5, Chin Mounts 3. Close enough that you should read the decision guide rather than the tally.

So which one should you buy?

Buy Chin Mounts if:

• Your exact helmet model is in their catalogue and you're confident which shell you have
• You'll keep that helmet for years and won't want to move the mount
• You want the flushest possible moulded fit and don't want to shape anything
• You need a heavy-duty clamp mount and the VisePro fits your use case
• You ride something neither of us has modelled but they've scanned — Nolan, Schuberth, Leatt, Troy Lee, Stilo, OMP, POC
• Free shipping over $40 and 3–5 day delivery matters to you

Buy MotoRadds if:

• Your helmet isn't listed anywhere, is discontinued, or you're not certain which shell revision you have
• You expect to own another helmet within the life of this mount
• You want lifetime warranty coverage rather than twelve months
• You want to know the material before you bond it to a helmet
• You want a mount whose fit doesn't depend on somebody else's catalogue being current
• You're in the EU and would rather not pay customs on a package from Canada or Utah
• You're mounting more than one camera and want the windscreen, fork or in-helmet parts from the same brand
• You'd rather shape the mount yourself than risk ordering the wrong SKU

The verdict

Chin Mounts built a genuinely impressive thing: a thousand-plus scanned helmet fits, a support team that ships free replacements when something goes wrong, and a review record that says the product mostly does its job at speed. If your helmet is in their catalogue and staying on your head, that's a fine purchase and we'd rather tell you so than pretend otherwise.

Our argument is that the scanned-fit model has a structural cost that doesn't show up until later. The catalogue has to contain your helmet — and stay current as shells get revised. You have to identify your model correctly, with no replacement if you don't. You can't test-fit without voiding the return. And the part is scrap the day you change helmets. A flexible steel core answers all four of those at once, because it doesn't need to know anything about your helmet in advance.

Add a lifetime warranty against a one-year one, published materials against undisclosed ones, and a mount range that covers the rest of your bike, and that's the case. It's a real argument, not a knockout — which is why the decision guide above is the part worth re-reading.

Shop the FLEX Slim — $34.95, fits nearly any helmet, lifetime warranty →

Browse our premium helmet chin mounts →

Not sure which to get? Email info@motoradds.com with your helmet make, model and year. If the honest answer is that another brand has your helmet and we don't, we'll tell you.

FAQ

Is a helmet-specific chin mount actually better than a universal one? On a supported helmet, a well-executed scanned fit sits flusher and needs no shaping. The trade-offs are that your helmet has to be in the catalogue, you have to order the right model, and the part doesn't transfer when you change helmets. A flexible mount trades a small amount of fit precision for none of those constraints.

What are Chin Mounts made of? The company doesn't publish it. There's no material or process statement on their product pages, FAQ or homepage. We'd encourage you to ask them directly before buying — it's a reasonable question about a part that holds a camera at highway speed.

What is the MotoRadds FLEX Slim made of? A steel core, a vibration-damping silicone overmould, an injection-moulded polycarbonate camera platform, four stainless steel screws, and genuine 3M VHB adhesive.

Which one has a better warranty? MotoRadds. Lifetime coverage on every mount for manufacturing defects and premature wear through normal use, with proof of purchase and a small shipping fee on replacements ($4.50 US / $15 international). Chin Mounts offers one year on manufacturing defects, excluding normal wear and excluding replacements where you ordered a mount for the wrong helmet.

Does the Chin Mounts "Perfect Fit Guarantee" cover camera angle? No. It covers how the mount fits the helmet shell when you've ordered the correct model. Camera angle is explicitly excluded and attributed to rider height, riding position and bike type; their $19.99 Action Pack is the paid fix.

Can I return a chin mount after test-fitting it? Assume not, with either brand. Both require the product to be unused, both give you 30 days, and both make you pay return shipping. Once the adhesive liner comes off, you should expect the return window to be closed. Measure twice, and ask before you peel.

Will either mount survive winter? 3M VHB is temperature-rated but cold-weather bond failures show up in customer reviews across the category, Chin Mounts' included. Two things help: bond indoors above ~70°F, and give the adhesive a full 24 hours before the first cold ride. Never bond outdoors in freezing conditions.

Can I move my mount to a new helmet? With a MotoRadds FLEX Slim, yes — heat the bond to release it, clean the residue, apply a fresh VHB pad, and reshape it to the new helmet. With a helmet-specific mount from either brand, no: the geometry only fits the helmet it was modelled for.

Which cameras do they work with? Both cover the same cameras — GoPro Hero 5 through 13 and Max, Insta360 X3/X4/X5, Ace Pro and Ace Pro 2, GO 3 and 3S, DJI Osmo Action 3 through 6, Osmo 360 and Nano, plus Akaso, Garmin and Xiaomi Yi — but they attach differently. Chin Mounts is built around a buckle clip: their FAQ says the mounts work with "all action cameras that use a buckle clip attachment mechanism," so the clip sits between the mount and the camera. MotoRadds uses a fingertab joint directly, with the joint included in the box at no extra cost — fewer parts in the stack and a lower profile. MotoRadds also makes dedicated in-helmet mounts for the DJI Osmo Nano and Insta360 GO 3S, and vertical adapters for portrait video.

How long does shipping take? Chin Mounts ships same day on orders in by 9 AM EST and quotes 3–5 business days across the US from Ontario and Utah, free over $40. MotoRadds quotes 1–2 day fulfilment and 5–7 days domestic. Both have had customers report longer.

What about European buyers? Chin Mounts fulfils from Ontario and Utah, so a European order crosses a customs border and arrives with duty and a brokerage fee — and a return has to go back the same way. MotoRadds fulfils EU orders from a warehouse in Czechia, so European orders are EU-domestic: no duty, no brokerage, and returns stay in Europe. Our lifetime warranty applies worldwide rather than being a regional statutory minimum. Most of the time, our website won't let you check out if it's not in stock at your service warehouse.

Which has better reviews? MotoRadds sits at 4.8/5 on Trustpilot across 106 reviews; Chin Mounts at 4.5/5 across roughly 843. Theirs is the larger sample, ours the higher score. Both companies' on-site review widgets show higher numbers than Trustpilot does, which is normal and worth discounting for both of us.

Related reading

• Best Helmet Chin Mounts for GoPro, DJI and Insta360
• What Is the Strongest GoPro Camera Mount for Motorcycle Helmets?
• Best GoPro Chin Mount for the Shoei RF-1400
• How to Chin Mount a GoPro to a Shoei RF-1200 and NXR

Sources

Chin Mounts: FAQ · Warranty information · Perfect Fit Guarantee · Return policy · About · All chin mounts · VisePro Clamp Mount · Customer reviews page · Trustpilot · BBB profile · USPTO trademark 98484893

MotoRadds: FLEX Slim · Premium helmet chin mounts · Warranty policy · Shipping policy · The Loam Wolf review · BeginnerBiker review · Trustpilot

Prices and policies verified August 2026 and subject to change. Every claim above is linked to its source so you can check it yourself.