MotoRadds vs. TELESIN: Which Helmet Chin Mount Should You Actually Buy? [2026]

August 2026 · ~12 minutes

There are two fundamentally different ways to hang an action camera off your chin bar, and TELESIN and MotoRadds each picked one.

TELESIN straps the mount to your helmet. MotoRadds bonds it on with 3M VHB tape. Everything else — the price gap, the fitment differences, the reason one of these works on a full-face street helmet and the other really doesn't — flows from that single engineering decision.

We make one of these products, so read this the way you'd read any manufacturer comparison: check our claims. We've linked every source, we've quoted TELESIN's own documentation in full rather than in fragments, and we've been specific about the riders who should buy TELESIN instead of us. There are more of them than you'd expect.

TL;DR

Short answer: if you ride a full-face street helmet with a visor you need to close, the strap is the problem and MotoRadds is the better buy. If you ride off-road in goggles, TELESIN is a legitimately good product at half the price and we'd rather you knew that than bought the wrong mount from us.

How we evaluated these

Chin mounts get judged on Amazon by whether the box arrived. That's not useful. We scored both brands on the seven things that actually determine whether you keep using the mount six months later:

1. Does it fit your specific helmet, with the visor closed?
2. Does it stay put — at 80 mph, in rain, in cold, over months?
3. How stable is the footage at the frequencies a motorcycle actually vibrates at?
4. What's the real landed cost, including shipping and the accessories you'll end up buying?
5. Camera compatibility, now and two camera generations from now.
6. What happens when it breaks — warranty terms as written, not as advertised.
7. Removability — can you get it off, move it, or sell the helmet?

Every factual claim below is sourced. Where a company's marketing conflicts with its own published policy, we've used the policy — including for our own products.

At a glance

What actually makes a great chin mount

Before we compare, here's the criteria list — because the winner changes depending on which of these you weight hardest.

Visor clearance. A chin mount that prevents your visor from latching is not a chin mount, it's a paperweight with a camera on it. This is the single most common reason people return a strap mount.

Bond or clamp integrity under vibration. A motorcycle chin bar sees a broad vibration spectrum, dominated by engine harmonics and road frequencies. Adhesive bonds and mechanical clamps fail differently: adhesive fails slowly (creep, edge lift) and gives you warning; straps fail fast (they walk, then they're loose) and often don't.

Surface compatibility. VHB needs a reasonably smooth, low-energy-compatible surface with enough contact area. Vent buttons, deep texture, some matte finishes, and sharply peaked chin bars all reduce bond area. This is the honest weakness of every adhesive mount, ours included.

Camera interface longevity. The GoPro two-prong "finger" interface has outlived a decade of cameras. Anything that depends on a proprietary clip is a bet.

Weight and moment arm. Mass matters less than where it sits. A heavier mount close to the shell is calmer than a light one on a long arm.

Removability, and what removal costs. Straps come off in seconds. VHB does not — and if you've bonded well, it genuinely does not.

Warranty as written. "Lifetime" and "1 year" mean nothing without reading the exclusions, who pays return shipping, and whether the coverage survives buying through a marketplace.

TELESIN, honestly

TELESIN is a real manufacturer, not a drop-shipper. Shenzhen TELESIN Digital Co., Ltd. was founded in 2013, they hold their own patents, run their own D2C store, are distributed through B&H Photo, and publish a warranty. Their catalogue runs to more than 300 products. When people say "the cheap Amazon mount," they usually mean a generic clone — TELESIN is a tier above that.

Their chin mount range, current as of August 2026:

Worth knowing: the MT7 is now listed as special order at B&H and we couldn't find the MT6 in stock anywhere, and TELESIN's New Arrivals page for 2026 contains no helmet or motorcycle mounts at all — it's DJI Pocket accessories, fill lights and cases. Read that how you like, but the chin mount line looks like it's being maintained rather than developed.

What TELESIN genuinely does better than us

Price. Around $16 against our $34.95. That's not a rounding error, it's half. If your budget is fixed and you'd rather spend the difference on the camera, that's a rational call.

No adhesive, and therefore no adhesive problem. This is the real one. If your chin bar has a vent button, a pronounced ridge, or a heavily textured finish, 3M VHB has nowhere good to bond and we will not pretend otherwise. One TELESIN customer describes exactly this case: he mounted his action camera to the front of his helmet with the strap mount because an air vent button on the shell made sticking the standard adhesive attachment impossible. That's a genuine problem we don't solve on that helmet.

Zero residue, zero commitment. You can put it on a $900 Arai and take it off before you sell the helmet with nothing to show for it. Some riders will not glue anything to a lid at that price, and that's a defensible position.

Transferable across helmets. One mount, three helmets, thirty seconds each. An adhesive mount is one mount, one helmet, permanently.

Build quality that punches above the price. webBikeWorld reviewed four TELESIN mounts on a motorcycle — a neck mount, a universal clamp, a selfie stick and a crab clamp, not the chin mount — and found the footage usable, noting of the clamp mount that "it is stable and minimal shaking was seen throughout the footage that I captured." Of the crab clamp: "These have a heavy weight to them and all of the components feel premium." That's not direct evidence about the chin mount, but it's a fair data point on how the brand builds things. Credit where it's due.

Camera compatibility is fully current. The standard GoPro two-prong buckle plus 1/4"-20 covers GoPro Hero 5 through 13, Insta360 X3/X4/X5, Ace Pro and Ace Pro 2, GO 3/3S, DJI Osmo Action 3 through 6 and Pocket 3.

Where TELESIN falls down

The visor problem, in TELESIN's own words. TELESIN's blog says: "The only shortcoming is, like all the helmet chin mounts, the visor can't be closed completely with the straps in place." Their suggested fix: "So you may wear goggles and ear plugs to reduce debris and noise."

We'd dispute the "like all the helmet chin mounts" part, and it's the whole reason this comparison exists. A bonded mount sits on the outside of the chin bar, below the eyeport, with nothing crossing the visor channel — your visor closes normally. A strap has to pass around the helmet to hold tension, and on a full-face lid that path runs through the eyeport. That's not a flaw in TELESIN's execution, it's what strap retention costs you on a helmet with a visor.

On a full-face street helmet, we think that's disqualifying rather than a compromise. You cannot ride at 70 mph with the visor cracked open because your camera mount won't let it latch. Judge that yourself against your own helmet and your own tolerance.

To be fair to them, TELESIN redesigned the mount body from what they call a "pointy fox face" shape to a "butterfly shaped design" specifically to fit more full-face shells. That fixed the shell contact issue. It did not fix the strap routing.

Plastic, not metal. The body is PC/ABS with nylon webbing, per the retailer spec sheets. The only stainless steel in the assembly is the thumbscrew.

Limited adjustment. 180° horizontal rotation — upright or inverted. There's no meaningful pitch adjustment, so your framing is whatever the helmet geometry gives you.

Warranty coverage is narrower than the headline. The published warranty is one year, but it's graduated: full remedy in the first three months, buyer pays return shipping from three to six months, and after six months you get "certain compensation" at TELESIN's discretion. The policy also states that the terms "only apply to users shopping on the official website," adding "We cannot provide after-sales guarantee for purchases through other channels." Buy it on Amazon and you have Amazon's return window, not a manufacturer warranty. Separately, B&H lists only a 3-month warranty on the newest GP-HBM-MT2-YH, versus 1 year on the older SKUs.

Buying direct is slow. Ships from Shenzhen, and TELESIN's own policy says standard shipping to the US "usually takes about 2-4 weeks, remote areas may be longer." Express is 7–15 days at $25–$35 — nearly double the cost of the mount. Free shipping kicks in at $79. For a US buyer, B&H or Amazon is both cheaper and faster.

Thin verified review base. B&H shows one review on the 2nd Gen and none on the others. Walmart shows three. TELESIN's own store shows fourteen, all five stars. Be sceptical of any article quoting a huge Amazon rating count for this product — and be very sceptical of the AliExpress "review" articles ranking for this term, which cite a 42 g weight against the manufacturer's own 81.3 g, invent "neodymium magnets" that appear in no spec sheet, and claim "-52 dB" of wind noise suppression. Those are machine-generated and the numbers aren't real.

Vibration has beaten TELESIN's locking mechanisms before. In the same webBikeWorld test, their selfie stick's "segments would unlock themselves due to the vibration of the bike, the weight of the GoPro, and the wind" within minutes, requiring duct tape. That was a different product — we're not claiming the chin mount does this — but it's a relevant data point about how their mechanical locks behave on a motorcycle.

Best for: dirt, enduro, supermoto and MX riders in goggles; riders with a vented or textured chin bar where nothing will bond; riders who rotate helmets; anyone spending under $20.

MotoRadds, honestly

We launched in 2017 with the first plug-and-play helmet chin mount, built the first flexible-core prototype in April 2020, and shipped FLEX Classic in 2021. FLEX Slim is the current flagship. We're in Gilbert, Arizona, and we only make motorcycle camera mounts.

The FLEX Slim, specifically: a steel core skeleton wrapped in vibration-damping silicone, with an injection-moulded polycarbonate camera platform and four stainless steel screws. You bend it to your chin bar's actual curve, then bond it with genuine 3M VHB. $34.95.

The rest of the range matters for this comparison because TELESIN doesn't have an equivalent: FLEX Classic ($24.99) for MX visor peaks, windscreens and fairings; EdgeLock ($29.99), an adhesive-free clamp for 2–4 mm windscreen and visor edges; X-Pand (from $54.99) for fork stems and bar ends; in-helmet mounts for the DJI Osmo Nano and Insta360 GO 3S; and a helmet-specific FLEX range at $34.95 covering Shoei, Arai, AGV, HJC, Scorpion, Bell, Nexx, KYT, Fox, 6D, Klim and more.

What we do better

Your visor closes. There's no strap. Nothing crosses the eyeport. That's the whole argument for full-face street riders and it's not a marketing point, it's geometry.

Bonded mounts don't walk. A strap under vibration has one job — stay tight — and gravity, wind load and engine harmonics all work against it. A VHB bond has no adjustment to lose. The Loam Wolf, testing FLEX Slim: "Once mounted, these mounts are super secure, and I have never once wondered about the product's integrity."

A steel core beats a fixed plastic body on fit. You shape it to the helmet rather than hoping the helmet matches the mould. The Loam Wolf again: "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."

Lifetime warranty, worldwide, on every mount. Not one year and not three months, and not narrowed by which country you're in. Manufacturing defects and premature wear through normal use are covered for the life of the product with proof of purchase; a replacement ships free, though a small shipping fee applies ($4.50 within the US, $15 international, per our FAQ). We're stating the policy as written rather than the marketing version — read the full terms on our warranty page.

Three warehouses, and returns that stay in your region. Arizona, Czechia and Australia, with support at info@motoradds.com and no customs, brokerage or transpacific freight in the path. European and Australian riders get a domestic order rather than a package clearing customs from Shenzhen, and returns go to the warehouse that serves them. Most of the time, our website won't let you check out if it's not in stock at your service warehouse.

Silicone does two jobs. It damps vibration at the interface and it creates a full seal across an uneven surface, which is where flexible mounts genuinely outperform rigid plastic ones on bond area.

Independently reviewed at length. The Loam Wolf, BeginnerBiker (4.5/5, tested on a Shoei Neotec), Masqueride and Electronikz (8.6/10) have all published hands-on reviews. Trustpilot sits at 4.8/5 across 106 reviews.

Where we fall down

We'd rather say this ourselves than have you find it in a review.

We cost twice as much. Electronikz lists the price as a con outright — "initial investment might seem high for a chin mount." If you want the cheapest thing that works, it isn't us.

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

Removal is hard. The Loam Wolf notes in the body of its review that the VHB bond is strong enough to make removal a real job — heat, patience, and a new adhesive pad to remount. Position it right the first time.

Screw-on 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." True. The thumbscrews need to be properly tight, and that costs you seconds every ride.

Adhesive can fail. We've had customer reports of a bond loosening within the first couple of months, and in every case we could trace it, surface prep was the cause. Degrease, use the supplied prep pad, press firmly, and give it a full 24 hours before you ride.

Shipping isn't instant. We quote 5–7 days domestic and have had customers report longer. We're not Prime.

Best for: full-face street, sport, touring and ADV riders; anyone keeping a helmet long-term; riders who want one bonded solution and never want to think about it again.

Head to head

1. Fit on a full-face street helmet

TELESIN's own documentation says the visor can't fully close with the straps in place. MotoRadds bonds below the visor line and doesn't interact with the eyeport at all. This is the category that decides the article for most readers.

Winner: MotoRadds.

2. Fit on an MX / enduro helmet with goggles

No visor to obstruct, and MX shells often have open chin structures with poor bonding surfaces — exactly where a strap is the better mechanical answer. TELESIN was arguably designed for this rider.

Winner: TELESIN.

3. Price and landed cost

Roughly $16 versus $34.95 on the current models. Buy TELESIN from B&H or Amazon rather than direct and you avoid the $25–$35 express freight that would erase the saving. Nothing here is close.

Winner: TELESIN.

4. Vibration and footage stability

Both produce usable footage — webBikeWorld verified TELESIN's, and MotoRadds' silicone layer is specifically an isolation feature. The tiebreaker is failure mode over time: a bonded steel core has no fastener to loosen, and TELESIN's mechanical locks have been documented backing off under motorcycle vibration on at least one product in their range.

Winner: MotoRadds, narrowly.

5. Surface compatibility

Vent buttons, ridges, deep texture and matte finishes all reduce VHB bond area. A strap doesn't care what the surface looks like. This is the honest limit of adhesive mounting and TELESIN wins it cleanly.

Winner: TELESIN.

6. Warranty and support

Lifetime coverage on every mount we sell, versus one year that drops to three months on the newest SKU, doesn't apply outside TELESIN's own store, and shifts return shipping to you after month three.

Winner: MotoRadds, decisively.

7. Removability and resale

Straps come off in seconds with nothing left behind. VHB comes off with heat, effort and a replacement pad. If you flip helmets or don't want to modify an expensive lid, that matters.

Winner: TELESIN.

8. Range and future-proofing

MotoRadds covers chin, windscreen, fairing, fork stem, bar end and in-helmet, plus a range of helmet-specific fits, and launched new products in 2026. TELESIN's newest chin mount is the 2nd Gen MT2-YH and their 2026 arrivals contain no helmet mounts at all.

Winner: MotoRadds.

Running score: MotoRadds 4, TELESIN 4. Which is the honest result — and why the decision guide below matters more than the tally.

So which one should you buy?

Buy TELESIN if:

• You ride MX, enduro or supermoto in goggles
• Your helmet has a vent button, ridge or heavy texture on the chin bar
• You own several helmets and want one mount that moves between them
• You will sell this helmet and want no trace of a mount on it
• Your budget is under $20 and the money is better spent on the camera
• You want to try chin-mounted POV before committing to it

Buy MotoRadds if:

• You ride a full-face street, sport, touring or ADV helmet with a visor you need to close
• You're keeping this helmet for its full service life
• You want a mount you set once and stop thinking about
• You want lifetime warranty coverage that doesn't depend on where you bought it
• You want US shipping, US support and US returns
• You want the option of a mount modelled to your exact helmet
• You also need windscreen, fairing, fork or in-helmet mounting from one brand

The verdict

TELESIN makes a genuinely good $16 product for a specific rider: someone in goggles, or someone whose chin bar simply won't take adhesive. That rider should buy TELESIN, and any comparison article that tells them otherwise is selling something.

For everyone else — which is most riders reading this, because most riders reading this own a full-face helmet with a visor — the strap is a dealbreaker, and it's a dealbreaker TELESIN documents themselves. Once visor clearance is off the table, the remaining questions are whether a steel core beats a fixed plastic body on fit (it does), whether a bonded mount is more stable long-term than a strapped one (it is), and whether lifetime coverage from Arizona beats a graduated one-year policy from Shenzhen that's void if you bought on Amazon (it does).

That's $18 of difference for a mount you'll use every ride for years. We think it's the easy call. But we've told you exactly when it isn't.

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Not sure your helmet's a good fit? Email info@motoradds.com with your helmet make and model and we'll tell you straight — including if the answer is "buy a strap mount."

FAQ

Does the TELESIN chin mount stop my visor from closing? On a full-face helmet with a closing visor, yes — TELESIN's own blog states "the visor can't be closed completely with the straps in place" and recommends goggles instead. On an MX or enduro helmet with no visor, it's a non-issue.

Is a strap mount safer than an adhesive mount in a crash? Neither is a safety device, and no chin mount is helmet-certification tested with a camera attached. The practical difference is that an adhesive mount is designed to shear off the shell under a sharp impact, while a strap keeps the assembly attached to the helmet. Some riders prefer the first, some the second. Either way, keep the camera as small and as close to the shell as you can, and check with your helmet manufacturer if you have concerns.

Will 3M VHB damage my helmet? Applied and removed correctly it shouldn't damage the shell, but removal takes heat and patience and can mark some matte and textured finishes. If you're not willing to accept any risk to the finish, a strap mount is the safer choice.

Will a MotoRadds mount fit my helmet? The FLEX Slim is designed to bend to almost any chin bar. The exception is sharply peaked chin bars — historically the AGV Pista, Corsa and K1 — where there isn't enough flat bond area. We now make a Pista-specific mount, and our helmet-specific FLEX range covers most current Shoei, Arai, AGV, HJC, Scorpion, Bell and Nexx models. If yours isn't listed, email us before ordering.

Can I move a MotoRadds mount to a new helmet? Yes, but you'll need to heat the existing bond to remove it and apply a fresh 3M VHB pad. It's not a thirty-second job like unstrapping a TELESIN.

Which cameras work with each? Both cover GoPro Hero 5 through 13, Insta360 X3/X4/X5, Ace Pro and Ace Pro 2, GO 3 and 3S, DJI Osmo Action 3 through 6, and Osmo Pocket 3. MotoRadds mounts your camera on a fingertab joint rather than requiring a separate buckle clip, and that joint is included in the box at no extra cost. MotoRadds additionally makes dedicated in-helmet mounts for the DJI Osmo Nano and Insta360 GO 3S.

Is TELESIN's warranty valid if I buy on Amazon? No. TELESIN's published policy says its warranty terms "only apply to users shopping on the official website" and that they "cannot provide after-sales guarantee for purchases through other channels." An Amazon purchase gives you Amazon's return window instead. MotoRadds covers its mounts for life with proof of purchase.

How long does TELESIN take to ship to the US? TELESIN's own shipping policy says standard delivery to the US usually takes about 2–4 weeks, with express at 7–15 days for $25–$35 — more than the mount costs. Buying through B&H or Amazon is faster and usually cheaper.

Why is MotoRadds twice the price? A steel core, silicone overmoulding, genuine 3M VHB, US-based support and lifetime replacement cost more to deliver than a moulded plastic body and a nylon strap. Whether that's worth $18 to you depends on how long you're keeping the helmet.

Which one do motovloggers actually use? Both, split predictably along the lines above: off-road and goggle-wearing creators lean toward strap mounts, street and touring motovloggers overwhelmingly run bonded chin mounts because they need the visor to close.

Related reading

• Best Helmet Chin Mounts for GoPro, DJI and Insta360
• What Is the Strongest GoPro Camera Mount for Motorcycle Helmets?
• Best GoPro Hero 13 Black Settings for Motorcycle Riding
• Choosing the Best Motorcycle Helmet Chin Mount for Motovlogging

Sources

TELESIN: Why TELESIN Helmet Mounts (visor clearance admission) · TELESIN product warranty · TELESIN refund policy · TELESIN about us · TELESIN chin strap mount · B&H GP-HBM-MT2-YH · B&H GP-HBM-MT2 · B&H GP-HBM-MT7 · webBikeWorld TELESIN review · EMTB Forums thread

MotoRadds: FLEX Slim · Warranty policy · Shipping policy · The Loam Wolf review · BeginnerBiker review · Masqueride review

Prices and policies verified August 2026 and subject to change. We've linked every source so you can check them yourself.