White, black and grey is the monochrome GOBI — no colour anywhere, the design carried entirely by value. It is the version that will still look current in five years, because there is no palette to date.

Anti-Vibration EPS — two shells and a rubber layer

An adventure helmet is a peak and a wide aperture held in clean air at 120 km/h, which makes it a vibration generator by design. Rather than trying to eliminate the turbulence, Nexx isolated the rider from part of it — a rubber layer between the inner and outer EPS lets the inner shell move fractionally.

That is the Anti-Vibration EPS, and it is unique to this helmet in Nexx's range.

About the GOBI White Grey graphic

Monochrome graphics age better than coloured ones for a simple reason: colours belong to seasons and values do not. A white, grey and black treatment reads as design rather than as a marker of when the helmet was bought, and on a helmet likely to outlast the motorcycle under it that is worth something. It also keeps a genuinely high overall value, so the conspicuity benefit of a pale shell survives — this is among the easier X.WED3 versions to see in flat light. 🔵 The white areas show trail spray and road film sooner than the grey ones do, which after a wet day gives the helmet a visibly two-tone appearance until it is washed.

The X-Matrix2 shell and the X-Foam bumpers

The X-Foam bumpers deserve as much attention as the shell material. They are ultralight EPP layers on the chin and sides — the regions an adventure helmet actually strikes — and Nexx's stated aim is reducing collarbone and thorax injury risk as well as absorbing impact.

Around them: the X-Matrix2 hybrid shell, 1790 g claimed, in three outer sizes.

F.R.S.® — both cheek pads at once

The Fast Release System is one of three features on this helmet aimed at people other than the rider — alongside the moulded night-vision reflectors and the four separate market approvals.

F.R.S. releases both cheek pads at once, without tools, so the helmet can be removed with minimal head and neck movement.

Recoil visor, sun visor and the second shield in the box

🔵 Two visors in the box is worth pricing into any comparison. Most adventure helmets supply one and sell the rest; the X.WED3 includes a second visor and a fitted Pinlock 70 MaxVision anti-fog lens.

Both run on the same Recoil base plates, which re-tension automatically against the twin-lip beads each time the visor closes.

Seven intakes — and a measurement that disagrees

🔵 A caution about vent counts generally. Manufacturers count differently, openings are not equal, and a helmet with seven intakes is not necessarily better ventilated than one with four. This helmet is the clearest example we know: seven closable intakes, a patent-pending chamber, and a measured cooling score of 1 out of 5.

Read the design and the measurement together rather than either alone.

How loud it actually is

Two riders will describe the same helmet completely differently, and neither will be wrong: height, riding position, screen and shoulder airflow change the result more than the shell does.

🔵 The one comparable figure is the measured one: 103 dB average at 130 km/h, scored 3/5 in an independent road test.

Interior, materials and fit

Washing the interior is a job you will do often on an adventure helmet, and the F.R.S. system makes the cheek pads a ten-second operation. The crown pad and chin-strap covers come out separately, and X-Mart Dry dries considerably faster than a plain fabric liner.

🔵 Sweat breaks down foam over time; a liner washed a few times a season lasts appreciably longer.

1790 grams, and the rest of the honest list

Nexx quotes 1790 g ±50, and the tolerance is worth reading — a 100 g spread across sizes is normal, and three outer shells mean an XXXL carries considerably more material than an XXS.

🔵 Alongside it: no SHARP rating, measured ventilation of 1/5, and measured noise of 103 dB at 130 km/h.

Goggles, comms, camera and spare parts

🔵 The goggle-strap holder is the feature that distinguishes this from an adventure helmet with a merely large aperture. It positions the strap correctly at the back of the shell rather than letting it ride up over the crown — the failure mode of goggles on any helmet not designed for them.

It folds into the shell when you are running the visor instead.

In the box

• Nexx X.WED3 helmet — GOBI White Grey (X-Matrix2 shell)
• Visor with Pinlock® 70 MaxVision anti-fog lens
• Second visor
• Peak, fitted — plus a screwless peak extensor
• 🔵 No goggles — the aperture takes them, the helmet does not include them
• 🔵 No X-COM3 comms system and no POV camera kit — the helmet is built for both; both are separate purchases

Size guide

Specification

• Model — Nexx X.WED3
• Part number — 01XE301486735
• Colour — GOBI White Grey — GOBI graphic on X-Matrix2, white / black / grey
• Homologation — ECE 22-06 (UN) · DOT FMVSS 218 · CCC GB811:2022 · NBR7471:2015
• Safety rating — 🔴 none — SHARP has not tested the X.WED3; no ADAC or Snell result either
• Helmet type — Adventure — tool-free 3-in-1: adventure, road full-face, or goggle setup
• Shell — X-Matrix2 — multiaxial fibreglass with 3D organic fibre, Kevlar/aramid and carbon reinforcement; Nexx quotes ~35 % more expansion and flex resistance than ordinary fibreglass; three outer shell sizes
• Weight — 1790 g ±50 claimed by Nexx — 🔴 not independently weighed
• Sizes — XXS to XXXL (eight sizes)
• Impact protection — two-part EPS with a rubber Anti-Vibration interlayer, plus X-Foam EPP bumpers on the chin and sides
• Visor — Recoil Visor System — spring-loaded base side-plates tensioning against twin-lip beads, independent of the peak mount
• Supplied optics — Pinlock® 70 MaxVision lens included and a second visor in the box
• Sun visor — internal, 18 % larger than the previous generation, drops to just above the bridge of the nose
• Peak — three-stage adjustment, tool-free removal via anti-twist fixing screws; screwless peak extensor included
• Ventilation — seven closable intakes / four exhausts plus the patent-pending Mid Airflow Chamber between the inner and outer EPS
• 🔴 Ventilation, measured — scored 1/5 in an independent road test — the lowest mark on its scale, against seven intakes on paper
• Noise, measured — 103 dB average at 130 km/h, scored 3/5
• Overall, measured — 3.4/5; comfort 3.5/5; fit true to size, intermediate-to-long oval
• Emergency release — F.R.S.® Fast Release System — both cheek pads release together, tool-free
• Interior — Air Cumbs crown pad with alveolar mesh, X-Mart Dry liner, faux leather with ventilation-mesh inserts
• Retention — double-D ring with X-LOCK magnetic strap catch
• Goggles — goggle-strap holder integrated into the rear shell, folds away when unused
• Communication — X-COM3 ready — fully integrated earphones, battery, cable slots, microphone, Bluetooth 5.2; sold separately
• Camera — POV Kit ready — top mount (with or without the peak), removable side mount, four-position chin mount; sold separately
• Other — moulded night-vision reflectors

• 1x helmet (X-Matrix2, three shell sizes)
• 1x Pinlock 70 MaxVision anti-fog lens (fitted)
• 1x clear Recoil visor + 1x second (dark smoke) visor
• 1x peak + peak extensor + extra peak screws
• POV camera mounts (top / side / chin)
• Wind deflector, road covers, visor-mechanism covers, strap-holder cover, visor bag, winter chin filter