Mike1956
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Any suggestions on (low cost) bluetooth intercoms.
Bluetooth intercoms
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All I can tell you is what I've researched and by averaging the positive reviews from multiple sources. The Sena 20S, 2 helmet kit is what we got for my son and I. It has a lot of capabilities you may not need, if you want only passenger intercom?
This kit is almost $500 so it's not cheap. We got it for bike to bike communication which works really well though more range would be nice. That's always the complaint with any bike to bike comm kit. Don't believe their 1-1-1/2 mile range, and it truly is line of site only.
The voice activation is amazingly clean with no cutoffs of talking whatsoever that we've noticed, until going out of range of course.
Battery life is excellent and so is charge time. About 2 hours charge, we've gotten more than 8 hours of continuous use so far and not dead.
For bike to bike a good comm set can be priceless to warn about a hazard ahead, which happened twice already. To us, the Sena kit already paid for itself.
This kit is almost $500 so it's not cheap. We got it for bike to bike communication which works really well though more range would be nice. That's always the complaint with any bike to bike comm kit. Don't believe their 1-1-1/2 mile range, and it truly is line of site only.
The voice activation is amazingly clean with no cutoffs of talking whatsoever that we've noticed, until going out of range of course.
Battery life is excellent and so is charge time. About 2 hours charge, we've gotten more than 8 hours of continuous use so far and not dead.
For bike to bike a good comm set can be priceless to warn about a hazard ahead, which happened twice already. To us, the Sena kit already paid for itself.
Dan, how is the range on a twisty road? Still line of sight or better?
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Hard to judge exactly but on a road where you have land blocking line of site, the signal does degrade. We've been like 2 hills apart in tight twisties and lost signal or gets real choppy.[url=https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=192693#p192693:3iw3v0m7 said:
Usually we let the gap close some to keep in comm and check in often.
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:good:[url=https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=192697#p192697:1y602ikq said:
I am a bit late but...
I am using a SENA 10S and it tunes in local FM stations well. When I am doing a small group ride it PARE's well with other makes too. I can also answer my cell phone just by saying "HELLO" when I hear the ring. As far as distance, I have talked to a fellow rider 1000 feet away and around a corner but NOT real well. I spent $215 at CycleGear and paid another $8 for a two year "NO MATTER WHAT" warrenty.
I am using a SENA 10S and it tunes in local FM stations well. When I am doing a small group ride it PARE's well with other makes too. I can also answer my cell phone just by saying "HELLO" when I hear the ring. As far as distance, I have talked to a fellow rider 1000 feet away and around a corner but NOT real well. I spent $215 at CycleGear and paid another $8 for a two year "NO MATTER WHAT" warrenty.
