This is my first helmet installed system. I've never had voice comms with passengers or fellow riders. I'm not sure I'll ever use that function. I like the idea of allowing the GPS to give me alerts so I don't have to look at it. I like the idea of listening to my own Pandora stations.
Instructions are so-so on installation. The videos tutorials on installation are meh. Basically, you just feel your way through it.
I installed on a Shoei RF1200. The clip-on install didn't work, so I ended up using the adhesive installation.
The unit is very compact but the buttons are solid, not squishy, and stand out. The controls seem easy to use even with gloves, but I'll know more after tomorrow, the first leg of an 1800 mile trip. It weighs nothing.
The sound quality is good. I'll have more to say about volume range, tomorrow.
Pairing the device was easy. The controls are simple but it will take awhile to remember them. I have decided to start with "reject call."
I routed all the wiring under the padding and put the wad of excess in the back. I don't feel it at all. Not even when I'm wearing the helmet.
You can't expose the USB charging port while the unit is on the helmet. You have to undock it. However, you can use it attached to a battery and extend it's already lengthy (claimed) 13 hours of uptime.
Aside from the claimed quality of the speakers, i got this unit because it is water proof rather than water resistant. With a two year warranty, I'll be happy to test that out. I'll ride in about anything.
I placed the microphone high and off center. That's supposed to be better for avoiding wind noise. However, I have to speak loudly to be heard, even at a standstill. Even so, my nose didn't bonk it and, because it's set to the side, there is zero wire exposure.
Pairing to the phone was easy. Pandora worked exactly as I expected. I didn't try using any voice commands. I don't really want to do that much with it except listen to my road music without having to flip a tape.
At a little under three hundred, I was annoyed at how difficult it was to seat the unit's docking bay to the glued on base. That's really been my only gripe. I'll update after tomorrow's ride.
Instructions are so-so on installation. The videos tutorials on installation are meh. Basically, you just feel your way through it.
I installed on a Shoei RF1200. The clip-on install didn't work, so I ended up using the adhesive installation.
The unit is very compact but the buttons are solid, not squishy, and stand out. The controls seem easy to use even with gloves, but I'll know more after tomorrow, the first leg of an 1800 mile trip. It weighs nothing.
The sound quality is good. I'll have more to say about volume range, tomorrow.
Pairing the device was easy. The controls are simple but it will take awhile to remember them. I have decided to start with "reject call."
I routed all the wiring under the padding and put the wad of excess in the back. I don't feel it at all. Not even when I'm wearing the helmet.
You can't expose the USB charging port while the unit is on the helmet. You have to undock it. However, you can use it attached to a battery and extend it's already lengthy (claimed) 13 hours of uptime.
Aside from the claimed quality of the speakers, i got this unit because it is water proof rather than water resistant. With a two year warranty, I'll be happy to test that out. I'll ride in about anything.
I placed the microphone high and off center. That's supposed to be better for avoiding wind noise. However, I have to speak loudly to be heard, even at a standstill. Even so, my nose didn't bonk it and, because it's set to the side, there is zero wire exposure.
Pairing to the phone was easy. Pandora worked exactly as I expected. I didn't try using any voice commands. I don't really want to do that much with it except listen to my road music without having to flip a tape.
At a little under three hundred, I was annoyed at how difficult it was to seat the unit's docking bay to the glued on base. That's really been my only gripe. I'll update after tomorrow's ride.
