Communications Setup -- for a half-helmet

[bobhamlin]

If you're not interested in listening to news, traffic, or music, talking to your passenger or to another bike, or answering phone calls while riding, read no further and save yourself the effort of pointing out how you like your quiet. That is a very valid viewpoint about riding. Now...

I have finally found my ideal setup: Sena Bluetooth Helmet SMH10 www.sena.com for my half helmet, coupled with Comply foam ear buds www.complyfoam.com

I'm now free of my wire tether to my previous J&M 2003CB set-up (The truckers' CB chatter never seemed to be as up-to-date of the commuting conditions as I had thought they would be. Local radio traffic conditions, although often a bit off, tend to be more accurate.)

Once paired up, Sena communicates well with my Smartphone. Its controls on the side of the helmet are designed with motorcycle gloves in mind. Work very well.

When the weather is warm enough, I prefer half-helmets (I now have a Scorpion). The wind noise however, always drowns out normal ear buds. The Comply foam (I bought their noise-reducing earbuds also) fits snugly into the ear canal and works as well as any compression foam, but allows communication. The volume I set before I get on the bike suffices at 65mph--and this is for understanding spoken words!! Phenomenal.

I can make calls using voice dial or answer calls and conduct conversations at 65 mph. The recipient says that it sounds like I'm on speakerphone.

The only drawback so far is that the ear buds dangle from my helmet so I have to be careful to remove them from my ears prior to removing my helmet--which actually removes the buds as well, but I imagine would eventually break the wires.