gatdammit
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Just mounted the Sena SMH10R. It fits nicely into helmets with speaker/mic cutouts. The jog wheel on the std 10 looked very handy for gloves but I wanted the lower profile of the 10R.
Pro's:
-Many technical features. Way more than I'll ever use. It would be difficult to remember most of the input strokes but listening to music or taking phone calls is simple. There is a voice prompt that guides you through every option that is really nice.
-Control fob and battery are very low profile. It's difficult to discern the buttons even with my thin summer gloves but there's only 3 buttons on the fob so it's really simple to feel your way around it.
-The VOX and active noise reduction for phone calls should be great. Haven't taken a call yet, but it gets good marks online.
-Fairly easy to install. Tucking and hiding the wires gets a little tedious for a clean job but not bad. I'd rate it about a 4 on difficulty if done very clean.
-Firmware can be updated. Paired with Samsung G3 and it connects immediately and remembers volume level.
Con's:
-As I feared, sound is very tinny at high volume with almost no bass. At highway speeds, you just hurt your ears trying to overcome wind noise. Haven't tried with earplugs but I mostly wanted something that I could just throw on my lid go.
-Left speaker sounds louder than right. I've read some complaints about this on their site. I adjusted the cheek pad around it and it got a little better.
I mostly listen to music and talk radio and could be considered anal about sound quality. You need bass for phone calls and talk radio. I was using a pair of Outdoor Technology BT Tags and aside from losing a minute to fishing them into my ears after mounting lid, they were awesome - highly recommend. They canceled wind noise and sounded as good as a nice pair of in ear headphones. You have to have phone accessible to change tracks/volume and you couldn't hear very well if somebody was talking to you at a light. Battery was about 4 hrs at max volume and the hands-free phone function never worked with my phone but I don't really care to take calls on the road. They're relatively cheap, too.
The Sena setup has many intercom features that I'll probably never use. I think price was fair for what you get and it is all quality materials. The sound quality is just so much less the BT headphone setup I was using that I'll probably order another set of those.
Pro's:
-Many technical features. Way more than I'll ever use. It would be difficult to remember most of the input strokes but listening to music or taking phone calls is simple. There is a voice prompt that guides you through every option that is really nice.
-Control fob and battery are very low profile. It's difficult to discern the buttons even with my thin summer gloves but there's only 3 buttons on the fob so it's really simple to feel your way around it.
-The VOX and active noise reduction for phone calls should be great. Haven't taken a call yet, but it gets good marks online.
-Fairly easy to install. Tucking and hiding the wires gets a little tedious for a clean job but not bad. I'd rate it about a 4 on difficulty if done very clean.
-Firmware can be updated. Paired with Samsung G3 and it connects immediately and remembers volume level.
Con's:
-As I feared, sound is very tinny at high volume with almost no bass. At highway speeds, you just hurt your ears trying to overcome wind noise. Haven't tried with earplugs but I mostly wanted something that I could just throw on my lid go.
-Left speaker sounds louder than right. I've read some complaints about this on their site. I adjusted the cheek pad around it and it got a little better.
I mostly listen to music and talk radio and could be considered anal about sound quality. You need bass for phone calls and talk radio. I was using a pair of Outdoor Technology BT Tags and aside from losing a minute to fishing them into my ears after mounting lid, they were awesome - highly recommend. They canceled wind noise and sounded as good as a nice pair of in ear headphones. You have to have phone accessible to change tracks/volume and you couldn't hear very well if somebody was talking to you at a light. Battery was about 4 hrs at max volume and the hands-free phone function never worked with my phone but I don't really care to take calls on the road. They're relatively cheap, too.
The Sena setup has many intercom features that I'll probably never use. I think price was fair for what you get and it is all quality materials. The sound quality is just so much less the BT headphone setup I was using that I'll probably order another set of those.
