Best Motorcycle Communication Systems – Range Tested

hello please buy none of these previous today those are 350 to spend and 15 friends will find yesteryears packed ox Slim is still best in class of the top class thanks for watching no wait I only have three friends and more often I ride alone weeping - emo ballads flirting with my GPS unit phoning help lines for that stuff mid-range comms work just fine and save money but which is best Cardo free comm 4 + a boss brand with all the features you'll realistically use an intercom for for 260 bucks the edge here is always on a voice command a card Oh call Camilla ok google' navigate to havana unana it's a premium feature every other mid-range comm won't listen unless I pull a hand from the bars and poke it first Sena SFR another trustworthy name also four riders also $260 the edge here is that it's plateless other coms claim to be 20 millimeters thin only to require a thick as a base plate that defeats the point by contrast everything the SFR needs is in the SF are clean you clear the kind of brand to not only green screen a rider into their promo video but to put him on the wrong side of the room almost done so less reputable which is why their motion six features more features for the same price chiefly mesh that hot word otherwise only found above 350 dollars mesh Bluetooth networks automatically connect any riders in range there's no more dropping connections pulling everyone over reforming parent hierarchies repairing devices the mesh is a lot less work six riders to V net phone v6 Pro who some Amazon special the edge here is obviously priced at both six riders the usual phone GPS music stuff but cost sixty dollars instead of do 60 and finally the Motorola T 605 walkie talkie edge here is reliability this is what we communicate with on shoots this is more foolproof option for those with a 60 dollar budget of course you give up most of the comm functions and gain a few but we'll get to that [Music] stated ranges are 1.2 kilometers 1.2 kilometers 1.2 kilometers 1.2 kilometers 30 5 miles and such is the first benefit of escaping the confines of booties of course brochures like pastures are usually covered in [ __ ] so I'm disappearing into the Verizon to find real life ranges can you hear me now good can you hear me now good can you hear me now not good you clear drops first at 270 meters Cardo brakes contact at 4:10 v-net phone at 5:20 and center last till 620 meters which would be impressive if it weren't still half the advertised range I was nearly in Japan when the talkie finally died that range means you'll pick up whether Radio Canada or NOAA radar reports from almost anywhere lay Les Stroud types will be pleased [Music] [Applause] - quiet is the perennial calm complaint so we'll install each unit replace my head with a decibel meter and then played the Canadian national anthem at full blast you clear is loudest at 94 desk please followed by sena and lien at foam comes the beautiful 77 decibels and the talkie is irrelevant because you choose the headset separately by the loudest speakers you like grandpa Cardos sound fidelity is most impressive thanks to their partnership with JBL while every other manufacturer struggles to make speakers that work Cardo does the grown-up thing and pays smarter people to do it for him JBL made loudspeakers for the first talking movies and they pumped out jimmy's love tunes at woodstock and now their audio filing Cardos most expensive communicators for some unknown reason carto let this mid-price freak on for half the same treatment I'm not surprised you clear was loudest these pulse pro 2.0 speakers are also stolen off a more expensive unit and you clear actually lets us customize sound profiles something Cardo annoyingly locks off unless you buy their top-end pack talk you clear is not completely innocent to feature locking mind you the motion six has two sensors one is a laser that lets you control common functions with hand gestures sounds handy for bulky gloves in reality you very finicky to work effectively the other sensor though is a tri-axial motion one that can tell when you've crashed and send alerts that's brilliant and of course that's the feature they lock off unless you buy their highest end model it's extra aggravating because this unit powers on and off by motion so we know the hardware is in there [Music] quoted talktime is 13 hours 13 hours 18 hours 12 hours and 23 hours we found that to be more like 16 to expose the other Liars with a torture test now play Justin Bieber at 60 decibels until the poor units die [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Cardo conservatively claims for hours sena boasts quick charging technology that will reload their unit in 1.5 you clear and v-net phone both ask routers to wait two and a half hours and the walkie well Motorola's rechargeable battery pack has the energy density of a burnt marshmallow so learn from my experience and invest in double A's [Music] I'll note that Motorola and uclear ever with something to prove gift us a wall charger and some travel chargers in the Box the latter one is a bit confusing since you clears device can't actually be charged while in use a misstep matched only by the cheapo v6 pro those two suffer most on appearance to Vienna phones designer is a small fingered sadist clustering nine buttons nine in an area that will fit under my thumb meanwhile you clears idea of the future is the kind you need a DeLorean to get to dated Senna's SFR in nuclear's motion 6r a confidence uninspiring weatherproof our ebay special is IP x5 surviving the jets of my makeshift monsoon and Kardos free come along with Motorola's t 605 are both IP 67 fully dust proof fully waterproof up to a meter and yeah the talkie floats and flashes for when your water crossings go poorly all of them should survive rain but there's a reason we prefer to over engineer things pro tip if you shoulder mount the radio they're gonna get hands-free illumination of your map tools tent pegs whatever the free comm setup intuitively I found a bit scratchier than advertised but also less like a bad actor you ready to ride take the lead I'll follow you shut up and sounds the same no complaints in their eternal struggle to distinguish themselves you clear for goes the mouth boom in favor of two mics behind the cheap pads the idea is that a multi mic array lets you beam form constructively interfering sound waves that come from between the mics and destructively interfering everything else lets ambient sound cancellation at the source every other column just uses a digital signal processing to filter out sand road noise after the fact as a result you clear works better than the competition in extremely noisy environments like an open-faced helmet are as in a regular full face the mic array is unnecessary and a bit unnatural sounding and despite surely using newest production process and ultrasonic structure without screw it took me 40 minutes and for youtube videos to figure out this installation and don't call me Shirley one wonders why v-net phone brags about not using screws one wonders why they bother to mold fake ones but we need not wonder what happens when this unfixable thing breaks just pick a channel and privacy code this is the og mesh network anybody as many buddies as you want can punch into the conversation [Music] succinctly Cardos free com4 is your best choice sentence SFR is okay if you happen to find a good deal icon heart au is actually the same communicator for 40 colors less you clear I would avoid except for those with open face helmets where the mic array actually becomes useful then for 60 bucks v-net phones v6 pro is surprisingly competent I'd still rather buy a walkie talkie that only works as a communicator but will always always work thanks Sonia this is that awkward part where I tell you to discount the last 10 minutes of advice if your friends already have comms don't buy what's best buy whatever they use because like templates and Montague's these devices only like to talk to their own kind communication across family lines is possible but the results are a tragedy

Channel: FortNine

Views: 815,615

Rating: 4.9540029 out of 5

Keywords: bluetooth motorcycle helmet, Best Motorcycle Bluetooth 2019, intercom, music, phone, comm, system, communication, radio, bluetooth headphones, wireless, honda grom, electric motorcycle, gear reviews, harley davidson 2019, ninja 300, bose, sena, cardo, amazon, helmet speakers, hands free, fortnine, gear, JBL, apple earpods, airpods, motorola walkie talkie, 2019, 2020

Id: uevmJCDXlME

Length: 12min 11sec (731 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 29 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/K-Wyled]

i love their videos. such great quality

[u/Roogiee]

I bought a Packtalk when I started riding. I love it but I moved cities, made new friends and they all run with Senas. I should just switch.

[u/NCSUGray90]

Holy shit he opened with a Letterkenny reference. And here I was thinking I couldn’t love this channel any more. Shame I can’t order direct from them in the US

[u/PlaneInYourStreet]

I somehow never thought about just using a walkie talkie as an option.. I guess the biggest drawback is that there is no way to connect your phone and that you are limited to wired connections.

Are there some options in the walkie-talkie-department that enable wireless use? Is there a way to connect to these communicators frome Sena/ Cardo etc with a walkie talkie like device or are they always proprietary?

[u/gizmochartal]

One of the best Moto channels on Youtube. check out his Helmet reviews.