For me, the shopee lapsap brands will do. Haha

I find I just need Bluetooth only anyway for music, telephone calls and Waze.

In in small group, just use hand signals lah.. hahaha

I am using a freedcom unit.supports inter rider com but never tried it. Sound quality not bad. Phone noise cancelling pretty good also. Sometimes the caller on the other side don't even realise I am on a bike going highway speeds. Only cons is battery life is so so only. Lasts about 5hrs.

This post has been edited by jaycee1: Aug 1 2022, 04:05 PM

I have the freedconn tcom SC. I find it pretty sufficiently loud, even with earplugs in. But then again my helmet is quiet.

It beginning to flake out after a year of use. The connection socket is getting slightly loose due to having to unplug and plug it every time to charge. But then again, I rode 25k over the past year..so considered heavy use. Shopping for another unit to replace it soon. Technically I "could" repair the socket and continue to use it....but for the price, I really can't be bothered.

Any com unit that has a dedicated charge port as to not have to plug and unplug it all the time to charge?

Precisely what I keep telling people.

If you need to crank up the coms to drown out wind noise then it's no different from having a loud helmet in the first place.

I have been using cheap china BT units (under 50) and I hear my music just fine even with ear plugs on. Just start off with a quieter helmet and your ears will thank you.

I'm using 3m1250, the yellow ones. If 1100 dont work for you then the 1250 is not going to work as it filters a few dB more.

But like I said, my rpha70 is a quiet helmet. So my cheap coms work just fine. Honestly, they could be louder but that's beside the point. But wait, don't you have the rpha70 also or someone else in the forum?

I'm using the cheap X6 (50rm on discount) and some generic no brand one for 40rm...they are already scrapping the barrel bottom for cheap helmet BT. The X6 are louder, but I can still hear both well enough for music and nav at speed with the 3m 1250s.

The important takeaway is, if your helmet gives you 110db of wind noise, you need to get the speakers over that for you to be able to hear it. And if you are cranking music to over 110db on a 2 hour ride, I can imagine the tinnitus that follows after.

This post has been edited by jaycee1: Jan 20 2025, 03:29 PM

That's the best solution. Also the greatest range.



Found universal BT adapter for bao feng radios.

Maybe I should dig out my bao fengs

This post has been edited by jaycee1: Jan 21 2025, 05:14 PM

Just bought another cheap Chinese BT for test. This is a Tnicer T6 unit that's sold on shopee. Was on sale so paid just under 50. Shipping took a while from china.

Good volume. Running about 60% without earplugs. Not tested with earplugs but probably loud enough. Sound quality definately not audiophile level but good low to mid range response. Highs weak. For 50bux, I ain't complaining too much. Battery is supposedly a 1000mah unit so should last quite long. Big buttons easy on gloves hands. Has LCD display for battery percentage.

The only bugbear is the USB C socket is burried deep inside the unit so regular USB cable might not fit so have to use the included USB C cable.

Perhaps give a shot if your BT is not loud enough.



Btw, those complaining BT not loud enough, please check if where you mounted the speakers align with your ears. I reinstalled one older BT in another helmet which is loud but suddenly gotten soft...as it turns out it was misaligned.

This post has been edited by jaycee1: Mar 24 2025, 03:55 PM