Communication Helmet to Helmet

[Pincushion]

Scala G4

I have the Scala G4 Powerset! I can not say enough good things about them. I will say that your experience depends on how you set them up....Mine are voice activated so I do not have to press to talk al all...
I have a friend that had issues with his and it seemed that was due to the setting he selected at set up.

I use these to talk to my passenger (wife) for 10-12 hours at a time, as well as another ryder at the same time. the G4 allows upto 4 ryders, the G9 allows up to 8.

 

[Blondie]

We are considering purchasing helmet to helmet communication and would like some pointers good and bad. We are new owners and I need my navigator to keep me going the right direction. (back-seat driver, you know)

My husband and I just got a pair of Sena 10 blue-tooth compatible headsets. They worked great on our trip to Arkansas and back with very little issues. They held the charge well and the clarity was great. We used them from his bike (a harley) to my Spyder, but equally well when I rode 2 up with him. I would recommend them, and the set up wasn't even too hard.

 

[ronrico]

Thanks for of your help. The main question that still needs to be answered is: I like listening to my radio on the :spyder2: and can any of the headsets mentioned, Sena or Scala etc, connect via booth tooth or other ways to the radio??? Or is there one out there that receives a radio or better yet XM or sat radio. Again thanks

 

[bcoulter19]

Scala g4 has a built in fm radio and you can Bluetooth it to your phone if you want tip listen to music from it or a internet radio station.

 

[donnellpj]

Scala Cardo G9 Powerset

Scala Rider G4 Power Set. I wanted to get the longest range of the head sets available at the time and this Scala had a much better advertised range than some and better than any I could find.

In actual use range is almost always going to be less than advertised. The manufacturers find ideal conditions (or they just go off of engineered projections) which most will never, if ever experience in the real world. But it is all relative.

The range on the Scala G4 is great, sound is clear and they have a lot of features. I have not tried anything else other than a set of Colletts. My limited helmet radio experience leads me to believe that the Scala is one of the more difficult systems to use. Not impossible, by any means but more difficult than most.

People who use their radios a lot seem to really love the Scala's. People who use them occasionally have more issues because you tend to forget the little sequences necessary to get various features to work.

Pros - great radios, lots of features, long battery life and good range.

Con's - a steeper learning curve than with other brands.

Laura and I use the G9, and the battery life is awesome, somewhere around 14-16 hours of solid use. Never been a fan of standby/talk times as they arent very real world freindly. I have mine synced to my phone for voice and audio, and it works great with VOX and SIRI on the iPhone. GPS works great through it, both my Garmin 660 and my iPhone, and will operate simultaneously with voice and audio, which is nice.

I agree with Ron, the learning curve is steep as these really are feature rich, and they are on the higher end of the price range at ~$500 USD for the power set. However, they have been invaluable so far, and we would not want to be without them at this point.

Noise cancelation is very good, but the mic is directional. Not a big deal, you will figure that out pretty quickly, and it's certainly not a deal breaker.

Easy install, big Fisher Price buttons for when you're using gloves, and many mic and mounting hardware options.

This is my only experience with a helmet/helmet comm system, and I haven't needed to look elsewhere yet.