Hello,

I’m looking for a comm system for my helmet. I have one friend that has a Sena 30K and another with a Cardo Spirit HD. Cardo kind of irks me that they have a model with a subscription service, and I feel that will roll out to the others. Sena is expensive, that’s it.

I did find a model called Fodsports FX8 pro. Has anyone used it? It looks promising, and seems like they managed to keep the price down by not having an app.

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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    21 year ago

    Regardless of which system you choose, the secret is to ignore the included speakers whenever possible, and use it with earplug headphones. This dramatically increases your ability to hear both music and comms properly, with the added benefit of blocking wind noise. Yes, you can use the speakers through your existing earplugs, but this is really suboptimal. Even the $12-on-Amazon basic Plugfones will do. In fact, if all you care about is music you can skip the Bluetooth unit entirely and just plug straight into your phone.

    The main issue I think you will encounter with off-brand helmet comms is interoperability with other comms. Most of these made-in-China knockoffs have no compatibility, not so great quality, and no support. Yes, Cardos and Senas are expensive, but they’re known players with usually pretty highly polished and functional systems and at least some modicum of support behind them if something goes wrong with the hardware.

    I settled on a Sena unit since everyone I ride with also already has a Sena. I have a 20S Evo for myself and a 10S for the wife. My riding buddies have a mixture of 10S and 10C units, I think. They all work together just fine.

    I can’t get behind Cardo’s subscription based model on their new unit. Fuck that shit.