Can someone tell me how this works with a open face helmet and wind noise with the mic exposed like it would be?
447528
I have an open face helmet with the pull down face shield if I need it. I've only had 2 calls while riding, both at about 45 mph, and had to pull down the shield, but was told by the person on the other end they could hear me decently. I didn't consider trying talking with the shield up. Phone calls while I'm riding are incredibly rare, I use it more for the music too...
447529
The wind effects the mic. I only use it for the blue tooth music capability. My friend has full face helmet and it effects it alittle bit.
639902
I haven't noticed that at all. It was pretty windy today and my volume was consistent. Obviously the person on the other had trouble hearing because the mic was picking up the wind
564553
We did not have good luck with our mics. We have Bell with pull down shields. The mics fell off; wouldn't stay attached. Horrible. We were riding one day and my mic was dangling in the wind. We don't use them anymore. Hope that helps.
821364
to be very honnest, I beleive it would not be the best set-up. since you have alot of wind coming to your face. Also, any microphone with your set-up will cause noise to the other passenger. Hope my response is clear enough. Thank you....
1734989
I have a RPHA transformer helmet and the system works great. There may be some variation in ur helmet that may prevent you from using it. The microphone mints on the non moving part of the helmet just in front of and below the speaker on whichever side u prefer. It is a boom sort so can be adjusted for mike placement.
1029272
The microphone portion is too large to fit in a full shield helmet comfortably. That being said, if your helmet has some space by the visor, you could get it to work. I hope this isn't too contradictory.
821367
it should work as well as any other system but the microphone by design as a large stand alone unit will pick quite a bit of noise unless it is inside a full face helmet, otherwise the wind noise alone will be annoying but you will only hear it when you speak. i could to get mine to work on MP3 from my iPhone despite straight connection not Bluetooth
1703038
There is a mic and it doesn't work really well with hearing though I can say that after using it for chat on Skype, Yahoo, Gmail, and on my mobile phone... That the quality of my voice is not very good. No matter how I hold the mic up to my mouth in any angle that I can, it doesn't change the quality besides being louder when my mouth is closer. The mic is attached to the wire, it isn't attached to the headpiece itself. As for listening quality though, it is worth it and has an amazing noise-reduction.
472929
It has both options... A boom mic that attaches directly(for open face helmets)... And a boom mic with a pig tail (for closed face helmets)
895375
The Senna unit clamps onto the thin outer shell of the motorcycle helmet by squeezing a small metal plate between the padding and the shell. You need a thin (3mm. or less), solid area on the helmet(very roughly) 2" X 2" to clamp to, which I'm not sure is available on bike helmets. A motorcycle helmet has a wind free pocket near the ears for the speakers as well. I don't think you'd be able to hear anything, even with finding a way to mount the speakers on your helmet strap as close to the ears as possible...
1454642
I thought I was getting a boom mic for use with my modular helmet. I was a little disappointed when I saw the button mic. As it turned out the wired button mic (no boom) worked well to be attached to the cheek padding. That doesn't answer your question but might affect your decision.
703348
The sound is not affected by speed except for the fact that you will observe increased wind noise. Just crank it up a bit louder - the sound quality is ok, it beats dealing with headphone wires fighting with your helmet and safer than wearing headphones too.
1390312
While I do not know the design of your helmet, this Sena set has all the mounting options. The most common is to clamp it at the neck edge of the helmet. If all else fails, they have "gluable" bases that you can put anywhere . The speaker wires slide under the padding and Are held I place by Velcro pads. The units come with several thicknesses of pads so you can control how close they rest to your ears.If the jaw covering of the helmet is rigid, non-moving, you need the separate mic pad, if it's movable, will swing up, you need the mic held on a flex arm coming off the main mount. I think you can alter this mic setup on either type. While I do not know the design of your helmet, this Sena set has all the mounting options. The most common is to clamp it at the neck edge of the helmet. If all else fails, they have "gluable" bases that you can put anywhere . The speaker wires slide under the padding and Are held I place by Velcro pads. The units come with several thicknesses of pads so you can control how close they rest to your ears.If the jaw covering of the helmet is rigid, non-moving, you need the separate mic pad, if it's movable, will swing up, you need the mic held on a flex arm coming off the... » Read More While I do not know the design of your helmet, this Sena set has all the mounting options. The most common is to clamp it at the neck edge of the helmet. If all else fails, they have "gluable" bases that you can put anywhere . The speaker wires slide under the padding and Are held I place by Velcro pads. The units come with several thicknesses of pads so you can control how close they rest to your ears.If the jaw covering of the helmet is rigid, non-moving, you need the separate mic pad, if it's movable, will swing up, you need the mic held on a flex arm coming off the main mount. I think you can alter this mic setup on either type. « Show Less
443135
The mic works good, but If you position it to the back of your neck It's kind of hard for others to hear you. You have to move it to the front.
607538
This is exactly what i did with these and it works great. it's open but it takes allot of noise to interfere with the mic. (i can eat crunchy foods without it picking it up) A thing to note on mounting the mic tho. make sure you wipe down the mesh with the included alcohol wipe and hold the sticky pad on there firmly for a good 5 minutes to make sure the adhesive bonds to it and then let it harden for ~15-20 min before using it. the mesh can be tricky the first time but i have never had any problems with it. all in all, it's the best mic & headset combo i have owned so far and i have spend at least 1k $ on random "gaming" headsets including assorted steel series, creative, logitech, and astro headsets. hope this helps :)
1010426
I tried 3 supposed isolating ear phones, cause when riding my motorcycle I couldnt hear my ipod above the wind noise, even with a fullface helmet. I finally paid about 90 bucks for a pair that have changable ear buds, with one set, the only set i use, is made of memory foam like the ear protection, that is wrapped around the tiny speaker cone. They shut off almost all outside windnoise and let the audio thru, at safe volume levels. good luck.
635164
The unit contains two Mocs built into the ear pieces. Amazingly, voice comes through clear even with them mounted inside a helmet. Basically, unclear has figured out a way to use this method to effectively eliminate wind noise and localize your voice even when snowboardin at 20mph. I highly recommend this product, and the more you have the stronger your communication network becomes.