Bike to bike intercom?

[simonm]

Sorry, as I was saying... http://www.amazon.co.uk/bike-intercom-ri...e+intercom

I bought them from the company to the right - UKDIGI4U. Very good service. I had though about radio comms, but it is old technology and you are restricted to using it ONLY for one radio to another. Where as the Bluetooth intercom you can use indipendantly, with your mate, and you can have a third one for the wife. Music, GPS, Intercom. Its perfect. I left a review of the product on amazon, and here it is -

My friend and I halved in for this pair of intercoms as we are going on a Euro-tour on our motorcycles. We had considered radio communication, but decided that as these units can be used with our phones or any other Bluetooth device, without the other intercom unit around, that we should go for these. That way we can get the benefit of the unit when we are not together, and we can each listen to music or sat-nav on our trip without the other pilot being disrupted. Handy if you get lost or separated.

We have tested the units for a few weeks now, both together and on our own. I recently upgraded my phone from a Blackberry Bold to a Nokia Lumia. This change had made a huge difference to the volume coming through the headset. I now have the unit set to around 70% volume, when it was 100% and still not enough with the Blackberry.

The volume from one unit to the other is slightly low if you are traveling at speed. We both ride sports bikes, so this should be less of an issue with a large screen on a touring bike. The distance that these units communicate with each other on the other hand is great. On our test run, my friend led by +1 kilometre without breaking up. It was only when he turned a bend and over the crest of a hill that he dropped out. And it was as clear at full distance as it was beside one another in traffic.

I am a sound engineer to trade and I would recommend that you take some time fitting the headset speakers in the correct place within your helmet. Take all the lining out and mark where the holes in your ears are and fit the ear pieces there. It makes a huge difference, honestly.

Overall I would recommend these units. The build quality is great. Fitting is easy and value for money is 5 star. My only issue is the intercom to intercom volume which would benefit from having more volume on tap. However, knowing this I would still buy them again.

I can recommend these as great value for money.  They do A2DP so you can listen to music too.  One vitally important thing to note is that the volume (even though it's bluetooth) is controlled from the phone.  Make sure your phone is on maximum volume before using the on headset controls.  As a budget solution they tick all the boxes for me.