Sena SMH5 01 Bluetooth Intercom Motorcycles
This headset is excellent. I commute to work each day, riding my cycle most of the time. The bluetooth lets me listen to the area's news radio station for traffic/news updates. I have an iPhone 3GS and it synced without a problem. I listen to either my iTunes or internet radio station on the way home without a problem as well. The bass is lacking, but otherwise the sound quality is excellent. My iPhone doesn't have the right programming to advance/skip/etc. through my songs, but not a big issue for me.
As for phone calls, it works great as well. People calling me could not tell I was on my motorcycle. Sound quality is great and loud enough. Dialing out isn't very easy, but that is an issue with my iPhone's voice recognition system, not the Sena's.
Mounting it was very easy and took about 30 minutes. Most of that time was trying to find the right place to mount the boom mic. I have a full-face helmet and ended up running the mic along the top of the left cheek pad and then down in front of my mouth. The main unit clamps on the side of the helmet.
Battery life has been unbelievably good. I usually charge the unit once every other week. That is about 20+ hours per week of use. It has never been lower than 1/2 battery. Charging is simple enough with the included USB cord.
Overall, I am VERY satisfied with the unit and will be buying another one for my wife soon. I have not tried the intercom or rider-to-rider yet, but we will when my wife gets hers. 5 out of 5 stars.
This is a great product for the price. It does what it says and works great with my phone. The speakers are loud enough to hear up to around 65 mph in my crappy helmet. It will pay music out of the box from my phone (Galaxy S III). I am now just getting voice control set up with tasker so it is completely automated. It is not that big of a device sticking outside your helmet.
BalasHapusI received the SMH5 as a gift about a month ago and I absolutely love it! I've had zero problems out of it. It's such a great product that I even convinced a couple of my riding friends to purchase it and love it them just the same.
BalasHapusThe SMH5 is the budget or cut-down version of the SMH10 but trust me it doesn't lack in features.
The only thing that I will say that could be a negative is that I have windows vista on my computer so when I tried to do a firmware upgrade it didn't work. Come to find out SENA doesn't support vista so I had to use another laptop to do the firmware upgrade.
Overall I'm very satisfied with the Sena SMH5 and believe it or not it has totally enhanced my riding experience.
I didn't know if I should had bought the SMH10, but there is no much difference. For the price is one of the best gadgets for the motorccyle. It works perfect with my Iphone5
BalasHapusThis headset is excellent. I commute to work each day, riding my cycle most of the time. The bluetooth lets me listen to the area's news radio station for traffic/news updates. I have an iPhone 3GS and it synced without a problem. I listen to either my iTunes or internet radio station on the way home without a problem as well. The bass is lacking, but otherwise the sound quality is excellent. My iPhone doesn't have the right programming to advance/skip/etc. through my songs, but not a big issue for me.
BalasHapusAs for phone calls, it works great as well. People calling me could not tell I was on my motorcycle. Sound quality is great and loud enough. Dialing out isn't very easy, but that is an issue with my iPhone's voice recognition system, not the Sena's.
Mounting it was very easy and took about 30 minutes. Most of that time was trying to find the right place to mount the boom mic. I have a full-face helmet and ended up running the mic along the top of the left cheek pad and then down in front of my mouth. The main unit clamps on the side of the helmet.
Battery life has been unbelievably good. I usually charge the unit once every other week. That is about 20+ hours per week of use. It has never been lower than 1/2 battery. Charging is simple enough with the included USB cord.
Overall, I am VERY satisfied with the unit and will be buying another one for my wife soon. I have not tried the intercom or rider-to-rider yet, but we will when my wife gets hers. 5 out of 5 stars.